What Life Was Like as a Samurai In Feudal Japan RESPONSE 

Mm I don't like your hair bro. You normally look very masculine and to me you seem to be like against all this feminine boys global trend. But with that hair bro, you look very femenine. Cheers love your content.

a couple corrections for you. The knightly class of warriors in europe began in around 670 AD. your comment on the crusades missed the point entirely. Secondly your characterization of moronic white people with a superiority complex was flat out bigotry. period. It also is your subjective opinion that he meant that. THIS IS YOUR BIAS. bigot. what the audience it is intended for is supposed to think is that they were extra bad ass. seriously. Its meant to express that they were hardened warriors by 5. its a lie, but you're not doing very well with your liberal commentary. You should train in philosophy and thinking itself. What you displayed was illogical and exposed your inability to sort your inner beliefs with any other constraint than those afforded by ideological prescriptions. none of which you've reconciled against anything else. ever. apparently. and you position as a historian of sorts as a specialty demands better. you're not alone in suffering from this exact issue. historical revisionists do this as intentional activism. Knowing that they distort or omit all other context in order to achieve their necessary outcome. Do better

@@delaval7767 I like my long hair also because of its connection to history. I can expand on this point, if interested. I'm not against feminine boys, I think every person is free to express him/herself however they please. I'm against silly SJW, political correctness, Woke and in general any bending of the truth, not matter the political side. There is a difference.

@@metatronyt Yes my friend, i agree with you. Is really just a personal opinion. I think you looke better with short hair. But why you think is connected to history?

@@delaval7767 there are quite many connections. i will list just a few: 1 Metatron loves feudal Japan's history. If you take a look at art depicting historical figures many if not most had their hair even longer than Metatron. 2 Plenty of bronze age and later european warriors had have their hair long 3 Art depicting medeval warriors often show them with long hair.

You and I think the same way. Your comments reflects my thoughts exactly.

You make a fair point. Much like today, the average day and life of a medieval person was boring and mundane. They woke up, ate breakfast, went to work, ate their dinner, finished their work, went home, ate their supper, went to bed. Throw in a few trips to the toilet and baths and boom, average day of the average person, most of the time. I don't like that people treat medieval times like there was always something happening because in reality, like today, most of the time in villages nothing was going on. Just think about your local area today and just how much doesn't happen on a daily basis. There aren't criminals on the run all day everyday, there aren't criminals being sentenced everyday, there isn't a call to war everyday. People just wake up, go to work, go home, eat, poop, bathe, bed. That's pretty much how humans have been for 1000s of years. A side note.. THEY BATHED! Also did this regularly because people didn't like to stink. The biggest annoyance of mine is that medieval people were gross and dirty all the time. They weren't. They bathed, they brushed their teeth, they shaved, they cut their hair.. They groomed themselves and weren't just rolling around in their filth all day like pigs. I dunno where people get this misconception from because it takes 2 seconds of common sense to figure out people don't like to stink or be dirty.

History channel in 2222: "Did you know that 200 years ago you couldn't even walk by a school without getting involved in a school shooting? Those 21th century people were all so bloodthirsty, every single one of them!"

I've unsubscribed from several that looked okay right away, including the one that the video is from, because of rampant clickbait and misinformation. Reason I stopped watching the History Channel years ago, as well. As informative as 5 Minute Crafts for truth...

I've learned more about history from about three RU-vid channel than from "educational" sources. Funny thing is many documentaries about ancient times depict the past as fictional accounts do, and in very historically inaccurate ways.

Saw this on another video of his, why were they if they were so wealthy?

@@Do27gg It was considered a dishonest and dishonorable trade. Money was nothing compared to honor.

@@Do27gg Heard that it was because of Buddhism, seeing that money was unimportant and stuff.

@@sirgalahad1376 Precisely, farmers out ranked merchants.

It's a top down mandated method of social control - artificially debase a profession that could enrich people enough to challenge the status quo.

This is the personification of all RU-vid comments.

It's a culture not a costume 😭 Now excuse me while I signal my virtue I mean type an essay on why you're wrong and you're a baddie

@@whoelsebutmeofcoursei I was wrong. Now we have personified all RU-vid comments. Thank you

Notice me, senpai!

@hansthecontracteur Obligatory "I'm Japanese and don't mind" comment. I mean, I'm a first-generation American whose dad came from Europe, but, you know, it's obligation.

He already specified medieval samurai so Tokugawa shogunate is probably too late to count. The shinsengumi also proved that some samurai still has some teeth even then. Tokugawa shogunate period is pretty much more like the term samurai being redefined as government employee. The fighty ones fought, the writey ones wrote but their jobs had clearer job descriptions by then and yes a majority of those jobs didn't actually include any expectation of personal physical threat.

Agreed, at different time they had different predominant roles in government, because basically they were government officials/retainers. Although their roles as military personnels/professionals was still expected as the same as always, sometimes the quality of it was declined with long period of peace. The Shinsengumi was quite interesting case as proof of that, while they was a magnificent group of fighters, they did not fully consist of members from Samurai pedigrees, they did let some from other classes to joined their ranks as long as they were capable as soldiers and administrators or accountants. Albeit probably it was because of their strict rules they were able to filtered and maintained those quality and fame.

@@RAI-1911 Yep, and technically they were doing the same even previously as samurai families were performing government tasks even during the periods there were far more war tasks to handle. It's just that during long periods where there was too much paperwork and nearly no fighting needed, atavism of fighting prowess in the folks who never needed to fight is natural. Nominally, samurai had a responsibility to be capable of defense if needs must, but the same applies to the entire citizenry of the united states as codified in the selective service act and the constitutional definition of militia. Just as we're not held to that nominal standard, the samurai during long periods of peace often were not as well. The weakening of prowess of desk samurai and the assumed linked weakening of moral fortitude of the same was a point of contention in numerous poems and writings of the time.

Maybe they mixed up bushi with samurai. Not all sons of samurai families were trained to be warriors. There were kids trained to be officials or monks.

@@piotrjeske4599 There were also multiple examples of Samurai being raised from the peasant class. Was not common, but it did happen.

Don't be too loud, a fudd will have something to say to you 😂

While mostly fair, that's taking it a tad too far. Katanas could sometimes be and often were the primary weapon outside the battlefield as an example.

@@m-h1217 If people could take spears into towns they would, but a lot of times they can't, which is why swords are used more often outside battlefield. They're still not that "primary" of a weapon.

@@TastyMackerel A primary weapon is defined by if it's the preferred weapon to normally use out of the ones you're carrying. In this scenario you just presented, it would be the primary weapon. Also, I don't fully agree to that people would take spears into tows if they could. Spears are less versatile, require relatively open space to use effectively and are cumbersome to carry. Which is the reason why people didn't even if it was allowed.

@@doms.6701 Two World Wars!

I couldn't stop laughing and cringing when I heard the Erhu play in juxtaposition with the slideshow of Samurai pictures

@@TacticianMark I actually let out a massive sigh that upset my dog when hearing that lol

I was looking for a comment about the Chinese music in a video about Samurai

That is actually the exact method of propaganda that was used in Imperial Japan around the time of WW2. The heads of leadership took bits and pieces of Bushido and created a myth around it that benefitted them and their goals politically. Then worked backwards applying that to figures and battles of the past as examples of it being true. It's a really interesting and sad example of a culture being bastardized by its own leadership to manipulate the people. It also happened so fast and so extensively, remember the Japan who fought Russia just 30 years earlier was as different from what it became as you can get.

I had my first ever knife at 15. And my collection has grown and I take care of all my blades.

My story exactly. I grew old using a few knives in hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, kitchen, still have them. My son got his first Swiss army knife (a fake one) at the age of five. Now he collects knives and guess who pays for most of them.

@@vasilkraychev8194, you. And I buy all of mine, or inherited them.

I got my first swiss army knife when I was 8 years old. And I definitely used knives before that, to slice an apple etc. The best way to learn to handle potentially dangerous tools is to use them under supervision.

@@blarfroer8066, you had supervision? Though, in all fairness when I got my first knife, I was already very well aware how to be safe. But mine was a standard pocket knife that would spring up. And the only accident I ever had with it was when closing it, it wouldn’t fold in, and I was pressing on the back of the blade and on the little lever. 3 seconds after, the lever released, and sent the blade into my finger. I was fine, thankfully.

They were similar environments so it makes sense, small nations constantly at war. Europe ended up with constant civil wars and infighting between dukes and such and Japan was in a similar situation with the shogunate, so it really does make sense from a convergent evolution of cultures standpoint

as someone who doesnt have a child, but was one once very interested in guns and blades, my opinion is you only have to gauge the intelligence of your child and your teaching capability. if you can effectively get across that what you are giving them is a tool and weapon, not a toy, you can start teaching them at age 5 i think.

There is a difference when comparing them on an individual bases, and as a class of people. The sheer number of struggling actors living in poverty, has an effect on the respect actors get. You would be hard pressed to find a doctor living in poverty having to work a second job to make a living, the way many actors do.

@@maxpowers9129 its because doctors are important to society, and actors aren't especially when compared on a class basis, they're simply put of little use other than amusement

@@joshjonson2368 I agree that is certainly a big part of it, but not all of it. Doctors are important, but janitors are also important, but don't get near the same level of respect, because Janitors are viewed as being poor.

@@maxpowers9129 again, doesn't change the fact actors simply aren't a useful class, they're really about as valuable as street performers and those guys work on pennies while earning very little respect

@@joshjonson2368 As I said, I agree that is certainly a big part of it.

You are right about it. The name of the constellation first, then the car brand next.

They actually named Pleiades after the car brand because it looks like a 1956 Subaru Compact

The "Old society stronger" meme has been around forever. Even in Hagakure, an Edo period work, there are several passages alluding to "men becoming weak" and "men becoming feminine" in contrast to the "good old days".

People like to pretend that their ansestors were all knights/samurai/vikings/cossacks etc even though warrior classes contributed to 10% of the population at best, while the rest were mostly peasants

My pleasure thanks!

second point does make sense, given how many areas in history ended up being controlled by merchant groups either officially or in the shadows

From what I've read this was typical of most of the premodern world. Merchants were disliked by the upper classes because they weren't born into wealth; they'd gotten it without "proper breeding" and thus didn't know their place. And to some extent they were disliked by the lower classes because of the prices they charged.

The second reason was also reinforced by the idea that building wealth was considered evil and remaining poor was a virtue back in the edo jidai.

It has root to confucian ideal.

I'll check him out, thanks!

I also thought his info about shinobi history was a little bit funky

The Romans trained with wooden swrods that were designed to be heavier than the issued Gladius

I respect your parents.

Like "A 9 mil will blow out your lungs"? Was a different time, for sure. I remember being able to take a long gun to school in high school to go hunting with friends after school. No fear that we'd start shooting up the place. Just stored them in the school office. (Was a really small rural school.)

@@paulherman5822 the only 9mm close to that is the 9x39mm which is barely used outside of the Russian military. Still doesn't blow lungs out

@@User-kw5bk Was a fairly recent "presidential statement."

@@paulherman5822 Yep.

Sometimes but you start as an apprentice untill you got your forelock shaved and then you could become an actual samurai or craftsman

Unlike Western knighthood, which was an individual honor earned through years of service first as a page and then as a squire, samurai was a social class of warriors. Every samurai's expectation was that

all of his sons would become warriors; so they were trained accordingly from a young age. In terms of an intermediary rank between samurai and daimyo, the samurai were vassals of daimyo and the daimyo were vassals of the shogun. Some very senior samurai were designated hatamoto (bannermen) and had the privilege of guarding the clan's banners in battle. Additionally, samurai were paid a retainer of so many koku of rice, which varied based on their skill and years of service. In the later periods of Japanese history, this stipend was reduced to such a degree that some samurai had to take up craft work or business to support themselves. Lastly, ronin (wave men) were samurai who no longer served a master. There was some social stigma associated with this status, and these masterless samurai often served as paid mercenary guards or turned to thievery to support themselves.

I appreciate you checking in, friend

More like Generalismo

Actually, you're also wrong. R-Rated will mean different things in different parts of the world and over different rating associations. What you're describing is the MPA rating system, which is obviously not the one used here. BTW, in most systems, something rated R is for 18+ audiences or the R will also have a number to indicate what the minimum age of the viewer should be.

​@@doigt6590 These are the MPAA rules. You can look them up, and that's where the R-Rating comes from. Most other systems that use an R use an R18 instead of just R, although there are a couple that do. Importantly, the Weird History video uses the MPAA's R logo and they're based in the US. So, you can argue for a random other part of the world, but the Weird History people clearly meant the US system and you are wrong. Sorry.

@@kyleolson8977 Your first paragraph is basically a condensed repeat of my entire paragraph so you probably didn't read what I posted. It's incredibly disingenuous to tell me to look them up when I think it should be fairly obvious I not only know about them, but actually use the official acronym for the rating system while you don't. I think you're the one who needs to look them up, because you're clearly out of date. Btw, the Weird History people use things from all over the place because they're a confused bunch. Wouldn't be surprised if they were actually using another rather system, like the Canadian one which is actually a perfect match with that they're describing.

Here its not the case. Here you are not allowed to see R-rated (18) movie even with an adult if you are a minor However you can see K-12 and k-16 movies when you are younger if you are with your parent or other relative.

​@@doigt6590 The Canadian (non-Quebec) R is an R in a red octagon, like a stop sign. 🛑 I did my research before replying to you. I just thought the comment was already getting long the first time, but here's some more info. Other 'R' ratings without a number include Barbados and Fiji. I haven't looked for the logos yet, if they exist. I checked the original video before my first post to verify that weird history used a US "R", even before you posted. I did my research to post what I said rather than just assuming. You assumed I assumed. This isn't an amero-centric perspective issue. You may not be familiar with the US MPAA (or MPA) R rating, but it's a distinctive R with a serif, and was used in the video. There are two US ratings which have not changed since 1968, G and R, and there are logos that have been distinct since at least 1972. Search for the MPAA 1972 ratings poster and you'll find these logos, and that's what appears in the Weird History Video. It's the different between showing an Apple and an Apple computer logo. You came in to argue on a technicality and if that's the case, you probably care more about being right that learning so you can ignore the details. But even if you don't care about what ratings was used and want to die on the 18 hill, Weird History also fails on the rest of their point. Some nations will keep you from getting into a movie with an higher rating at whatever age (very few of which use just R as noted). But the original 'R' rating, in the US, does not prevent anyone under the specified age from going in if they have an adult. Since it's clear in the WH video the kids were being trained by adults, it's no different than going to R-Rated movies with adult permission. (They could probably even leave you at the movie alone after getting in. just like the WH samurai could leave a kid with a sword). Maybe you argue that while it's true in the very large place the US, some place with a higher rating doesn't allow kids in. Well, I suppose that's like how in some backwards countries women can't go to movies or movies can't have certain kinds of representation. If you want to find a reason to miss the point, you can find it. I made the comment because Weird History was trying to dunk on the modern world incorrectly. There might be plenty of complaints about modern age restrictions and parenting, but their argument was wrong on both the ancient and modern levels. There's no need to stand your ground here. You didn't get the point, maybe you see that I did my homework. The only reason why I'm annoying anyone else on the thread responding to the comment is that the history of the MPAA ratings system is interesting enough to me to find the details and for that reason I know what I'm talking about, and I find it interesting that people might not understand what the "R" rating logo is.

The cloudy stuff in the video is called nigori, and it’s not filtered as much as the clear kind after brewing. Both kinds are drank, but Japanese people seem to prefer their sake to be more clear in my experience.

I know what you mean. Some videos seem like the creator just stated anything they thought they knew as fact.

Weird History is generally filled with misinformation.

@@manuelper I guess a broken clock is right twice a day, and it seems that the samurai video was one of those times then

Exactly

My full on language content is mostly relegated to my Patreon page, however I do sometimes release patreon language videos on my channel, so this could be a candidate for that. I would first publish it on Patreon and then move it to YT. Interesting topic idea