I was a soldier in an insurgency type conflict once. This was in the 1990s, but the atrocities you describe here in pre modern Japan were similar to many things that happened on my own battlefields in the late 20th Century. The human capacity for inhumanity is not limited by times and eras or by culture and ethnicity. We are all capable of it. Thanks for this video.
@Martial21396
Жыл бұрын
Balkanac?
@Docklead
Жыл бұрын
@@Martial21396probably
@long-hair-dont-care88.
Жыл бұрын
People need to comprehend the fact that walking around people is similar to walking around tigers wolves or bear's humanity is no joke.
@CBRN-115
Жыл бұрын
We are all monsters inside
@anon2034
Жыл бұрын
@@CBRN-115 No. We are human. There is nothing more human than mass slaughter. Animals don't do that.
@captainolivierlevasseur5763
9 ай бұрын
“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is. And you must bend to its power or live a lie.” ― Miyamoto Musashi
@AMD_SERIOUS
6 ай бұрын
Book of the Samurai
@yellowlightingbolt
5 ай бұрын
“There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.” ― Miyamoto Musashi,
@Distressed_Asian
5 ай бұрын
Dokkōdō rule no. 1
@jw7305
4 ай бұрын
“It is what it is” - Miyamoto Musashi
@lingricen8077
4 ай бұрын
wtf has that got to do with anything? Sigh, weebs, miyamoto is the ONLY samurai u know about its cringey
@BriarLeaf00
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for not censoring your words when talking about historical atrocities. Its important that we speak in plain language when describing such horrors, and censoring words such as rape only contribute to historical misunderstanding and false revisionism.
@haggaisimon7748
10 ай бұрын
agreed. They don't understand that hiding truth will lead to the same mistakes in the future.
@CarlCoppinger
10 ай бұрын
Yup.
@AGHORNATH18
7 ай бұрын
Life is an atrocity.
@KittSpiken
7 ай бұрын
False Revisionism is a good phrase
@thatguy22441
6 ай бұрын
People say being so direct is vulgar. Maybe, but to deny it would be far more so. To deny or whitewash history is a far greater crime than offending someone with the truth, honesty.
@kl0wnkiller912
Жыл бұрын
Even Miyamoto Musashi in "The Book of Five Rings" Says to strike your enemy first when he is preparing to fight you. During his rise as a great swordfighter he repeatedly attacked his opponents while they were unprepared or were preparing to fight. In WW2 the cruelty of the Japanese was legendary, both the allied forces and during their invasion of China.
@mguvron6604
10 ай бұрын
Ah don't forget , they're genocide some people in Borneo Indonesia, even many old man said , better living under Netherland occupation than Dai Nippon era 😮
@Leo___________
10 ай бұрын
Now ask the Chinese about what happened to British civilians during the boxer rebellion.... It's not the psychopaths you have to watch out for, it's the ordinary people caught up in the moment. Humanity is only ever a few bad months away from the most hideous acts.
@bimasetyaputra8381
9 ай бұрын
@@mguvron6604not every mass murder is genocide. Those are massacres as it not an attempt to wipebout group of people
@TheTickyTickyTicky
9 ай бұрын
That's why Musashi was undefeated. He fought like a bitch and he admitted it. Back in the day, you either fight dirty or you die. The best way to fight is not to fight at all.
@radioface86
9 ай бұрын
And Mao had to get his wife plead to the US to save them. What a mistake we made. It would have probably been better to let China and Japan figure their own shit out.
@三角スケール
Жыл бұрын
In Japan, we still use the expression ``capture the head(neck)'' as an expression for defeating an enemy.
@kimtoannhan7275
4 ай бұрын
Very interesting .In Vietnam we still use the term " take his ear" to express "take care" of someone. Because in the history, warriors collected the right ears of deceased enemies as a proof to receive the payments from their lord. As the Viet expand to the South. They collected ears so often that the southern vietnamese still using that term to today. Human in the past was brutal😢
@krokodilphil47
Ай бұрын
That's incredibly Based and cool af
@martinhardcastle9970
8 күн бұрын
So japan didn't change for centuries remember the rape of Nanking during WW2.
@EvanBrehany
8 күн бұрын
How do you say "capture the head" in Japanese?
@napoleoncomplex2712
Жыл бұрын
I started learning about the era with the first Shogun Total War. I never had any illusions about Samurai honour or loyalty. It was a bunch of warlords backstabbing and slaughtering each other in a no holds barred civil war from the start for me and my journey just involved me learning the nuances of it. One of my earliest memories is re-enacting the slaughter at Mount Heii in Nobunaga's second historical battle.
@anon2034
Жыл бұрын
Me too. Well put!
@sethgaston8347
Жыл бұрын
I started with reading Yoshikawa’s Musashi! Does a great job of showing how a true man of Zen does not revel in bloodshed, yet also doesn’t turn away from it. It’s simply death, nothing new or to be ending, just a piece of the circle.
@anon2034
Жыл бұрын
@@sethgaston8347 That is a fictionalization of Musashi's life. A good book, though.
@sethgaston8347
Жыл бұрын
@@anon2034 I’m aware, it’s likely Musashi never even existed. Nonetheless it’s still a great depiction of Zen and the Edo Era
@anon2034
Жыл бұрын
@@sethgaston8347 I think he existed.
@terrynewsome6698
Жыл бұрын
"War is brutal, why do you think men that preform it to be anyless" words from a man wiser then myself.
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid.
@theflyingguillotine3788
Жыл бұрын
Dats raycist
@stillcantbesilencedevennow
Жыл бұрын
Pft. Hyperbole does no one any good.
@mariharrik5987
Жыл бұрын
@@dhimankalita1690 please dont copy paste your racist comment
@terrynewsome6698
Жыл бұрын
@@dhimankalita1690 what the actual f#ck?
@mehlessmidori602
Жыл бұрын
Honestly, I can still enjoy Samurai Warriors and the like and still be aware of how messed up the history is. I mean, that's human history after all, right? Messed up and brutal. I feel like that's a sentiment a lot can all agree on.
@deiansalazar140
Жыл бұрын
Samurai Warriors is trying to make you see the good parts of the people, not just the monsters. Essentially it's a break from relentless reality by showing their interpretations of their personalities albeit exaggerated or stylized, and I think it's intentional.
@mikeehrmantraut1899
Жыл бұрын
I agree no ancient society is perfect in human history
@joelhamilton9677
Жыл бұрын
Exactly; its always such a shocking surprise to modern people to learn that warrior cultures relished in and continuously waged war. If we cant enjoy the history regardless than we are forbidden all history since the beginning of man when Cain slew his brother.
@user-tm8jt2py3d
Жыл бұрын
It's infinitely interesting, but the more you learn about the history of warrior cultures, the less romantic your view becomes.
@huytra8157
Жыл бұрын
It is more like, the more the you learn, you learn both the mistakes, the horrors, and what good they have done. Also just like Chinese history, a leader must be willing to be brutal, and ruthless in war, and in governing as well.
@lewisdutra6104
Жыл бұрын
No matter what culture makes Warriors seem popular and epic...They're core are that they are killers and they do what they must to live their life styles/social status/reputation intact or to elevate themselves on gamble and pay with their lives. Not many Warriors live long and if they do, they regret not have have a warrior death given dying of old age was not what they expected to reach.
@treystephens6166
Жыл бұрын
Live by the Sword 🗡 Die by the Sword ⚔️
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid.
@treystephens6166
Жыл бұрын
@@dhimankalita1690 the Samurai weren’t ruthless murderers and plunderers???
@muninrob
Жыл бұрын
@@dhimankalita1690 Really? How many times did you copy and paste this racist tripe before claiming you aren't being racist?
@muninrob
Жыл бұрын
@@treystephens6166 That depends... Are soldiers & police murderers when they kill to enforce laws? Is the tax-man plundering you when he collects your taxes? Ruthless? Certainly. Murder and Plunder? That's a bit more nuanced of a decision.
@nobuyumi8029
Жыл бұрын
I think this video is important to both have and to remember. While a lot of people on this channel come from fandoms such as Sengoku Basara and Sengoku Musou it is important to remember that samurai are real people who lived in times of social upheaval and civil war. A lot of terrible things happened, often in the name of "Unification" and "Maintaining peace" and not just by Nobunaga. Perspective is very important.
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@adrammelechthewroth6511
Жыл бұрын
Unification my ass!
@ememe1412
Жыл бұрын
The 'samurai' is romanticised and 'westernised' in its conception. The moral codes and ideas of protection etc are late Edo period reworking of samurai identity further propagated to later times my martial arts schools. They are completely alien in thought, reasoning and motivations from a Western moral and philosophical outlook. A read of Hagakure gives insight how even at that period, it gets more 'alien' farther back. For a samurai, of the Warring Period, the mindset was simple, his lord, his clan, his service. This is the order of importance and priority. It overrides his religion, his morality, his immediate family. Even their view of killing is alien. Those Buddhist leaning just see the fate of their victims as the end of a life cycle and will be reborn. Those that were Shinto leaning see the souls of their victim joining their ancestral kinfolk to be worshipped and memorialised by their descendant kins. Existing, immortal like 'Kami'. They don't necessarily feel any pity or guilt about their actions outside.
@a84c1
Жыл бұрын
Nobunaga mindset was all about " if you want to make a omelette you have to crack some eggs".
@nont18411
Жыл бұрын
You can’t make a Tomlette without breaking some Greggs
@410cultivar
Жыл бұрын
His friends-bro....you don't think this going a bit far? Oda - see, my plan is, if I can seem like enough of a demon, no one will ever try to defy me, and if everyone does what I say, that's....kinda like peace.....right?
@DionysianLovecraftian
Жыл бұрын
@@410cultivar I heard Nobunaga's attitude once being compared to what Machiavelli wrote in "The Prince". I found that comparison fitting and it was written around a similar be it on a completely different continent and coming a completely different culture.
@saymyname2417
Жыл бұрын
They all had the exact mindset. Thus, the endless wars. Their concern wasn't unification to better the people's lifes but to concentrate power. ALL power. Onto themselves. All three were ruthless murderers.
@wbtwarmerdam
8 ай бұрын
..egg(head)s
@Knoloaify
Жыл бұрын
I think this is all down to a modern misunderstanding of what "Honor" actually entails. To a knight or a samurai, it wasn't dishonorable in the slightest to kill innocent civilians during a siege. Honor was found in performing well during military campaigns and being loyal to your lord.
@TheLouHam
Жыл бұрын
Except samurais are notorious for backstabbing and being disloyal to their lords. You’re just propagating yet another myth.
@Antidragon-nl7by
Жыл бұрын
Even in Europe, the ideal of "honor" was inconsistent. In northern Europe (i.e. Britain) it meant proving and upholding your mettle in a very open and distinguished way (with no bearing on morality or ethics). In southern Europe (i.e. Italy) it meant avenging any insult or harm against your family, and protecting your loved ones and/or lord in any way you could. The true definition of Honor is an elusive thing, being mostly an ideal we can only hope to achieve through sacrifice and toil.
@Knoloaify
Жыл бұрын
@TheLouHam Yes dishonorable samurai and samurai who justified their betrayal to keep their honor existed. As well as knights with multiple allegiances, when they should only have one, or who betrayed their lord. That doesn't contradict my point at all. I've never said that all samurai were honorable.
@Dreamfox-df6bg
Жыл бұрын
I think James Clavell put it nicely in his novel 'Shogun': Toranaga: "Tsukku-san says that the Netherlands were vassals of the Spanish king until just a few years ago. Is that true?" Blackthorne: "Yes." Toranaga: "Therefore, the Netherlands - your allies - are in a state of rebellion against their lawful king?" Blackthorne: "They’re fighting against the Spaniards, yes, but - Toranaga: "Isn’t that rebellion? Yes or no?" Blackthorne: "Yes. But there are mitigating circumstances. Serious miti- " Toranaga: "There are no ‘mitigating circumstances’ when it comes to rebellion against a sovereign lord!" Blackthorne: "Unless you win." Toranaga looked at him intently. Then laughed uproariously. "Yes, Mister Foreigner…you have named the one mitigating factor."
@TheLouHam
Жыл бұрын
@@Knoloaify you said honor was found by being loyal to your lord, which is not true. It’s quite common to switch your allegiance and betray people you’re supposed to be loyal to as long as it personally benefit you. There was no need to “justify” betrayal since betrayal is just a normal part of their society. The idea that the samurai finds honor in being loyal is just a propaganda called Bushido.
@gstephen8949
Жыл бұрын
Not all pop culture portrayed samurai as the good guys. A perfect example of that is ghost of Tsushima. In the DLC (spoiler alert for those who’ve never played it) we come to find out that the main characters father who is portrayed as being good throughout the whole game is actually more along the lines of nobunaga. It serves as a plot twist but the developers already knew and I guess didn’t want to fully portray the samurai as these honorable good guys when most of the time they were pretty damn evil
@CHRB-nn6qp
Жыл бұрын
Ghost of Tsushima was great even in the main story. A lot of people played it with a romanticised view of the samurai, and the game pretty heavily tore into that. It showed that even when samurai are following their code, in the case of Shimura, they can still be arrogant and deceitful. Despite initially seeming to celebrate the samurai tradition, it was actually a game about going against tradition.
@valeriansage
Жыл бұрын
nahh...they got criticism of romanticizing the samurai too much that they changed it to the DLC. They took the edo period samurai mentality to a more dark age Japan at the time and it's absolutely cringe....gameplay is still good though
@obligatoryusername7239
Жыл бұрын
The DLC was pretty ludicrous when the reason the samurai attacked the island was it was a criminal haven for pirates and bandits. Yet they paint the islanders as innocent victims despite them violently preying on others much like historic samurai did.
@AG26498
Жыл бұрын
@@CHRB-nn6qpnah it was pretty cringe. And it became even worse when the game started to justify Jin's actions. In the end, Jin became the monster he sought to destroy. But the game still painted him as a hero.
@Dark_Minded20
11 ай бұрын
@@AG26498Jins actions?,the Mongols invaded his island and he protected it,what's controversial about that besides the murder?
@tileux
Жыл бұрын
Its worth bearing in mind that Oda Nobunaga was the absolute outlier when it came to gross violence during the senguko period, which was, itself, the most violent period of japanese history. Its also worth bearing in mind one of nobunaga’s senior commanders assassinated him - likely because of his unrestricted violence. Another point to remember is that during this period EVERYONE had weapons - including monks and peasants - and everyone was pretty good at using them, bleeding Nobunaga’s armies dry in guerrilla wars in the mountains, which is why nobunaga engaged on his genocidal campaigns against monastaries, monks and the peasants of entire small provinces. It was nobunaga’s successor and former lieutenant, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who finally united all of japan them disarmed all of japan other than the samurai. Toyotomi is interesting because he was a peasant - he came up through the ranks, starting as an ashigaru, and it was nobunaga’s necessary reliance on ashigaru that changed samurai warfare from small-scale encounters to large scale battles. Thats also why the traditional weapon of the high ranked samurai, the o-dachi, began to be superseded by the smaller katana. An o-dachi is impractical on a closely packed battlefield. The problem in the senguko period was that if another clan was not your ally it was generally accepted that sooner or later they would attack you. Even if they were your ally, you couldn’t trust them. Leading to a kill-or-be-killed situation until there was no one left to fight the Tokugawa who came out as the last powerful clan standing. Nobunaga destroyed the delicate balance of clan power because his oda clan was small and already under threat, he was known to be a wild violent man, and he came to power in the oda clan fully expecting to be murdered by his own family. Once he started the killing (by killing his brothers) there was no going back. Its perhaps worth putting this in context. During the taiping civil war in china (1850-1864), the people of taiping controlled cities were routinely massacred by imperial forces at the end of sieges, often resulting in slaughters of hundreds of thousands of people in a single event. The estimated casualties of that war - 20-30 million are widely considered a conservative undercount. That level of brutality - which some western countries aided by spurning the christian taiping movement and fighting with the imperials - makes the samurai seem tame in comparison. The taiping civil war is one of the most destructive wars in history and by far the bloodiest civil war, but it is largely unknown. Only the ccp really remembers it, and they remember it as a lesson not to let western ideas into china. But china has a litany of atrocities that make the samurai seem civilised (when the mongols sacked Hangzhou, capital of the southern song dynasty, they literally exterminated everyone) An interesting samurai in all this is the One Eyed Dragon - Date Masamune. One of Toyotomi’s henchmen and then Ieyasu Tokugawa’s, who backed travel to and trade with Europe, became a christian, and may have sheltered christians from Ieyasu’s later persecution. Many of Masamune’s converted samurai remained in Spain to avoid persecution in japan, apparently with his blessing. But bear in mind this happened at the end of the senguko period, when the fighting was more or less over.
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid.
@tileux
Жыл бұрын
@@dhimankalita1690 its a good video. And the history is very well known. All you have to do is look.
@eagle162
Жыл бұрын
Oda was unlikely particularly more violent than anybody else . That's an idea of later times after sengoku era. Regarding the event of mount heili that has been exaggerated to a extreme degree to the point of almost legend, modern research found the place was already mostly abandoned long before the time of the burning it did not even spread over the way either was the flames particularly of massive scale, there were commoners that died but they were casualties that got caught in the cross fire,Oda had no interest in going after commoners he was after the mercenaries at the temple for various reasons. Recommend looking through Japanese sources if you can. Really a lot of stuff get exaggerated or even some cases made up after sengoku era, not saying war isn't brutal but that should be taken into account. Again Oda for example was not nicknamed The demon King even during edo era. Or mogami yoshiaki, after his land got split up later Lords come up with this image of him that could be considered at least to some extent propaganda. During this time there were actually rules of war that try to minimize that chaos during and after battles. War/battles was already large-scale long before Oda, he was not unique or some great innovator relying on foot soldiers,Toyotomi did not disarm the population he put more restrictions but it's a myth he got rid of weapons for everybody except the samurai that would have been impossible,odachi was still used even have units of odachi users, the main sword for most however was not that but tachi which did got replaced by katana for many samurai but during this time were actually longer about the length of a longsword it was not until edo era new laws were made that shorten it.
@akmalrafiaa4772
Жыл бұрын
Well said sir
@joeh5538
Жыл бұрын
Okay now explain Unit 731
@rtrThanos
Жыл бұрын
Sir, I would personally love a video that is hours and hours long about samurai brutality. I can’t imagine a better way to fall asleep.
@yucatansuckaman5726
Жыл бұрын
When I'm not thinking of the Roman empire, I'm relaxing and thinking of samurai brutality. 😂
@ianwebb2235
Жыл бұрын
We live in Fukui - close to the Asukura site near Ichido dani where Nonobunaga obliterated the Asakura clan,,,,We went to the museum nearby. There were so many personal items recovered - combs, hair pieces of ladies, sake cups that someone would have had sake, children toys.... so many personal items that real people would have used. All were smashed obliterated and stamped into the earth.....Seeing these things, many of which were someones personal possessions was such a cold experience....Thank you for the video - my family is Japanese and it is good for them to see their true history. My wifes family were guardians of Osaka castle....my children have an interesting history.....
@ViktorBauwens
3 ай бұрын
I am in love with Japan and would really want to go but it’s a bit expensive 😅 although there history seems “brutal” I mean it is but compared to other nations like the mongols or Christian’s even the Inkas, what samurai warriors did was rather a normal so I would never think that they didn’t follow boshido or were honorable warriors that’s my reason for liking them they were actual warriors doing bad things to keep there social status while most of the times trying to be honourable warriors
@ianwebb2235
3 ай бұрын
@@ViktorBauwens Japan. is the most gentle, considerate and peaceful society I have ever experienced'. It is not that expensive as when I first came here,,,,,
@mousedynasty4953
Жыл бұрын
As someone who likes Chinese culture, I was also disappointed to find out that all Chinese emperors did horrible things. Specially when you imagine Confucius/Budhist teachings would have a greater impact in their laws.
@themuffinlord6442
4 ай бұрын
Human nature.
@jadedragon5541
3 ай бұрын
they are a necessary evil for the times they live in.
@flashgordon6510
Жыл бұрын
The more I learn about all these ancient wars, the more amazed I am that we as a race have survived so far.
@dannyzero692
5 ай бұрын
A lot of us died, but we kept coming back because we fucked like rabbits back then and we still do.
@ciscornBIG
4 ай бұрын
Purely emotional response.
@JoeyP946
28 күн бұрын
@@ciscornBIG humanity came close to extinction multiple times. War was never a major factor though, until this day and age
@FictionHubZA
16 сағат бұрын
It is truly astounding.
@hmax1591
6 ай бұрын
Viewer discretion is advised: because this video speaks the truth and presents historical facts.
@davidribeiro1064
Жыл бұрын
The thing to remember about honor codes like chivalry and bushido regulated how you treated a specific in-group. If you were outside that group... Well, then everything goes.
@Ugly_German_Truths
Жыл бұрын
At least it's a convenient excuse: "Why should we treat them with honor if their ways have no honor".
@herman1francis
Жыл бұрын
@@Ugly_German_Truths It's morally bankrupt though. You cannot claim to be honorable if you do not act honorably with everyone. If you only act honorably with a specific group you are not honorable and thus by the same logic noone should treat you honorably. The thing about honor is that you either always act with the same honorable code in all circumstances, or you are not honorable.
@davidribeiro1064
Жыл бұрын
@@herman1francis you are confusing honor with fairness. The thing about most honor codes is that they were never about fairness but about reinforcing and mantaining privilege.
@herman1francis
Жыл бұрын
@@davidribeiro1064 I stand by my words
@saymyname2417
Жыл бұрын
@@herman1francis- Honour and duty was sworn to God and the king in Christian countries. Both were above a knight and the king ruled by the will of God. Plus, messing with either could get you into massive trouble in this and /or another world. Peasants were irrelevant. Many just can't understand that today and think honour geared towards the lower classes to protect them. Dead wrong. Everywhere in every culture. And I am sorry but your view is what is called "modern sensitivities". And nobody cared for that in times past. Nowhere on this planet.
@Antidragon-nl7by
Жыл бұрын
What makes the violence even more astonishing to me is that Japan is a relatively small landmass, and only a meager portion of that land is fertile. Other regions (i.e. like Europe) could sustain much higher populations, making it far easier to absorb and recover from massacres. Yet even in though human life should have been at a much higher premium in Japan, the warrior culture was even more brutal than most.
@DionysianLovecraftian
Жыл бұрын
Maybe it's because that harsh living conditions make for a tough and rough people. That is just a theory on my part because how you live influences your attitude of course.
@ogerpinata1703
Жыл бұрын
In fight of the little they had on the home islands. Fight or die.
@saymyname2417
Жыл бұрын
I always thought that the earthquakes and vulcano eruptions lead to the Japanese being so aggressive. Not only towards themselves - the country was mainly at war with itself - but also towards others. I think the desire to have safe earth under the feet was the main motivation to go so harshly against China, Korea and others. Maybe its also a superiority complex driving them but they share conceit with the Chinese and Koreans. But I suspect the hostile nature to have been like a trigger.
@DionysianLovecraftian
Жыл бұрын
@@saymyname2417 I feel that their harsh natural enviroment also led to them developing an interesting attitude towards death and mortality: it's rather fatalistic and sesing life as cheap and expendable.
@saymyname2417
Жыл бұрын
@@DionysianLovecraftian - Life being expendable was a sad reality in many countries and still sadly is. But I agree that the Japanese attitude towards death had to do with the permanent threat that was nature. Plus, besides volcanos and earthquakes they also have floods. I guess these circumstances are a constant reminder of the own mortality indeed. And of course Japan had its share of pandemics and famines as well. All that and the constant warfare must have caused quite a disregard for not just the own but for human life in general.
@lelanderickson1045
Жыл бұрын
I never really bought into the mythology to begin with, and that was back in the 1970s when I was in middle school and first learned about the samurai and Feudal Japan from reading library books. I was also quickly disavowed of the whole Western mythos of knightly chivalry, King Arthur, etc. The fact of the matter is that warfare is brutal, bloody, and cruelty as in the commission of war crimes against noncombatants was and remains very much a reality, the rule more than the exception even amongst well-disciplined, well-trained professional soldiers.
@johnrockwell5834
Жыл бұрын
By comparison the normative biblical laws of War look humanitarian.
@ORLY911
Жыл бұрын
tbf if you read a lot of the old Arthur tales they actually were brutal and not sanitized. Arthur wasn't (always) saintly. There was actually a story where he goes King Herod and orders all babies of his kingdom to be killed so to get rid of his bastard son Mordred. Of course, stories differ greatly on period and region, though Arthur being more chivalrous is a bit of a later invention.
@PetroGameplay
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the way you narrated this topic in your video, especially in your intro on the attack on Mount Hiei. It's so good and suspenseful, like an epic tale unfolding before you, except this is real history. This is a kick ass video. Great work, Shogunate!
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@nobunagaoda6605
Жыл бұрын
Touching back to when you talked about Samurai retreating or attempting surviving a battle to fight another day- There is this old film I watched here on KZitem the other day called "Samurai Burai 1952" or "Sword For Hire 1952" that sorta sheds light into the dilemma of those who choose to die in a last stand and those who wish to live another day. Ironically the story starts with the Siege of Odani castle with the besieged defenders of the Azai clan and how the story of the film unfolds is something I would recommend people to watch just so that way through those characters eyes people could understand why moments such as retreat and survive could be just as chaotic and difficult versus that of making your last stand in defiance to the enemy.
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@hanchiman
Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the movie 7 Samurai when Toshiro Mifune character Kikichiyo was berating the samurai about the war atrocities that the Samurai have done against the farmers. Where stealing, killing, burning and doing horrible acts against women was common on civilians and in turn, these Samurai atrocities drove the commoners and farmers become thieves to steal dying samurai possession. This scene I remember was a personal message from Akira Kurosawa as an apology to the Japanese people, as Kurosawa was from a Samurai family background. Sadly this mentality of "Kill civilians of the enemy countries" or "Take no prisoner" still persisted even in WW2 where the Japanese army was committing brutal war atrocities in whole Asia that even Nazi Germans was horrified after hearing what happened in 1937 Nanking Forgot to mention, I think Yoshiteru Ashikaga is one of the rare case Samurai/Shogun who truly died in battle.
@7bootzy
Жыл бұрын
Mifune brought such intensity to that monologue, I thought he might crawl out of the screen at me the first time I watched it. "Foxy devils!"
@herman1francis
Жыл бұрын
@@7bootzy Mifune Toshiro, an absolute legend
@Jyryp
Жыл бұрын
Something i want to go into, "take no prisoner" mentality and brutality that happened with imperial japan during WW2 was not something that had been a thing all the way up to WW2. You can look up how japanese did treat for example russian POW's during russo-japanese war. Most of elements of cruelty/brutality started to appear after militarism and military took control of government during 1930's and with its ideology. Brutality and cruelty from soldiers was also often done when there was not specifically "order" from top to do so. Something like invasion of manchuria was partially done because lower ranking soldiers wanted to "prove" themselves and military had often tendency not to punish of doing things like these. One reason far as i have read is that military had very strict hierarchy and hazing was extreme. Hazing and violence with it followed hierarchy, once you got to bottom of "ladder" you had lowest ranking soldiers who had no way to vent their frustration to anyone, such as koreans in japanese army, which then lead to violence against civilians. Before anyone says this, no im not denying what imperial japanese soldiers did during WW2. What i also said isnt complete overview either, couple videos from "the historians craft" touch on atrocity topic during imperial japan and reasons of it such as "Imperial Japan's Army: Bushidō & Atrocity During WWII". Just wanted to give some more context to this and reasons why it happened. Recommending his videos about ideology of imperial japan aswell and unit 731 aswell.
@tertmade9769
Жыл бұрын
@@JyrypThe Germans and Soviets did so much atrocities the same level as the Japanese, they just won't tell them
@Jyryp
Жыл бұрын
@@tertmade9769 I dont think i implied that they didnt anywhere? I was talking about japanese not soviets or germans.
@sergiofrazier4604
Жыл бұрын
This tracks. I learned a lot of this in my Way of the Samurai Japanese History Advanced Collage course. My professor pulled no punches.
@anthonyhewitt9397
Жыл бұрын
Love that you specify these people were a product of their time. Savagery was more common amongst even the common man.
@gideonm.7425
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I remember a quote from The Seven Samurai, that Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune's character) said while arguing with the other samurai about how farmers hide food, weapons, sake, etc. "But then who made them such beasts? You did! You samurai did it! You burn their villages! Destroy their farms! Steal their food! Force them to labour! Take their women! And kill them if they resist! So what should farmers do?"
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@melissapinol7279
Ай бұрын
My dad loved Toshiro Mifune's films, and insisted that I watch them. He lived in Japan for awhile after the Korean war and loved it. And, much to my surprise, I just found out that I am part Japanese!
@ShinFahima
Жыл бұрын
Samurai in Korea: "Yeah they were sayin sum BS in Chinese, so we just started slashin'."
@EroticOnion23
5 ай бұрын
Kanji means "Han words"...
@ShinFahima
5 ай бұрын
@@EroticOnion23 Yeah, their writing really proliforated all over there.
@gardnert1
Жыл бұрын
I love the nuance of discussions like this. People have never been "perfect" and life has always been brutal. We truly live in the best of times, yet people are still unhappy with it. They have no idea how lucky they are.
@silverhawkscape2677
7 ай бұрын
Is it? Or becoming a Peaceful Prison as our Leaders see to gain more power, reduce our rights and convince us it is all good? They are no different from the Power hungry Samurai of Old. The only difference now is that they have the Technology to Subjugate us without firing a shot.
@cyko5950
6 ай бұрын
watching these war stories i am learning to appreciate life.
@JiggaMan1297
Жыл бұрын
What I wonder is were samurai any more vicious/brutal than warriors and authorities in other countries back then ? During the Imjin war didn’t the Korean’s and Chinese see the Japanese as somewhat barbaric ? That’s interesting because the samurai often saw themselves as civilised people.
@dabo5078
Жыл бұрын
Yes the mainland saw them as barbaric and as pirates. Nor were they flattering in description for these people.
@lingricen8077
4 ай бұрын
The japanese are always killing each other and themselves, they were barbaric
@TempAcct-e6k
2 ай бұрын
Japan was the island of dwarf barbarians to them at that time
@Joeofthemasks
Жыл бұрын
Having read so many of their myths and legends; from The Tale of Genji to The Bamboo Grove, there is a truly brutal world under the flower blossoms of Japan.
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@anthonyml7
Жыл бұрын
Well done video. I truly eat this up as a medievalist so seeing how it compares to medieval Europe is really interesting. Your are so correct there's 2 sides to every coin and knowing both helps us understand the bigger picture that is history.
@McMxxCiV
Жыл бұрын
As the opposite is so omnipresent on KZitem that this stands out, I want to commend you on your narration with different cadences and stress patterns. I'm particularly sensitive to people ending every sentence in the same cadence, and your more natural storytelling voice is a very welcome change.
@jeffreysams3348
Жыл бұрын
The point you bring up is very interesting. I think many movies/TV shows about the era really downplay the brutality. For example, this year`s Taiga Drama (year long drama about 1 samurai) is about Ieyasu and the director/NHK was EXPLICIT in that they were going out of their way to make him warm, fuzzy and relatable (yeah, it sucks). That said, in November, Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano) is releasing a movie called 首(Neck) which is all about Nobunaga wanting to get his hands on Araki Murashige`s neck and Takeshi has made it clear he is thrilled to show how brutal the period was. Here is the promo video (and yeah, it looks brutallly good) kzitem.info/news/bejne/yp-Al32NmIVznYo
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@azarishiba2559
Жыл бұрын
I really hate when they try to depict Ieyasu in a more positive light than Nobunaga and Hideyoshi.
@dpeasehead
Жыл бұрын
@jeffreysams3348: Does NHK stream the Taiga Dramas? I haven't seen any of those in many years.
@jeffreysams3348
Жыл бұрын
@@dpeasehead I think in Japan it is on a streaming service but not overseas. I think NHK is convinced no foreigner will have an interest in samurai
@johnmars5282
Жыл бұрын
Read Shigurui (if you can stomach the violence) , its the best description of samurai morality hands down.
@Vincent-S
Жыл бұрын
If the Usagi Yojimbo graphic novel series taught me anything as a kid, it’s that there were just as many (or even much more) brutal or brutish ones as the morally just ones, like the main character Miyamoto Usagi. Great vid!
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@matthewmelange
Жыл бұрын
So happy that you made this video!
@MrTetsukobu
Жыл бұрын
One detail that may be interesting to the reader, is that during a certain period, the samurai was rewarded with sacs of rice (common currency at the time) if they brought the severed head of an official, or general to the daimyo (chieftain). As nobody knew (there were no cameras), the samurai used to cut the head of a base soldier and dressed it with the kabuto (helmet) of an important guy. Then things turned bad for these samurai selling fakes, and many of them ended up committing seppuku when their ruse was discovered. Humans are basically the same animals through the ages.
@joelc9329
Ай бұрын
Nah humans aren’t animals. We have souls and can determine right from wrong. Having a sinful nature that can only be changed inherently by the Blood of Jesus. Believe in Jesus, turn from your sin and you will have everlasting life.
@MrTetsukobu
Ай бұрын
@@joelc9329 I respect your opinion. However, I would like to understand the process you used to conclude that we have souls. I stress; that YOU used. Would you be so kind to respond?
@AdamParkhurst
Ай бұрын
@@joelc9329 god ain't real
@babawill14
Жыл бұрын
Anyone interested in this topic should read a Japanese author named Yukio Mishima. His works explain how honor and dignity were so bound that things the West view of brutal or grisly were embraced selflessly. Western honor in medieval times was based off the Bible, so it differed from Eastern honor, which was about extreme selflessness, detatchment and tolerance of suffering. It was closer to the stoicism of the pre-Christian Roman worldview, if anything is comparable in Europe. His best book is Sun and Steel and Yukio himself committed Sepukku after a failed coup attempt in Tokyo in the 1970s.
@gregorylatta8159
Жыл бұрын
Yes like I said they were godless heathens.
@babawill14
Жыл бұрын
@paddyleblanc Great one as well. For me Sun and Steel is the most relatable and practical for someone combating influences of the modern world, especially as I was completely unaware of Mishima's life when I first opened it. I can apply it to my gym routine or work life in a more direct way.
@anonymousa1a1
Жыл бұрын
There is a difference between what really happened in the past and what history books explain and theorize. The Samurai were people. They killed for greed, revenge, brutality....
@babawill14
Жыл бұрын
@@anonymousa1a1 Mishima did not write history, he expressed truth. He was essentially a Samurai himself.
@421less1
10 ай бұрын
@wjosephusw yeah it's crazy how people who do brutal shit, have a habit of writing down justifications for it. If you think burning down a temple has anything to do with bushido, your not understanding bushido
@joedredd1168
Жыл бұрын
God bless you, really, God bless you and all these other Historical content creators that seek to preserve history, blemishes and all, unbiased and truthful. Where others would seek to rewrite it or cover up things that don't align with certain ideas they have. May you and all those dedicated to keeping the history of humanity alive and well carry on for all time.
@fuferito
Жыл бұрын
I cheered for the _other_ guys when I first watched _The Last Samurai_ in the theatre.
@DLC..
Жыл бұрын
Yeah i also wanted to see Tom Cruise die
@saymyname2417
Жыл бұрын
Because Tom Cruise sucks and so does the film. I mean the audacity to call him the last samurai... 🤮
@lightshadow5294
Жыл бұрын
Love your channel, and since you mentioned monks being killed by samurai, I wondered if you could in the future if you have any information, could tell us who were the sohei (warrior monk) and what role did they play during samurai times and if any samurai were monks or priests themselves. GREAT Video as always
@TUCOtheratt
Жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation. Not overly gory but getting the points across. Thank you!👍
@LancelotChan
Жыл бұрын
I like the truth you portray to people instead of the romantic image.
@dareka9425
9 ай бұрын
I live in Borneo and some of my ancestors in the past were war lords with a penchant for piracy and head-hunting. Much of the populace by the rivers and coastal areas lived in fear during this time since they all too scattered apart. It wasn't until the British merchant, James Brooke, came in and made piracy and head hunting, especially, illegal just over a century ago. Imperial Japanese army invaded us in World War 2 but they discovered the remnant of brutality of locals who haven't forgotten to the idea of taking heads a proof of manhood. In an ironic twist it was the Japanese who lost their heads when they ventured into the jungle looking for food(thanks to Allied campaign of cutting off their supplies). And the Allied Force Z offered immunity to locals from criminal charges of taking Japanese heads if they joined their little band of guerilla raiders. Currently, our state is demanding more autonomy from the federal government and they needed some sort of idea or symbol that locals can rally behind for support. One such idea is pride in the warrior spirit of old, something like the Bushido used to rally industrialized Japan. Everyone hopped on board by donning traditional warrior costumes in parades. My generation are not ignorant of our history but we might be seeing our point of history when we started to dilute or rather sanitize it for future generations. All of my students are shocked to hear that most "warriors" were just brutal pirates who raided villages, beheaded the men and took/sold the survivors as slaves. Many were surprised to hear that their ancestors lived in very tall longhouses with removable ladders as a defense against pirate raids.
@YouTubeLate
Жыл бұрын
I can tell you did your research. You using “seppuku” instead of “hara-kiri” is just one of the good examples. People will benefit from your videos to shed light on the über lionized image of the samurai. I, too, read a book on the reality of war in feudal Japanese times; it’s very different from what is commonly known today. Also, not all retainers followed their lord in death. It was very common, especially for those who are quite skilled to rather find the employ of another lord than follow a ruined house.
@hydra8845
Жыл бұрын
Well from what I understand they are both the correct term. Harakiri is just the spoken term and seppuku the written. Though the Seppuku spoken when speaking of the act among the higher class.
@blazi2293
11 ай бұрын
From what I've heard, seppuku is the ritual and harakiri is just the action of cutting your belly. But because cutting your belly is pretty much exclusive to this ritual, the japanese never use the word harakiri, it is a western mistranslation. I think harakiri make sense if someone cuts someone else's belly, not their own
@TitansQuarterback16
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. I think the two can exist at the same time, there were plenty of Samurai who let the absolute power get to their head and abuse their power while there were samurai who were just rulers such as Yamaoka Tesshu
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@konstantinriumin2657
Жыл бұрын
Irony is, Three Unifiers unified japan that was only divided by samurai. To peasant, monk or merchant there was no divided japan. Hundred years of samurai brutality in a relentless power trip
@OGKaz
Жыл бұрын
Duels where more prevalent in the early era's and where more for honor purposes. Massive battle where fought all the time, using tactics etc.. And also to mention, the Bow and arrow was also essential to Samurai, as they considered it an Honorable weapon on par with a Katana. ( To die by one or the other was considered honorable and a good death). Another misconception is that Samurai didn't use or like to use Muskets, which was false, since Nobunaga equipped 500 Soldiers with them and was the first to use them during war.
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@TheDonLemonSnickety
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been looking into the Pacific Theatre of ww2 in recent weeks, and prior to this, I had no idea how ruthless or how intense the bloodlust of the Imperial Japanese Military was. And it seems like the practices of looting, killing and raping, beheading, relentless murder and just plain serial killer types of barbarism against especially enemies who’ve surrendered and citizens, have quite a heavy precedent in Japan previous to the war. It’s so hard to imagine this today with Japanese media always mentioning how life is precious, perhaps more than most other Cultures. I thought the Nanking situation was even just a one off, but it was actually standard operating procedure. At least this background info makes a little more sense of it. There’s much more context and ideology behind ww2’s hellish practices, but at least this seems to show that it absolutely didn’t come out of nowhere. But let’s give Credit where it’s due and mention Japanese culture has developed to be quiet peaceful and humanitarian in the post war period. A rare example of trauma having a positive influence on a very hard and very cold warrior ideal.
@Slowdownthere
Жыл бұрын
I’m finishing a book about the death March and the Burma -Thailand railway that the Japanese POWs were forced to complete under harsh and inhumane conditions. Brutal
@kn2549
10 ай бұрын
Trust me, Japanese people can change within a brief second and adapt to its environment/situation. Even the way the average Japanese person express emotion has its own trait where it becomes extreme all of the sudden. And whatever Japanese people do, they do it 100 percent whether thats fighting a war or pursuing peace. I highly doubt the core of the Japanese cultural mindset has changed and this is coming from a native Japanese.
@bluesamurai3535
9 ай бұрын
Because people like to focus only on Japan while ignoring other atrocities committed by other countries. Nanking sure is bad but don’t overlook the thousands of civilians died to the chinese civil war, or how the korean gov decided to simply kills thousands of its own people simply because on the accusation of being a commie. Or how chinese communists forced feed the muslim population pork during the Malayan Emergency. It has nothing to do with Japanese culture or people, war is brutal and you can see even with the Geneva Convention, war crimes still happening is modern warfare.
@fernandoarizaabascal1175
Жыл бұрын
Excellent content, bro. Measured and fascinating at the same time :-)
@blairscartoonshistory7477
Жыл бұрын
This is way I love history I’ll love the good, the bad and the ugly parts of it which makes history interesting Rather than only hearing about the one thing
@roninjimojisan2572
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, again.can't wait for more Edo period videos. Is there any possible chance of the channel covering "Zatoichi" or "Lone Wolf & Cub"? I'd be interested in your thoughts on that.
@TheShogunate
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully in time!
@SatsumaTengu14
Жыл бұрын
@@TheShogunateYojimbo
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@jimross7648
Жыл бұрын
This was a straight forward depiction of they way it was, and not the way we have mythologized it could have been. Any study at all would let one know that Chivalries valiant knights more often, weren't. Nor were Alexander's Macedonian's strictly brilliant conquerors, etc. As always it depends on whose account of history you read. The winners usually presented themselves as honourable warriors for truth and justice. The vanquished depicted them as treacherous, deceitful terrorists who had no honour or mercy. Many so called histories were written many years after the actual incidents occurred, and were propaganda to enhance their standing today, by entwining their relationship to a glorious predecessor. As you so ably point out the samurai were products of their time and profession. War and militaries tend to be a dirty business, and those who engage in them tend to become hardened to the effects of death and destruction.
@whitneybennett4857
Жыл бұрын
I think that's how it is with the real-life Dracula. Many Romanians look upon him as a figure of the past who was a brilliant war hero who saved his people from a life of brutality and slavery. But ask anyone else or read accounts told from the perspective of his enemies and he's a power-drunk tyrant whose barbaric cruelty had absolutely no limitations. And George Washington wasn't so much the courageous warrior of justice people think he was.
@xKinjax
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this. Anyone who's interested in history has definitely run into this weird narrative that has been going around for years now that tries to excuse and gloss over a lot of the horrors commited by Imperial Japan during the 30s and in WW2. That the Japanese were some sort of noble and peaceful nation of buddhists that was corrupted by contact with the "evil white man" during the Meiji Restoration, that they learned all the things they did from the European powers and Americans. I think the general view of the samurai in pop culture is also a symptom of this narrative. It's a pretty crazy narrative when you look at events like the Imjin War or the Sengoku Jidai but also at how samurai had acted for hundreds of years in general towards the Japanese peasantry.
@mysterioanonymous3206
Жыл бұрын
I don't know anyone who thinks that... 😂
@xKinjax
Жыл бұрын
@@mysterioanonymous3206 look at any video on WW2 and the Sino-Japanese war and you will find quite a few who think this. It's a narrative fed into by the current of historical revisionism present in Japan. They have a whole movement that tries to influence the depiction on the country in school books and popular media in general and some pretty powerful people are part of it including some ex prime ministers.
@bennytran2780
Жыл бұрын
I don't either
@rustomkanishka
Жыл бұрын
It's always bizarre how the nazi swastika is a banned symbol in Europe but the Japanese flag isn't.
@QWERTY-gp8fd
Жыл бұрын
@@rustomkanishka ur ignorance is showing. its not nazi swastika. its normal one. symbol of good fortune in buddhism.
@aanchaallllllll
Жыл бұрын
0:20: 😢 On the 12th day of the ninth month, Nobunaga's troops set fire to holy shrines, temples, and scrolls, causing panic and devastation. 4:04: 📚 The video focuses on the brutal and unjust aspects of samurai culture, while also collaborating with other history-focused KZitem channels. 7:31: 💀 Samurai on the battlefield were ruthless head takers, cutting off the heads of defeated enemies to display proof of their service to their lord. 10:48: 😱 The samurai invasion of Korea during the Imaging War was marked by brutal massacres and a lack of understanding of the Korean people. 13:53: 💀 Samurai had various ways of dying, including committing seppuku and finding a secluded spot to die. 17:12: 🗡 The brutality and political injustice of the Samurai in pre-modern Japan, particularly under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, resulted in the eradication of many clans and families. 20:21: 💀 Samurai culture was often cruel and brutal, but it also had aspects that people tend to enjoy. Recap by Tammy AI
@MrDoob-xo3sm
5 күн бұрын
The KZitem algorithm gods have led me to your channel.. I have been looking for channels like you since antiquity! Amazing video. You deserve my sub.
@OLDMANWAFFLES
Жыл бұрын
Shoutout to @falcon’sfightertales, and a great video as always!
@giusepegari
Жыл бұрын
War is brutal, therefore, to say that a man who is directly involve in that madness is not brutal is a lie
@GreasusGoldtooth
Жыл бұрын
I find it odd that people think we have to approve of something to find it interesting. I am fascinated by vikings, but hopping off a boat, stabbing a bystander, and ransacking the nearest church before sailing away is not something I approve of doing.
@NoHairofRedemption
Жыл бұрын
Midwits
@darthtaiter
Жыл бұрын
This disconnect between idealism and reality is a call sign of all Robber Baron cultures. The Samurai were very much like the European Knights of old, Samurai had Bushido, Knights had the Chivalric Code, both were ideals rarely lived up to in real life.
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@dpeasehead
Жыл бұрын
@darthtaiter: The HBO series "Game of Thrones" has one scene in which Kingslayer lays out in detail the trap that the taking of oaths to several or, as it were, to too many people or to too many causes tends to lead those who try to fulfill the conflicting oaths to.
@kingcold1758
Жыл бұрын
Ghost of Tsushima is also a good representation. Without spoiling anything . The main character is a samurai who fights a foe that outnumbers him massively . So he realizes that he must go against his code if he wants to stand a chance to fight back
@TempAcct-e6k
2 ай бұрын
Samurai didn’t have bushido, that’s a recent pop culture invention
@darthtaiter
2 ай бұрын
@@TempAcct-e6k fair enough
@TripleZHacker
Жыл бұрын
Great video as always, grateful to listen to your insight and the sources you synthesis and condense in well articulated thoughts. Oftentimes evil and atrocities is banal, it was sadly a commonplace like you mentioned. Thank you for dispelling these myths about samurai history.
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@nustde00
Жыл бұрын
Its really amazing that the game Samurai Warriors back in the day, the first one on PS2 stated a life long fascination with the Sengoku period for me, its amazing how something like a hack n slash game could ignite such a passion in a teenager.
@mediphiri4299
Жыл бұрын
another enlightening video as always.
@esteemedyams
Жыл бұрын
Another thing I think is kinda funny is how a lot of westerners still believe that samurai refused to use guns and thought that it was a dishonorable way of fighting, while in reality firearms were already being mass produced on a huge scale not too long after they've been first introduced to Japan. Some historians believe that at one point there were more guns in Japan than the entirety of Europe.
@orgaofnoics2435
Ай бұрын
Yeah the samurai really were just like soldiers that obey their clan no matter what that was their morale code in all reality good video If someone is interested a good depiction of this type of duty there manga shigurui. The samurai were a just a tool for their lord and to obey their lord no matter what that were their honior in it.
@RohanGillett
7 ай бұрын
I used to be a tour guide in Tokyo. You wouldn't believe how many tourists thought the samurai were full of virtue, loyalty, and honor. In some cases, these people were rather shocked after I told them a few stories. And there were a few I judged who couldn't be saved. They had bought into the myth so completely that I judged it better not to push the issue. Anyway, good video!
@m.streicher8286
Ай бұрын
The anime Blue Eyed Samurai does a good job showing the reality of a ruling warrior class.
@StopFear
Жыл бұрын
I think one thing which not everybody can see, but many of us who are older understand , is that cultures similar to that of pre modern Japan, China, Russia, all European states, Muslim cultures, literally all cultures which had organized military and which are associated with “civilization” is that the violent people in these cultures cover up their violent acts with ceremonies, rituals, elaborate clothing, and philosophical ideas but all that is just to sugar coat the actions which were still as brutal as people were hundreds and thousands of years ago.
@JustinHampton-l5j
4 ай бұрын
As an American we genocided the indigenous peoples, enslaved millions, and still somehow people are proud?
@shawnespinoza9300
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video… again . Thanks!
@s.v.2796
Жыл бұрын
I knew someone, years ago (in 1971), who carried around a photo album of photos he took while on duty during the Vietnam war. They depicted such atrocities as to be perverse and disgusting. I could only stare horrified at a couple of photos before i got sick.
@kimtoannhan7275
4 ай бұрын
I have a bad habit of watching those gore videos on the internet. I have watched hundred of people meet their last moments. No atrocity can scare me at this point but the most horrible thing i ve ever watched is not belongs to gore category at all. It was an interview of a 10 years old girl whom mother just passed away from covid. She was already in poverty and has no father. When the reporter ask about her struggle. She stared slowly to the camera with her tired and cold eyes. No tears, no hatred but just plant cold eyes of a 10 years old girl. I was haunted by that and couldnt eat at all. That is the most horrible thing i ve ever watched 😢
@nemo64920a
Жыл бұрын
Love your content
@nono9543
Жыл бұрын
I've met weebs who deny the existence of cruel samurai. I'm not saying there weren't "nobel" samurai but that image is propaganda.
@priestofthecraft5318
Жыл бұрын
The term chivalry is miss used allot today. it's meaning used to be being a good Chevalier. otherwise known as you do what your Lord says.
@GraniteGhost778
Жыл бұрын
I think the first time I was ever exposed to the idea that samurai weren't noble stoic warriors, was in Princess Mononoke as a child. Samurai are shown to be brutal killers and the only true antagonists of the movie. It was certainly a different view of samurai than what was commonly ascribed.
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@jackseditzzz
Жыл бұрын
I like Samurai History, I like your content, One of my favorite Samurai films of all time is Harakiri, The original from 1962, It does a great job on depicting how Samurai lived back then.
@mattmiller4233
Жыл бұрын
I remember one of the books about samurai I read started with (paraphrased): "It's important to never forget, in amongst everything else, that the samurai were a headhunting death cult of professional killers."
@НилИванов-ж1ц
Жыл бұрын
source
@Mcbignuts
Жыл бұрын
God that sounds cool
@normanbraslow7902
Жыл бұрын
They were just as the "Knights in Shining Armor" in the West. Both cultural myths.
@sevenproxies4255
Жыл бұрын
This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone imo. The samurai lived in a very brutal age, and such acts of brutality were common all over the world at the time. Morality is an innovation that constantly undergo changes and development. Our human ancestors of the past had not yet reached the levels of moral innovation that our current societies have. In truth, some societies today still haven't. So we can't really treat thw samurai fairly by judging their actions through a modern moral lens. To them, this was normal. They didn't know of anything else. Their entire political and ethical framework stated that sometimes it was necessary.
@dhimankalita1690
Жыл бұрын
Men i love history but I'm always a lila but careful when a white boi makes a video about another culture . This westerners are notorious of misinterpretating native history . They have villianise every indigenous culture to ever exist .I'm afraid he's just aa wannabe KZitem historian. He's not even Japanese so I will watch this vid as an entertainment video rather than historical vid .Maybe he is a white supremacist. Ucan never know
@olegslapins8156
Жыл бұрын
Perfectly put what I wanted to write. I would also add that Japanese didn't have a religion similar to Christianity where somewhat a human's life had a value, so their view on that was less humanistic in our sense.
@BeVal-bj8vi
2 ай бұрын
No, morality is not relative. I suggest you start with at least a survey of classical philosophy
@sevenproxies4255
2 ай бұрын
@@BeVal-bj8vi Morality is demonstrably relative. Any "philosopher" arguing differently might want to study history.
@BeVal-bj8vi
2 ай бұрын
Why did you put the term philosopher in quotes, @@sevenproxies4255 ? Because that's not a legitimate calling next to killers and robbers, and those who will lie, cheat, and steal, who should hold a station in society higher? Ethics and values are perennial, and they are the same! Your take is that of an asshole, and someone who is potentially dangerous
@-RONNIE
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the good video 👊🏻
@KennethChristian-f1k
4 ай бұрын
This is the kind of stuff you’d turn on SpikeTV/History channel for back in the day, quality content
@Czer141
Жыл бұрын
Great video, great channel. One of my favourite
@toprope_
Жыл бұрын
It’s on my watchlist and I’m sure you’ve seen it, but the movie Ran (1985) is Japan’s historical epic, but the plot is literally an adaptation of King Lear. The battles are intense, and they do their best to actually put hundreds of people on the ground running at full force rather than for camera. Knowing just how common war was in Japan during its feudal era, it really hammers home what kind of power the Shogunate and Emperor held.
@hmvollbanane1259
Жыл бұрын
What I always wonder when people question the reality of champion duels between samurai is how long the average standoff between armies was in Japan, as champion duels did regularly happen in Europe from antiquity all the way through the middle ages as, prior to artillery, there were very few ways of forcing the other side to initiate a charge leading to weeks to sometimes even months (just look at Pompey facing Caesar in Greece) of standoffs with both parties deploying in battleformation at dawn and standing opposed to eachother all day waiting for an advantage to justify a charge. During these standoffs champions of both sides would step forward and challenge a representative of the other side to a duel in the nomansland. So unless Japanese armies for some reason just charged and clashed with eachother upon first sight I see no problem with picturing single samurai riding forward from the ranks during the standoff, raise their bow and shout out their name and a samurai of the other side answering in kind
@alfonsocantu9992
Жыл бұрын
My feelings are like a triangle in my heart..the more it turns..the more it hurts but the points wear off and they don't hurt as much..Bushido Hinode Tanaka...yours very truly Alfonso Cantu USMC
@thabomuso2575
Жыл бұрын
As a practitioner and student of Bushido myself, I love the historical honesty of how Bushido was largely an ideal sometimes followed, but hardly an overall reflection of Samurai life. Actually, Bushido was likely followed and developed much more after the end of the last civil wars in Japan. Although Bushido philosophy was largely unwritten until the Shogunate was firmly established, Bushido litterature in the 18th century mentions the often displayed greed and cowardice among too many or even most Samurai. Still, the writers refer to the civil wars as an ideal time fo the Samurai.
@ORLY911
Жыл бұрын
It's like european chivalry, its an ideal, and probably not followed as it is often depicted in the historical period it represents. However, this does not mean the ideal is bad, its more or less just applying good morals to a historical background. Though it should never be taken as word for what that history actually was. Though there are always exceptions of knights and samurai who did actually do good deeds and had a sense of honor, just that sense of honor is usually short lived in a cut throat world.
@tunebeat3809
10 ай бұрын
@@ORLY911 Even then, there can be good people that have to do unsavory things in order to survive.
@mammutty1
8 ай бұрын
I am happy to see a Bushido student. Have you read " The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" ?
@thabomuso2575
8 ай бұрын
Thank you sir. No I haven't read it, but I checked the details of the book now. It appears to describe imporant cultural patterns of Japanese society and culture. Maybe it is good, but I can see problems with it at least as a studengt and pratitioner of Bushido. It was written by an American in 1948 in order to help U.S. servicemen to "understand" Japanese society. Thus I' don't regard it as authentic Bushodi litterature. But reading is always good and this book seems to have gained great popularity in both Japan and abroad. Among the Bushido classics written by Japanese Samurai, I recommend "Bushido Shoshinshu" (translated by Thomas Cleary), simply meaning "Bushido for beginners" in Japanese. It was carefully crafted by the Japanese Imperial court in the 17th century and intended as a study and reference book for all young Samurai. You could say that this book streamlined Bushido thinking and acting. The book is easy to understand, although Bushido is always hard to practice and follow. The book is about 135 pages but full of practical advice and topics. I have read this book about 20 times and will likely read it anoter 20 times in my life. It is great as a reminder, not to read from beginning to end. I would also recommend "Bushido - the sould of Japan", by Inazo Nitobe. Nitobe was of a Samurai family who migrated to the U.S., converted to christianity and sought to explain the warrior ethos instilled in Japanese society. His book is also short and mostly consists of down to earth pratcical illustrations of how Bushido is implemented in Japanese society. Quite anthropological. The boos is I think great for readers of the Western world. Finally, books such as Hagakure, or the book of five rings (I don't recommend this one), the Sword & the mind, the unfettered mind, are all good and important writings. But they are different. While written by true Samurai during and after the unification of Japan, they aren't really written by professional writers. They are sometimes mystic, speak indirectly and are not structured, analytical or come to real conclusions. But they will give you a great feeling of the thoughts and opinions on life from the Samurai prespective. @@mammutty1
@lingricen8077
4 ай бұрын
This is, without question, the cringiest comment I have ever read. I can see your fatrolls creeping between the sentences.
@baronoflivonia.3512
6 ай бұрын
Samurai Champloo pretty much does same thing. At 9:00. kinda of like ears in Vietnam. In 71 a friends brother had just returned from Vietnam war, he had a leather string around his neck, with a bunch of smaller wrinkled leather rings, to my eyes. Then one day after he had a couple of GI Q's, remember those? He told us they were left ears of VC he killed, taken as proof. Before he went to Vietnam he was a Letterman at High School, when he came back he was fucked up. A couple of other friends brothers went and came back and were somewhat normal, but I always wondered. My Cousin got to enlist in US Navy before he got drafted in 69, he retired from Navy and went back next day to same ship as a contractor, had a couple wives around world. From one in Great Britain I got match box cars, then Yardbirds Roger the Engineer record, You were the Best Richie. Trauma effects in different ways.
@Ugly_German_Truths
Жыл бұрын
Regardless if in history or fiction... any "code of honor" has exceptions. Loopholes, justifications for exceptions or simply people forgoing their honor by ignoring it and counting on nobody calling them out.
@dxcSOUL
Жыл бұрын
That's a good point. Even in medieval Western knighthood, most campaigns had a traveling whorehouse had traveled with the knights of the soldiers. Chivalry and honor were just a nice ideas.
@AscendantStoic
Жыл бұрын
We have the Geneva Conventions which are kinda like a code of honor, yet they get violated on a regular basis in many modern conflicts...some people do respect them but many also don't.
@kvancadguzel205
Жыл бұрын
How can I find artwork at 1.35 and others?
@markusforsberg6741
Жыл бұрын
It would have been awsome if you could do a video or videos documentaries as this but about all the shougun of the Tokugawa Shogunate from 1603-1868 start with Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543-1616 and end with Tokugawa Yoshinobu 1837-1913 that would have been so awsome.
@mohammedibrahim42
Жыл бұрын
Thank you buddy for making this amazing video God bless you and bless your family 忍者, I read so many things about Japanese culture 🤔 and to say the truth humanity history is full of blood too
@Martial21396
Жыл бұрын
Hello there! I want to inploment a grappling system into my samurai game but idk what form of grappling samurai used, or did they even use it. I think it would be interesting if you make a video about samurai grappling, it's just a suggestion so if you don't have time i completley understand.
@buinghiathuan4595
Жыл бұрын
there is one thing I always wonder about. How the samurai could take heads mid-battle? I mean look at how the Roman fight, professionally, well drill, tight formation, even if they want to loot the enemy, they do it after the battle. Via versa, how the hell could they take the enemy head without turning their formation into a mess
@febriandi_lushan
Жыл бұрын
Linfamy video explain about this, Samurai usually have followers. While Samurai busy fighting, their's followers is the one that harvesting the heads
@mikesimms5750
2 ай бұрын
I'm glad to see someone pull back some of these lies from other cultures. I've grown tired of seeing only the controlling cultures like Chinese and European cultures being demonized. All cultures have sins and great works to answer for, and we should play so loosely with historical revisionism.
@zalop.
Жыл бұрын
This is going to my downloads
@LarryLaird-eb8rp
Жыл бұрын
So glad you brought up the facts of the days of the samurai.
As someone who spent the childhood in Japan, I can honestly say that the media mainly portrayed the samurai and bushido as an honourable aspects especially in Taiga drama (and sometimes what the current Japanese societies lack as they say) glossing over the brutality that these millitary people commited to other people. A lot of people tends to forget that history of Japan has important turning points that was brought by the betrayal of three millitary generals. 1. Ashikaga Takauji: The guy who betrayed the Kamakura shogunate in favour of the emperor and then betrayed the emperor to build his own shogunate. 2. Akechi Mitsuhide: The guy who betrayed Oda Nobunaga just as he was about to rule the unified Japan. But I kinda understands him given that he witnessed how disgusting and brutal Nobunaga was. 3. Kobayakawa Hideaki: He betrayed the the west army under Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Ishida Mistunari (general under the late Nobunaga) favour of the east army led by Tokugawa Ieyasu, who went on to build the Edo shogunate. Sources say that the teenager faced prejudice which led to his resentment towards his superiors. So yeah, there is that. I am sure if the international media didn't catch the atrocities that their millitary commited in 2nd World War, we might have seen them as the honourable soldiers......
@omathitis8498
Жыл бұрын
To some, it is irony for a Christian to die by crucifixion For a Christian, it is both an honor and a privilege, to be martyred in the same way as Christ was.
@anon2034
Жыл бұрын
Correct!
@loetzcollector466
Жыл бұрын
Really? Go ahead. No? Then bullshit.
@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle
Жыл бұрын
No, it isn't. It's just torturous. No Christian who has ever been crucified has felt that it was an honor or a privilege. The only thing they felt was agony.
@anon2034
Жыл бұрын
@@FuckKZitemAndGoogle You don't know what martyrs feel.
@Mr.Byrnes
8 ай бұрын
@@anon2034 martyrs don’t feel anything, because by the time they’re martyred they’re already dead. Obviously. But maybe you’re not old enough to have these kinds of conversations yet.
@excll808
7 ай бұрын
I remember when I first learned about the ears and noses taken during the invasion of Korea. It was when I visited the botanical garden in Hiroshima city and saw a replica of Kyoto's nose tomb there
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