Great English subtitles, I absolute adored them, they were enriching and empowering. I mean, so powerfully written and so accurately composed. Brillinat.
*"The Country of a Samurai", It's been a long time since our country was called this. Samurai once daydreaming while looking into the Edo sky. Now, foreign ships come through*
"Japan has isolated itself from the rest of the world for over 200 years, until the Americans came and said, "you're gonna trade with us and you're gonna like it"
Trade by definition can only exist if two or more people willingly engage on it. What happened in Japan was that the commoners saw forening trade as usefull but the nobility forbidded it for selfish or tiranical reason's.
@The Liberal Capitalist that was not good enough. I am very sure someone in Japan seen that the times was changing and it was time to be with the other countries.
In result these samurai dies infront of US howitzer, gatling gun, winchester etc. And they can't be blamed cz they train japanese to be the emperor army so it's looks like a civil war but in my opinion it's not
Merchants might have been among the "lower classes" but many merchants were very wealthy and very influential with regards to government policies and politics in general. A key detail that you fail to mention.
During the fall of the Samurai class in the late Edo period, breeding goldfish become a Samurais' second job for income. In fact, Samurai was the first goldfish keepers in Japan back in the 16th century. Ranchu, Ryukin, and Tosakin are the 3 signature breeds developed by Samurai
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My teacher showed us one of your videos that i watched, it was cool to see a channel that I watch a lot at home, being brought to school. Thanks Simple History :D
Long time ago, the Japanese people lived together in harmony. But then, everything changed when anime attacked _The 4th Great Ninja War erupted and changed Japan forever_
I've watched Japanese Samurai movies and shows such as The Last Samurai, Shogun TV series, 13 Assassins, 47 Ronin and this video is among those I admired the most in your channel.
While neighbouring powers fell quickly to advancing European colonizers, Japan was a very tough nut to crack and even Portuguese navigators find it hard to colonize. It being isolated and remote was one advantage. The Island had a strategical advantage. Only after Meiji restoration, Japan opened up for the rest of the world. Japan was never colonized, rather it in fact attained a status of being an imperialist power just like its European counterparts.
Whenever I watch videos on the edo period, I always remember the Shinsengumi samurai. Best knows for breaking down the “born a Samurai” idea and would hire and train men from all walks of life to serve the shogun as samurai. The 3 highest ranking men in Shinsengumi were all from farming families but attained their rank through sheer skill with a sword.
@@matthewmammothswine4395 they weren’t exactly a “secret” police force as the would patrol the streets both day and night. Anyone who saw that sky blue and mountain pattern haori, knew exactly who They were.
@@rareELL before Tokugawa was given Edo by Toyotomi Hideyoshi it was a backwater. Many of his retainers thought it an insult to their lord Tokugawa. Yet he saw the potential of a place that could rival Kyoto. It is a fascinating point in Japanese history.
Kitchen Gorilla This life never imagined in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. During that time people have suffered the destruction of the three wars, flood, drought, disease, and exploited by corrupted local landlords, governors, and royalties. The peasants and farmers devote their lands and become slaves to pay their depth. This is tragedy and dark history of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
During the Tokugawa era, the Nihonbashi was the center of five kaido that began in 1601. The major highways of today's Japan roughly follow the route of the kaido (Route 1, 2, etc), collectively known as Edo Five Routes. There was the Tokaido that connected Edo to Kyoto and had 53 stations (and had an artistic interpretation by Utagawa Hiroshige). It merged with Nakasendo (hitting the center of Honshu, has 69 stations). Then there was the Koshu Kaido with 44 stations that ended at modern Yamanashi before merging with Nakasendo, then the Oshu terminating at Mutsu Province (today's Fukushima Prefecture, had 27 stations), and the Nikko Kaido that terminated at modern Tochigi Prefecture with 21 stations. These routes' stations had border control functions. Also, today's Tokaido Shinkansen follows roughly the Tokaido route.
I swear to god every time I start to look into a subject of history, about a week after, Simple History uploads a vid regarding the topic. Every. Single. Time.
Tokugawa wanted Japan to avoid Western values, only for the Meiji restoration to adopt some of it. I think Japan melded traditional and Western values very well, and they have [for the most part] done it in their own terms, making the modern Japanese culture we know [and love (at least in my case)].
There is problem though in regards to how it incorporated individualism and collectivism, namely they sucked at implementing it and have made it hard for a Japanese couple today to start a family and get married.
Yeah the blending of values was great, until they massacred unholy amounts of Chinese, Phillipino, and even Japanese, citizens. Their ancient values led to them being literally worse than nazis, the terrible acts they committed would make mengele blush!
@Maranda I don't know if you have figured it out already but a weeaboo is a person who denounces their own culture/land/traditions and puts japan on a weirdly inappropriate pedestal. They take part in cultural appropriation, learn most of their "knowledge" of japan from anime/manga and probably collect swords and ninja stars.. Filthy Frank has a while video dedicated to weeaboo's, I reccoment you watch it, it's good fun.
Edo folks would have totally dug this take on their lifestyle! 😊 They had a great sense of humor and a sharp eye for social details. I love how the video highlights the constant fires in Edo-it’s amusing yet historically significant. Those fires really made the firemen some of the most admired men in town. Wow!
yeah, sure. many countries were like this in the Medieval Age, actually. maybe we should keep in mind the fact that maintaining a colony is pretty difficult and costs money. an empire would have to spend money to build better infrastructure and military bases or fortifications and the soldiers to protect the new colony. most of the time, countries even during the Medieval Age had alliances.
This life never imagined in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. During that time people have suffered the destruction of the three wars, flood, drought, disease, and exploited by corrupted local landlords, governors, and royalties. The peasants and farmers devote their lands and become slaves to pay their depth. This is tragedy and dark history of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
ROK Ball Yes it is. There is no doubt that the Joseon Dynasty was totally shithole. During that time, 50 percent of the population of Korea was a slave.
Jabg This life never imagined in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. During that time people have suffered the destruction of the three wars, flood, drought, disease, and exploited by corrupted local landlords, governors, and royalties. The peasants and farmers devote their lands and become slaves to pay their depth. This is tragedy and dark history of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
"On that day, The Japanese received a grim reminder. They lived in fear of the outside world and were disgraced to live in these cages they called isolationism"
The interesting thing about Commodore Perry is he's seen in Japan, not as a wicked foreigner who forced Japan into a trade agreement under threat of violence, but as a beloved historical figure!
@@6ANUR34DT81S Anime is cool too but I don't like how people who make fun of them or those who like them on every single god damn youtube video about Japan. I am sure those people haven't watched even a single anime other than memes regarding it.
I love how the commodore perry who stationed himself off the coast of Japan was the brother of the very Commadore Perry who defeated the British navy during the battle of Lake erie in the war of 1812
Edo Japan: 1618: I sleep 1648: I sleep 1756: I sleep 1776: I sleep 1799: I sleep 1815: I sleep 1848: I sleep 1853: *knock-knock. It's the United States*
Sadly that was every imperial country's attitude to other weaker countries back in the day.. That's why Japan developed, so they wouldn't be annexed or controlled
The music in this and the music in how to basic’s ramen video is the same, yet another clue to the mystery of who how to basic is. The use of the same stock music can not be a coincidence.
