Oh hi. Samurai being assholes: kzitem.info/news/bejne/0p-N3KaHkaWpd20 Correction: Actually, dry fields ARE taxed too, though people do often get small plots of untaxed land for their own use. Please consider supporting the channel =) 🔸PATREON (blog, art): www.patreon.com/Linfamy 🔸MEMBERSHIP: kzitem.infojoin 🔸MERCH: linfamy.creator-spring.com (shirts, stickers, phone cases, and more!) 🔸DONATE: www.paypal.me/Linfamy
@greekyogurt9997
2 жыл бұрын
Hallo
@greekyogurt9997
2 жыл бұрын
Hello* WHY DID MY TEXT SUGGESTING PROGRAMM SUGGEST "Hallo" ?
@JariDawnchild
2 жыл бұрын
Any chance you might consider coffee/tea mugs for merch in the future?
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
@@JariDawnchild wait, what's the difference between coffee/tea mugs and regular mugs? 🤔
@OverloadedDragon
2 жыл бұрын
@@Linfamy the spelling
@Kite403
2 жыл бұрын
Yes please! More history about commoners, always! I wondered for the longest time how a nation could survive on one kind of subsistence agriculture. Makes total sense that we'd only ever hear about rice paddies exclusively because they made people money lol
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! The over-emphasis on rice was because it was how they calculated taxes.
@Skeloperch
2 жыл бұрын
You could say the same about peasant farmers in the US. Amber waves are cool and all, but that's not what set American agriculture apart from that of Europe. What really set us apart were the meats. Meat doesn't preserve too well on cross-Atlantic voyages, but America's abundance of land meant that Americans ate more meat than anyone else in the world, and still largely do. We shipped a lot of our grain overseas to Europe, which is why we were known for grain in the 1800s, even though actual Americans would've recognized typical animal products as a larger part of their day-to-day lives.
@Sienisota
2 жыл бұрын
Same! This cleared up a lot.
@thorneofcardiff
2 жыл бұрын
@@Linfamy I really loved the videogame Sakuna: Rice and Ruin because of how much it taught me about rice farming. But even in that the young rice goddess has to pay rice tribute to the gods' capital to maintain and grow her status and get those fancy capital luxuries for her lands. Love that game, and would love if you gave it a look sometime with your awesome insight!
@arthurdowney2846
2 жыл бұрын
"They produced so much rice, it started a racial stereotype," is one of the best jokes this channel has put out.
@ryoumakoushiro7447
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the rice field
@xc4945
2 жыл бұрын
He's a riceist!
@hezekiahthompson6817
2 жыл бұрын
Yo, that's RICEst!!
@AUniqueHandleName444
2 жыл бұрын
What got me was "all commoners were equal -- equally content to put each other into a hierarchy"
@connorkenway09
2 жыл бұрын
Rice supremacists 😂😂😂
@lolirot93
2 жыл бұрын
"Commoners were the petite boobied hot tub streamers of medieval Japan." 10/10 quote.
@memedaddy6932
2 жыл бұрын
The drying of rice paddies is beautiful, like an ancient form of tax evasion.
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
😂
@silvercorvidsmarketing
2 жыл бұрын
Linfamy has gone insane with jokes and it's GLORIOUS.
@rgreed20081
2 жыл бұрын
Apparently Linfamy had a little more Saki than he normally drinks.
@clockworknorse
2 жыл бұрын
Linfamy, as a student of anthropology myself, I just want to say the intro to this video is genius, the use of describing our own modern lives and comparing that to the following content about commoner's lives goes beyond just the joke and really puts the audience right into the mindset required for forging a proper seft-reflective connection to the lived experiences of people in the historical past.
@MrRedsjack
2 жыл бұрын
Isn't this video in the ethnology field not anthropology?
@clockworknorse
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrRedsjack ethnology and anthropology are very interrelated, and the definitions vary depending on different academic traditions. I don't think you're exactly wrong, answer is complicated. I'm moreso making a statement on my own angle of interest in culture history and I don't presume to make any grand judgements about the classification of this video.
@idraote
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrRedsjack it depends on the academical tradition. In the English speaking world, one usually say anthropology and, when needed, one distinguishes between physical and cultural anthropology. In other countries anthropology is usually physical anthropology and cultural anthropology is called ethnology. I feel the trend is that of adopting the anglo-saxon usage but I feel the other tradition is clearer.
@santiesposito8730
2 жыл бұрын
So true, it's a great anthropological perspective!
@franktaylor7617
2 жыл бұрын
There's always someone turning something fun into something we have to think about. 🙄 Like my Dad taking the fun out of setting my brother's feet on fire. Gee thanks Dad 🤨
@SylviaRustyFae
2 жыл бұрын
"The Oxen worked for a better future for their kids" Incredibly accurate shitfacting there actually xD Tho maybe not, theres less Oxen now bcuz theyre not used for farm labour nearly as much (thanks to mechanization) but the ones that do exist to this day are generally living a better life than the ones that used to work the farms.
@cesmaster1
2 жыл бұрын
oxen are castrated Bull, how do they have kids?
@SylviaRustyFae
2 жыл бұрын
@@cesmaster1 Well, i guess not in that sense; more just in that it is truthful that the Oxen worked and were replaced with a new generation of Oxen that we can consider about on par with being their kids, if not actually their kids. Tho also just in the sense that each generation of Oxen worked so that the next generations wud get easier lives; which eventually did happen. Even if not literally their kids, its the same concept.
@frostincubus4045
2 жыл бұрын
@@cesmaster1 pretty sure oxen are different species of bovids
@GeneralCalculus
2 жыл бұрын
@@frostincubus4045 They're right. Ox/oxen refers to castrated male specimen(s) of common cattle.
@frostincubus4045
2 жыл бұрын
@@GeneralCalculus yup, just checked it up, i mixed it up with buffalo 😂
@lunerwolfie6101
2 жыл бұрын
The common folk got some love today. And so did the dry fields.
@tashibalampkin8555
2 жыл бұрын
This man really roasted the heck of his audience in the first 20 seconds of the video. And I'm here for it. 😂
@toshinakae6397
2 жыл бұрын
my grandparents used to tell me in the past rice was more of a valuable commodity and not really a food "staple" for most people. Thus during the war, the rice rations were considered a luxury for the soldiers, and that buckwheat/millet were the standard food "staples" for common folk for most of Japanese history. Even if you look at the foods that are more "humble" like oyaki or soba, they are buckwheat based.
@efraim6960
2 жыл бұрын
as a commoner in my previous life, i can confirm this video is pretty accurate
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@boiicrazy01
2 жыл бұрын
I like that my name was second to last with a nice pause before the last name really made it stand out 😂😂😂
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
😁
@Jobe-13
2 жыл бұрын
I used to think rice patties were literal patties made of rice grains that would be separated into rice for cooking.
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
lmao 😂
@melelconquistador
2 жыл бұрын
rice borger
@randomasgray
2 жыл бұрын
lol because they aren't patties but paddies. The T and D sounds are close so probably a lot of people who thought the same thing as you.
@spicybeantofu
2 жыл бұрын
@@randomasgray like that word means anything its one of those words that are rarely used anymore lol
@Jobe-13
2 жыл бұрын
@@randomasgray Lol
@MizzMDN11
2 жыл бұрын
Daily Life [Stardew Valley] 😂 this is one of your funniest videos (on top of being educational) and that's saying something! And yes, we want another video of the RPG professions of commoners!
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
😂
@cardienofthedoom
2 жыл бұрын
The joke about the commoners scratching their nose and picking their ass really hit me. I had to pause the video. I laughed hysterically for five minutes. My wife and kids though I was having a mental breakdown or something but no… it was just a stupid butt joke.
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
🤣
@csengemajoros2083
2 жыл бұрын
7:52 this is the first time I ever heard you break character 😭😂 This video is an absolute masterpiece
@expressionamidstcacophony390
2 жыл бұрын
Ohhh, mulberries are for the silk industry. I wondered why there was a joyo kanji for them.
@tykep1009
2 жыл бұрын
OMG! As a Japanese, I've never noticed that mulberries and "桑(くわ)" are the same thing! I thought they were just food trees for silkworms.😅
@red_light_3937
2 жыл бұрын
Please give us another video about all the other RPG jobs of commoners. Also probably good to divide those professions who worked directly under noblemen vs. those who predominantly worked for/under other commoners.
@PhilosoShysGameChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Daily life in history is our absolute favorite category of history! Thank you SO MUCH for this video, Linfamy! This one is great! One of our favorites so far!
@pureneoflow4666
2 жыл бұрын
This is super weird but, when I first found this channel and started binging the videos I was on a sunflower seed kick. Now whenever I hear your voice I crave sunflower seeds because I associate watching your videos with eating them. >__
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry 😅
@bib4eto656
2 жыл бұрын
Is it weird that I'm currently eating sunflower seeds? And I hadn't had any for months, too...
@azul9655
2 жыл бұрын
lol I love this comment so much
@spartanhuskiesknitspodcast
2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy the focus on the commoners, please do more.
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
❤
@Bloodlyshiva
2 жыл бұрын
The more things change, the more they stay the same. We are locked to our lands, social mobility is a dream, people are expected to constantly move, looking for work, looking for shelter.
@latoyathunderstar9585
2 жыл бұрын
“They are their children”. I knew that wasn’t likely. After hearing you laugh. It was adorable and cute.
@cagedstowgee4991
Жыл бұрын
“Bucket of their dead children…” I was trying to drink chocolate milk, it shot outta my nose!
@aliciafranco5704
2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE YOUR CADENCE!!!! I'm one fourth Japanese, and I feel so enriched and proud of my heritage☆☆☆☆ Thx you for your amazing Chanel and tedious effort❤❤❤🥂🥂🥂🌹🌹🌹🔥🤘😝 Love and Respect from Southern California 🌞🌴
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
9:31 👀
@shivanichoubey22
2 жыл бұрын
This channel gives me a very bittersweet feeling. My mom would love your content, she was a history student and it's because of her that i have an appreciation for history and different cultures. But she doesn't know much English and wouldn't be able to understand the video. Every time I watch a video like this one, it makes me wanna make her watch it😓
@johnynoway9127
2 жыл бұрын
subtitles? Or you can translate it?
@GaiaDblade
2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear about the jobs that even commoners didn't want.
@phillipmargrave
2 жыл бұрын
He’s already made videos like that. They’re about piss and shit.
@GeneralCalculus
2 жыл бұрын
Feels weird to see open fireplace instead of closed massive brick/fireplace in old timey japanese homes and hear "Winters were harsh". But I guess number of occupants in standard old timey Japanese familiy unit was larger than in old timey Finnish familiy unit which made huddling around fireplace near wall harder and easier to keep open fireplace going with more hands.
@Lolibeth
2 жыл бұрын
It might not seem like it, but fireplaces and chimneys were cutting-edge technology at one point and they're comparatively recent
@GeneralCalculus
2 жыл бұрын
@@Lolibeth I mean I know it's relatively new. It's just weird when I remember seeing "no closed hearths" being depicted in less well-off Japanese homes as late as late 1800 or early 1900 (how accurate that is. I don't know). While archeological evidence archeological evidence points to "oven both for heating and cooking" being commonplace here during Finnish iron age and dedicated hearths during middle ages. But based on fact first closed fireplaces here were effectively ovens, I guess it was cuisine that determined way of heating home instead of instead of otherway around. lol
@claudekingstan4084
2 жыл бұрын
Linfamy, Thank you for making this channel. My wife is Japanese. We have a baby son who was born in Japan in 2020. It is a blessing to learn about their Japanese culture.
@katyswean7696
Жыл бұрын
its kind of weird to say "their Japanese culture" when you're now a part of it through family, marriage and connections
@jeremyparami13
2 жыл бұрын
Just saying I've been loving your content and I insta clicked seeing the notification
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah!
@Green-Toast
2 жыл бұрын
Wow what a coincidence! I was searching about how peasant/commoners in japan lived before (especially the life of farmers) and this popped up. Thank you
@hastaman321
2 жыл бұрын
Gotta say, really lovin' how much you've improved your artstyle. Feels like it's changed a bit recently.
@DieNibelungenliad
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Linfamy, I LOVE your videos and I look forward to supporting your channel (as soon as I get my damn pay cheque; life for commoners in late modern Canada is almost as bad lol I just have my landlord and the police instead of a sword wielding samurai bugging me) I'm curious about the homes and shops of common people in pre-industrial Japan and how they varied over history and geography (different materials, different construction styles, rural versus urban, rich versus poor, farmer versus artisan versus merchant, peacetime versus wartime, etc). I'm also interested in the interiors and furniture and what was to be expected. I'm wondering if you can in the future make a video about this topic as it will be of great interest to me and likely many other subscribers. PS also, if you did make a video about this topic, then I'll begin searching for it
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
I'm keep that in mind :)
@mbiraside
2 жыл бұрын
So good. Laugh out loud, and learn some things i didn't know, awesome. Keep them coming.
@insertnamehere001
2 жыл бұрын
Learning about how medieval peasants lived has really made me appreciate everything, from food to clothes.
@jackeldridge4225
2 жыл бұрын
The end song had a good beat, and I could tap my foot to it.
@jem99b
2 жыл бұрын
Best combination history/humor I’ve found
@MrBluesbabe
2 жыл бұрын
“Or they were priests … enjoying suffering” I love all the running gags in your videos. They are very well thought out.
@twoori
2 жыл бұрын
Always love your content, thanks for making this Saturday so much better 🙏
@Aledharris
2 жыл бұрын
“Equally content to put each other in a hierarchy” Amazing.
@CrusadingJello
2 жыл бұрын
I think a pretty bad part of being a Feudal Commoner in ancient Japan, would probably be living in a small village, maybe 50 people, and then some Samurai comes along under orders of his lord, and picks out 10-20 of the mature men to become Peasant soldiers. (And don't take my word for it, but googling the actual name came up with "Ashigaru".... Like, you're just a kid or a teenager, and suddenly a major part of your local village workforce or few village night sentries were taken away... That's an easy way to become vulnerable to bandits, or starvation after not being able to grow enough crops for the season, or enough to pay taxes. Or heck, simply not being able to produce enough resources to get money to trade for food and whatnot.
@pn2294
2 жыл бұрын
They were ok with it at the time because the standard of living at the time was comparatively low.
@danielthompson6207
2 жыл бұрын
Your reading of the new Patrons reminded me of a scene from one of the Zatoichi films in which he recites a song about trying to shoot a duck with a bow but missing all his shots. I don't know why my brain drew the similarities, but it was lovely.
@m.a.9571
2 жыл бұрын
Love the narration and story in this video imo Edit: Also the jokes in this video is pretty good
@xStarlitBreathX
Жыл бұрын
I just found your channel, and I'm loving your videos. I love how informative they are, while also making me laugh here and there. I wish you were my history teacher from my youth; how easily I would have learned then and mastered my studies.
@deborahkogan8742
2 жыл бұрын
RPG professions. Gotta love it.
@nyarparablepsis872
2 жыл бұрын
Your presentation of history is really inspiring
@stephennutt5886
2 жыл бұрын
Love the content, informative and clever. I appreciate your willingnessto not take yourself too seriously (looking at you historians..)
@stephennutt5886
2 жыл бұрын
Praise Linfamy, the great Reviser
@cferracini
2 жыл бұрын
"...or they were priests enjoying suffering" LOL
@marcchoronzey3923
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for giving us content about the peasantry! There is not enough content about these subjects.. .Especially in pre-Edo Japan.
@danielderamus9573
2 жыл бұрын
Linfamy I love your channel keep setting that standard for entertainment value among your KZitem creator peers!
@jonatanaquino8279
2 жыл бұрын
I loved how you rapped the names of your patrons
@TheLoyalOfficer
2 жыл бұрын
"Writing articles with one hand..." HILARIOUS!
@animelore8559
2 жыл бұрын
I never thought of Rice as somewhat of a cash crop say, that is interesting, similar to how wool was in medieval England with the wealthy land owners pushing out peasant used land for pasture for sheep.
@annaleel.8456
2 жыл бұрын
Was looking for a quick lesson on Medieval Japan, thanks for schooling me with comedy as well
@urbanesoul8400
2 жыл бұрын
Sigh... You've shattered my illusion that old Japan was just Samurai painting & writing poetry, interspersed with occasional heroic battles, all the while surrounded by beautiful little giggling geisha.
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
🤷♂️
@urbanesoul8400
2 жыл бұрын
@@Linfamy 🙂🙂🙂
@hasseo195
2 жыл бұрын
One question about commoner clothes. In some anime, they wear very short kimono (like kunoichi in many fan arts or some anime, like kimetsu no yaiba or Azumi from her manga). Is this accurat, that they wear this short clothes to? I hear very often, that they weared long clothes, who covered the whole leg.
"Back then, Japanese families gathered around a bucket of their dead children." I laughed much harder than I should've
@samuraiemperor9388
2 жыл бұрын
Its also funny that some of them grew edibles. Like back them you could be higher than the gods they supported and the government didn't care.
@Draconic_Aura
2 жыл бұрын
^^^ the war on drugs is the stupidest thing
@samuraiemperor9388
2 жыл бұрын
@@Draconic_Aura yea lol if they just had a better government that wouldn't have happened
@Tachi2407
2 жыл бұрын
7:54 not even Linfamy could stay in character for humor this dark.
@anic131313
2 жыл бұрын
I love the humor and your rapping! :D My favourite type of films
@davinadjohanli2455
2 жыл бұрын
I loveeee your chanel very very much, always watch the new videos, keep up the good work 👍
@amethyst5538
2 жыл бұрын
I am interested in RPG professions.🤣
@fleursmovingcastle
11 ай бұрын
you're feeeding my random "japanese history/mythology" hyperfixation. thank you kind soldier
@zeniabach
2 жыл бұрын
I was in the middle of translating a manga for my sis, but then I saw your newest video and immidietly decided to take a break
@manosbaroulakis9446
2 жыл бұрын
Make a video about the professions of medieval Japanese peasants
@Gamsaaa
2 жыл бұрын
Your word game is strong in this one 💪
@jonathanwilliams1065
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely make that other video
@roninroshi44
2 жыл бұрын
As always a great overview of Japanese history filled with facts difficult to find in all the usual sources and perfectly timed humor!
@TheWolfie234
2 жыл бұрын
Please Id like more videos on commoners please. They're important too
@LordButtersI
2 жыл бұрын
The lives of peasants is a lot more interesting than the lives of samurai IMO.
@misslady2639
11 ай бұрын
*Sad Samurai noises*
@RedOctober2011
2 жыл бұрын
"Don't be a ricist" BHAW HA HA HA HA HA
@telinhajp
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Linfamy! Hope your weekend's being great! ❤️
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
❤
@bradybrapples
2 жыл бұрын
the river fuefuki is a pretty good samuri movie from the perspective of commoners! worth a watch! on criterion channel!
@shellamuchtar3661
2 жыл бұрын
Linfamy rapping patreon names can make him a new music channel
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
😂
@belalabusultan5911
2 жыл бұрын
- Life of a Commoner in 2022. - Life of a Commoner in early stone age. and a comparisson video to see how much has changed.
@trikitrikitriki
2 жыл бұрын
This is a great video. If only I could use it in my high school classroom. There's too many mentions of wet panties 😆
@jadearrieta5409
Жыл бұрын
8:57 Probably people who used those kind of fabrics lived in villages that constantly got raided by demons
@LotharTheFellhanded
2 жыл бұрын
Funnstory about Japanese people only ate rice. In the early years of 20th century, the Japanese army recruited partly by offering them free white rice rations. You could have as much white rice as you wanted. But if you wanted anything else you had to pay for it. But the soldiers were poorly paid, so being dumb young guys on their own, they ate the free rice exclusively. And they were dying of scurvy and vitamin deficiency. A doctor had to do a big study to prove to the Navy why their sailors were dying of malnutrition when eating rice. So rice got fortified with iron and that mostly solved the issue.
@dshock85
2 жыл бұрын
"animals were just huge assholes"....quote of 2022
@mushroom_thing7927
2 жыл бұрын
0:12 Damn you didn't have to attack me like that, jeez. But my life gets a bit more exiting when ever you upload.
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
@mushroom_thing7927
7 ай бұрын
exiting lol
@DackiLol
2 жыл бұрын
Oh Yes. Thanks for the content. I kinda love you :) But not the creepy way Don't forget to rest a bit between your projects! Stay healthy and best wishes for your future :)
@edenember6760
Жыл бұрын
"your sorry life"...bro this burn
@piccalillipit9211
Жыл бұрын
VERY GOOD
@hayleywegman6799
2 жыл бұрын
Did you just Pokemon rap your patrons? 🤣
@Linfamy
2 жыл бұрын
😉
@michaelbutler1619
2 жыл бұрын
If I lived in medieval Japan, I'd probably make a living brewing sake and distilling shochu. I love fermentation biology!
@damian_madmansnest
2 жыл бұрын
and making natto
@mohdfaismohdfais5477
2 жыл бұрын
If i living in old japan i would create a school of art, science and technology and create ideology that can prevent old japan from war. Also became philosphy to teach an old japan how to became genius to upgrade and change the country from bloodthirsty to smart civillization.
@damian_madmansnest
2 жыл бұрын
@@mohdfaismohdfais5477 Emperor Meiji did just that. Sadly, war still ensued 🙃
@mohdfaismohdfais5477
2 жыл бұрын
@@damian_madmansnest salute to that man No man accept him on that age do that
@damian_madmansnest
2 жыл бұрын
@@mohdfaismohdfais5477 Well, there was a bunch of smart samurai who supported him, but he was a great historical figure nevertheless.
@theonlymegumegu
Жыл бұрын
am i the only weirdo that wants to play a board game based on this video? XD i want to see how far i can take the dry land strategy
@Tyresio12
9 ай бұрын
I choose the "inferior" millet over the rice any time.
@323starlight
2 жыл бұрын
*starts making notes for a dnd country inspired by japan because I am a horrible weeb*
@critical7401
2 жыл бұрын
Really interesting. millet is such an underappreciated grain.
@Luboman411
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: once the Portuguese and Spanish made it to Japan after 1542, a population explosion happened on the Japanese islands. Why? Because it was the Portuguese and Spanish who introduced New World crops that could grow on marginal Japanese soils and lands where rice, wheat, millet and barley could not grow--the potato, the sweet potato and corn. That led to an increase in caloric yields on the "dry fields," which led to way more food available, which led to a population explosion. Japan's population before the Portuguese and Spanish visits topped out at around 15 million between 1400 and 1550 or so. Japan's population could grow no more. But with these New World crops, suddenly there was way more food available from the same amount of land, and Japan's population grew robustly from 1550 to 1800, topping out at around 30 million by 1800.
@GutPoacher
2 жыл бұрын
godbless bussy for having KZitem suggest your videos, both entertaining and funny as hell. Gonna binge watch these at work tomorrow when it's not 1 AM
@NissanR33Ztune
2 жыл бұрын
Wow hiko joined your patron LOL you know he is a lawyer here in japan from AU/NZ background.... you should jump on his live stream on Sunday Nights , and tell him KangAndKodos sent you , my JP only ID.... he will be thrilled to have you in Chat....
@leoheart6298
2 жыл бұрын
Oh hell yes all the different medieval Japanese villager jobs I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED FOR THIS!!!
@grandmarshallkingwolfman420
2 жыл бұрын
The rice must flow
@mlangdon48
2 жыл бұрын
SUBSCRIBED!
@eacalvert
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I want all the RPG jobs and and videos for all the things
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