Japanese Folktales: Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Kaguya hime is Sailor Moon??) 

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Sokka: my girlfriend turned into the moon Zuko: that’s rough buddy

Fun Fact: there’s an item in the newest animal crossing called the bamboo doll, when you interact with it a baby pops out from the bamboo stalk

Teacher: *gives math test* Me: Erm... those are mpossible tasks. Teacher: _YA_

"My girlfriend turned into the moon." "That's rough buddy."

"OH My GOD YOU'RE SAILOR MOON!!!" "shutuphoney" I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO LAUGH THIS HARD ON A FULL STOMACH!!

The soldiers at the end must have been really loyal; they carried out the order to burn the elixir of life instead of drinking it themselves.

I just watched the movie “tale of princess kaguya”, made me cry the movie’s really good, I recommend it 👍🏼

Back when an emperor can legally lurk in your garden and thirst on your pretty solder sai.....daughter....

Your humor is too cute lol

There’s so much sarcasm in this video I love it “They were SHOCKED that a child born from a bamboo was not normal”

I compiled a list where the "Kaguya" name appeared on well known franchise: 1. Ghibli 2. Inuyasha 3. Naruto

I need more Japanese folk tales

Who watched Sailor Moon as a young’un?

Dad: "Oh my God, your Sailor Moon!" Mother: "Honey, shut up." *WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK*

Naruto: hey sasuke! Let's seal her on the moon shall we? Sasuke: with pleasure...

"They were shocked that a daughter born from bamboo was not normal." No please, tell me it isnt so :D

“And the thirst was real” Yeah we know .

I was first exposed to this tale because of the Studio Ghibli movie. I loved the art and the way they told the story. Studio Ghibli really know how to make a touching story.

I was a fan of Touhou and I can Understand Kaguya Houraisan now since she ordered Five Impossible Request

When Kaguya in Touhou makes a lot more sense now.

Is this the same folktale from the Ghibili film Princess Kaguya??

In the anime _"The Tale of the Princess Kaguya"_ the music playing when the procession of celestial beings descends from the Moon to take Kaguya back is the most beautiful music I have ever heard.

One modern interpretation of the ending of this tale that I like is found in the manga "Kaguya Wants to be Confessed to". It's just a modern high school romantic comedy and the titular character bears no similarity to the princess Kaguya in the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, aside from her name, but in one of the chapters, the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter becomes a topic of discussion. In this chapter, one of the characters talks to Kaguya (the character from the manga) about how the tale ends tragically with princess Kaguya leaving Earth and giving the elixir of immortality to the emperor. He interprets the ending as the emperor being completely oblivious to princess Kaguya's true intentions. He thinks that princess Kaguya gave the emperor the elixir of immortality as a way of telling the emperor that she will one day return, but long after a single human's lifespan. Giving the emperor the elixir of immortality was her way of telling him to wait for her, but he couldn't read between the lines and ordered it destroyed at the nearest mountain I like this theory because it clears up something that I found strange in the original tale. Why did Kaguya not give the emperor the same impossible tasks as the others? Why did she continue to be friends and stay in contact with him after she rejected him even though he was persistent in his proposals? I think Kaguya did reciprocate the love of the emperor but knew that she couldn't marry him since she was bound to return to the moon someday. Then, just like the theory in the aforementioned manga, she gave the emperor the elixir of immortality as a way of telling him to wait for her for she will one day return. But then homeboy couldn't read the room and destroyed it. Truly, he was the first dense anime protagonist in history.

Kaguya!! The Rabbit princess?? Too much Naruto!!🤣 Was waiting for this one thank you my lord Lin.

I like this story. A similar story is the princess of Mt Ophir, a Javanese princess wooed by a Malaccan Sultan. In order to gently dismiss his proposal she put forth a list of things which are near impossible to fulfill. Among the items were, 7 trays of tears of virgin girls, 7 trays of the heart of mosquitoes, a bridge of silver and gold linking the palace to her abode in Mt Ophir. The Sultan only relented when she requested for the beating heart of his eldest prince. The moral of the story is people in power will pay any price to achieve their dream as long as it doesn't hurt them personally 😅... I do wonder, how long it will take Disney to incorporate these stories into their growing list of Disney princesses.

Moon Princes:"Came out from bamboo" Melon princes:"Came from a watermelon"

I remember reading a book of Japanese folktales when I was in middle school and this story stuck with me the longest. I would dream about her and wondered how beautiful she might have been and what the moon army was like. A lot of my imagination and creative writing stemmed from Kaguya.

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Kaguya-Hime the Wise? I thought not. It's not a story the Japanese would tell you. It's a Moon legend.

So that’s why it’s called Reach For The Moon ~ Immortal Smoke?

6:17 If only the Emperor knew that in a thousand of years space travel(atleast getting up to the moon) would have been a thing.

I heard this tale in Touhou Back to the Moon you go Kaguya stop spending your time in the Bamboo Forest with the Rabbits

I was just watching inuyasha movie 2 last night and it's about kaguya lol

Kaguya Hime from Touhou Project.

I lost it when you said: "Oh, my god! You're Sailor Moon!". There's a Sailor Moon short story called "The Tale of Princess Kaguya" and one of the story's characters is named Nayotake Himeko, using the Japanese naming custom.

No wonder Nasa-kun was so worried.

those dislikes was from Fujiwara no Mokuo's main and dummy accs...

I was just thinking about Touhou the whole entire time.

when Kaguya gets to the moon : TATSUKETE EIRIN

"OH MY GOD YOUR SAILOR MOON" "shutuphoney"

I just discovered this channel and I already love it ^^ finally a historical channel about Japan. You have filled the missing part in my heart my friend.

"Yeah, you wished your parents named you with a title." Well, most common names in the West have some pretty cool meanings, but since many of them originate from an ancient language that isn't spoken anymore, these meanings tend to be sadly obscure. Did you mention in another video that your given name was Rob or Bob? Either way, that's a diminutive of Robert, an old Anglo-Saxon name with Teuton roots, believed by most historians and linguists to originate from the Proto-Germanic Hrōþiberhtaz, which meant something like 'fame-bright' or'glory-bright'. Not sure what that name is supposed to tell about its carrier. Other such names include Magnus (from Latin magnus, 'great', mostly popular in Scandinavia, likely originating from the medieval Norse mistaking the epithet of the Frankish king Carolus Magnus (i.e. Charlemagne) for his second name), Alexander (from Greek aléxandros, 'defender of men'), and Michael (from Hebrew mī kāʼēl, 'who is like god').

1:36 "Christian B." Should've named it as "Justin Y." LOL

I’m on Ep 9 of Tonikawa: Over The Moon, and I had to come here to see if there were any connections to the Princess Kaguya story and the anime, the anime has been throwing hints at us every episode, lol

When he mentioned the robe of the fire rat my mind screamed: "INUYASHA!"

4:55 " OH MY GOD YOU'RE SAILOR MOON!!!" " Shut up honey..."

This was made into a movie called “The Princess Kaguya” I have watched it and I advise it to anyone who wants to learn about this specific tale.

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is one of my favorite fairytales. There are multiple recountings of it with small variations. One version says she was sent to earth for committing a crime, another says it was to keep her safe from a celestial war. There's a version that has the emperor's men being paralyzed by the mere presence of the moon people, another says they shot but the arrows bounced off harmlessly. One says the emperor burned the elixir of life out of grief, another out of fear. There are ones that go into more detail about the 5 suitors and their journeys. I've tried to find as many versions of it as I can. I'm not even sure why I like it so much, but I do.

This reminds me of the tale of the princess kaguya which I'm guessing is based off this folktale

In other words It's a power struggle between the wealthy. The five people who proposed to the moon princess Kaguya have their own models. ・Prince Ishitukuri is said to be the “tajihishima“ of Minister of the Left. (Emperor Senka's of fourth grandchild.) ・Prince Kuramochi is said “Fujiwara‐no Fuhito“. his mother was Kuramochi clan. He may have been an illegitimate child of the emperor. ・“Minister of the right, Abe-no‐Mimuraji“ is said “Abe-no‐Miushi“. Abe-no‐Miushi is the ancestor of “Abе no seimei“. “Abe‐no seimei“ was a legendary yin-yang teacher. ・"Major Counselor, Otomo‐no Miyuki" is said himself. Ancestor of “Otomo no yakamochi“. ・"State councilor, Ishi-no-Kami Marotari" is said "Ishi-no-Kami Maro“. "Ishi-no-Kami Maro“ later changed his name to "Mononobe‐no Ason“. This is a social satire even if it is said that it is a long time ago now.

So this is the inspiration for characters of Kaguya-Sama Love is War. They even mention the tale itself in the story. I know there is an arc of Impossible Task of obtaining the Swallows Cowrly an I think there was something about the Buddha's Bowl. It's really cool to see the original tale. Thank you for the vid!

And then Kaguya Hime learned about Danmaku

You guys need to watch 「The Tale of the Princess Kaguya」 from Studio Ghibli!!

*explains about the moon & stuff* Father: Omg your sailor moon Mother: Shut up honey I died of laughter!🤣😂🤣😂😹🤣😂

I’m a massive anime fan when you were naming off all the things needed for those tasks literally what came to my mind was a movie from one of my absolute favourite animes called inuyasha

In Mexico, we have a similar history talking about the mountain , that is, it's about princess Iztlacihuatl and the warrior Popocatepetl, to let them get married the king gave them one condition, Popocatepetl must figth in a war, he won because duh, but a jealous suitor left the Battlefield and told everyone that Popocatepetl had dies, the princess was devastated, she refused to eat and died of a broken heart, so when Popocatepetl came back the dad was like: What the heck? Weren't you dead? Realizing they had been fooled they punished the suitor, but no punish could be enough for Popocatepetl to cure his broken heart, he took her to a land with a torch as his only companion and watched her dead body wishing she was just in a deep slumber, the gods felt pity for the young couple who were separeted before they should have, so over-nigth they turned them into a mountain and a Volcano, Iztlacihuatl lays there, you can see her silloutte, and Popocatepetl watches over her, and the torch he took is still on to this day.

I've always loved this story and Urashima Tarō. Both make me smile a sad smile. Hey, are you going to do Urashima Tarō?

5:09 i just had houseki no kuni flashbacks taking jewels...

Momoshiki : Hey Kaguya! I came to punish you. Kaguya: Celestial Moon Beings!!

The Ōkami depiction of princess Kaguya is especially funny because she’s in like bamboo astronaut gear and uses a rocket ship to return to the moon

“OMG your sailor moon!” “Shut Up honey” Anime is the best how dare you

・True love begins when nothing is looked for in return. ・Man discovers himself when he becomes to the obstacle. ・It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye. From The Little Prince that Saint-exupéry wrote. By the story of the Moon Princess Kaguya from my mother, I knew those things since baby.

when i saw this video i knew there were gonna be some touhou fans here im proud

So this is where Zun gets its inspirations to have the touhou IN

Imperishable Night explains.

Powerful Men Fighting over Woman is a Tale as Old as Ancient Writing. for example: any Mythology.

1:13 iT'S juSt SAliVa

I think Kaguya's story was considered so interesting, she is the reference in several Mangas, Animes, and even video games. I own a Manga series called Sakura-Hime that takes place in an alternative timeline in which Kagura's granddaughter must literally turn into a superhero samurai to slay feral moon spirits that would feed on humans. They also claim that moon demons feed on humans and that the lineage of the moon princess would always cause the death of the rightful heir to the throne, so each princess is betrothed to said the heir to sustain the balance between the moon and earth. Also, Sailor Moon took slight inspiration from Greek Mythology in the naming of the love interest (whom I can't name on top of my head) and there's a Studio Gibibi movie adaptation of the legend which I really like. You should see it

Those tasks that Kaguya gave the five nobleman are actually simple if you think out of the box. Buddah's bowl = a bowl that looks old & ordinary with a gold like shine in it (like the Holy Grail). Jeweled branches = Sakura/Cherry blossom branches (the "mysterious" island's greatest treasure is are the cherry blossoms). Robe of a fire rat = A red fireproof robe with the Chinese emblem of The Rat from the Zodiac with the fire element. Jewel from a dragon = a jasper stone (the another names for jasper is "bloodstone" and "dragon bloodstone" ). Swallow cowrie shells = Cowrie shells that have colors like a swallow.

People theorized that the 5 impossible tasks were impossible not because the items were extremely hard to retrieve but that Kaguya-hime already have the 5 treasures that she tasks the suitors to retrieve hence an impossible task.

sokka: My girlfriend turned into the moon Zukko: That's harsh man

3:41 candidate 5 died, suppressed laugh

Eirin, Eirin, Tasukete Eirin

Came back to this after watching the latest episode of Tonikawa.

Fighting evil by moonlight Winning love by daylight Never running from a real fight She is the one named Sailor Moon

2:24 BAMBOOzeled

No mention to Kaguya Houraisan and the Inaba Rabbits in the comments!?

I remember watching a couple of episodes of doremon which revolved this folk tale. The narrator has a cool sarcasm. I like it.

Cuts bamboo, finds baby Cuts peach, finds baby Cuts melon, finds baby I'm scared to cut things, I'm not ready to be a mom.

RU-vid stopped at 0:49 for a second... Yeah you wish your parents named you-

There is a movie called "The tale of Princess Kaguya". Its on Netflix. Let me tell you, the amount I sobbed- And now I see your video on it, I cant help but watch!

“OMG YOU’RE SAILOR MOON” “shut up dear” that made me laugh 😂

So this is how touhou 8 IN is made

Father: OMG UR SAILOR MOON! Mother: *shut up*

Next fujiwara no Mokou.......ouh wait she oy exist in gensokyou

"she grew up smoking hot, giving a 2 degree burn" *what ?*

after watching the Inuyaha movie featuring parts of this story it's nice to hear the real tale. thank you for making all of these videos. I've learned a lot and I hope to continue to learn a hell of a lot more thanks to you.

“Hey, arent these tasks a bit um.... impossible?” “Yeah.”

Kaguya is now a Neet

Hey Linfamy, I discovered your videos recently, and they have supplemented my readings about ancient Japan really well. You have a great sense of humour and the historical tidbits are always interesting. You deserve way more views and subs, keep up the good work my man :)

tbh your videos are soooo addicting, u deserve more sub and likes!

Your humer is amazing lmao I love it makes it easier for me to learn folktales I'm really interested in japanese culture so I'm trying to learn Japanese and about they're culture so thank you lol

So Chang'e didn't really lived alone with a rabbit after all

Some people believe that the story of Kaguyahime is about aliens because Kaguyahime grows up very fast and returns to the moon.

Omg I had a book of this, I haven't heard this story since I was a child. Thank you for sharing this one!!

Thanks to your video with Epimetheus I now have a new favourite source of folk stories

Somebody: Kinda reminds me of sailor moon... Touhou fan: If you only knew the truth..

Kaguya has been mentioned in naruto and naruto. I have often wondered what her background story was. Thank you for the breakdown. Starting to see a correlation with inuyasha movie. Makes sense now

Wow linfamy your patrons are very great I could not afford that much money

I love listening to your voice. You're so funny. And the videos are really nice.