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Last Samurai Describes Final Days of Old Japan

Voices of the Past
2024 ж. 28 Ақп.
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Extracts taken from Marquis Ito´s Experience, translated by Teizo Kuramata: archive.org/details/marquisit...
Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel for more: @ArtandContext
Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly
Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist
Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza

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  • If you’re struggling, consider therapy with BetterHelp #ad. Click betterhelp.com/voicesofthepast for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a credentialed professional specific to your needs.

    @VoicesofthePast@VoicesofthePast2 ай бұрын

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      @KyoushaPumpItUp@KyoushaPumpItUp2 ай бұрын

    • Betterhelp is a scam that sells your personal data, including information that is normally protected by HIPAA. They have been exposed for this, and should absolutely not be used. They are pouring money into content creators to collect people in need to prey on. There are better, professional, genuine sources of therapy available. Betterhelp is exploitation.

      @p5eudo883@p5eudo8832 ай бұрын

    • now Japan is a colony of the USA 🎉

      @Carbuncle0168@Carbuncle01682 ай бұрын

    • Wasn’t this shit a scam?

      @pete8276@pete82762 ай бұрын

    • @@pete8276 many young Japanese are ending their lives because of how difficult Japanese jobs are

      @Carbuncle0168@Carbuncle01682 ай бұрын

  • Japan speed running from medieval to an industrial age is one of the most endlessly fascinating occurrences in history

    @HistoryDose@HistoryDose2 ай бұрын

    • Heck yeah History Dose

      @johnburke964@johnburke9642 ай бұрын

    • The Imperial government managed to consolidate power pretty quickly after the country was forcibly reopened, and looking at what had happened to China and their other neighbors they were highly motivated to not suffer the same fate at the hands of foreign interference and conquest.

      @atomic_wait@atomic_wait2 ай бұрын

    • Then from expansionist imperial rule to pacifist constitutional democracy all in about 100 years. They went from medieval warfare with no navy to defeating the industrialized Russian navy outright in like 60 years. People talk about Germans being efficient but they got nothing on the Japanese

      @drgonzo305@drgonzo3052 ай бұрын

    • Adapt or be colonised, that's what they saw and luckily they chose the latter.​@@atomic_wait

      @breakerdawn8429@breakerdawn84292 ай бұрын

    • Their long isolation and whiplash into modernity continues to be fascinating, in my opinion. Especially when you compare it to how first contacts between less advanced natives and explorers have so often gone (and gone badly for the natives).

      @SuLokify@SuLokify2 ай бұрын

  • The Englishman named "Girl" was probably actually named Joe. The character for girl (女) is pronounced じょ (or Jo). Got a good laugh from that one.

    @gierokd@gierokd2 ай бұрын

    • Džo would make much more sense than girl.

      @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis97142 ай бұрын

    • Aren't you supposed to use katakana when writing a name of a foreigner in Japanese? My suggestion is that the Englishman's name was spelled as "ガー ル" in katakana which could be both "girl" or "Gull" converted back to English.

      @mastersafari5349@mastersafari53492 ай бұрын

    • @@mastersafari5349 "Aren't you supposed to use katakana when writing a name of a foreigner in Japanese?" You are. Heres my name グンタース・ミエリシュ. "My suggestion is that the Englishman's name was spelled as "ガー ル" in katakana which could be both "girl" or "Gull" converted back to English." Its quite likely that the japanese did not know his name properly as their writing is not one in which you confuse anything.

      @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis97142 ай бұрын

    • that satisfying moment when you've studied enough japanese to recognize that character and know it's on'yomi pronunciation. i know it's a kinda basic one, but it feels rewarding to be able to fully understand the funniness of this 😂

      @Ciacien-ke7ot@Ciacien-ke7ot2 ай бұрын

    • Joe Joe want to have an adventure

      @gorgeousgentleman5390@gorgeousgentleman53902 ай бұрын

  • The author of this, Itoh Hirobumi, was Japan’s first prime minister and longest serving prime minister. He modeled Japan’s government on that of Prussia. Edit: he served in the capacity as a prime minister in the Meiji government before the title “prime minister” existed. Hence why he’s the longest serving, above Abe Shinzo.

    @ferretyluv@ferretyluv2 ай бұрын

    • The military sure, it incorporated a lot of German systems and ideas. It's government however seemed to be much more influenced by the United Kingdom, not Prussia or Germany.

      @riowhi7@riowhi72 ай бұрын

    • Ito Hirobumi was both a samurai and a leading member of the genro. Unfortunately, he was assassinated by gunshots. 🤔

      @tiffanybatcheller-harris522@tiffanybatcheller-harris5222 ай бұрын

    • yeah he got assassinated by korean independence activists

      @thebelgfrommt@thebelgfrommt2 ай бұрын

    • @@riowhi7 The peerage system and bicameral legislature (house of commons and House of Lords) was based on the UK. But the constitution and absolute monarchy was based on Prussia.

      @ferretyluv@ferretyluv2 ай бұрын

    • ​@@ferretyluv Was Prussia during that time really an absolute monarchy?

      @nomorechess@nomorechess2 ай бұрын

  • I then realized the one recounting this is none other than Japan's first Prime Minister

    @alexandertran2442@alexandertran24422 ай бұрын

    • Same here. In the description, I saw "Marqis Ito." Then, after about five minutes of listening further, I was like, "This sounds an awful lot like Ito Hirobumi."

      @yichengyi@yichengyi2 ай бұрын

    • you're

      @somedesertdude1308@somedesertdude13082 ай бұрын

    • @@somedesertdude1308 "You're" what?

      @yichengyi@yichengyi2 ай бұрын

    • @@somedesertdude1308nobody even said “your”

      @SlimbTheSlime@SlimbTheSlime2 ай бұрын

    • @@SlimbTheSlime seethe

      @somedesertdude1308@somedesertdude13082 ай бұрын

  • "If you don't let us on the ship, we'll disembowel ourselves where we stand" "Erm, ok. I guess you can go then"

    @simontoppin6844@simontoppin68442 ай бұрын

    • the Dupont approach

      @TaxEvader08@TaxEvader082 ай бұрын

    • Used to be so easy to get a visa. 😅

      @mikicerise6250@mikicerise62502 ай бұрын

    • @@TaxEvader08This man is actually Roy’s ancestor. They moved to the U.S. in search of better uncles. Read that again

      @zandaroos553@zandaroos5532 ай бұрын

    • ''So, how's your determination to get on this ship?'' *Puts knife on own belly* ''Hum, ok sirs right this way!''

      @Jefrings@Jefrings2 ай бұрын

    • This was only possible because of the Christian compassion of English who valued the life of people. Unlike Japan where life was not valued and self-suicide was seen as the right thing to do.

      @John3.36@John3.36Ай бұрын

  • Japan transitioned to modern times in a blink of an eye. The emperor, after the decision was made to open the country up, said to his nation (paraphrasing here) on the lines of: "Go to all the world and learn everything there is to know about everything, bring it back an apply it here"

    @Mk-qb2ny@Mk-qb2ny2 ай бұрын

    • Then they fooked with America and got sent back a 100years 😅😅😅😅

      @Dncsuxadic@Dncsuxadic2 ай бұрын

    • @@Dncsuxadic No they didn't Japanese economy thrived post-war

      @brad5426@brad54262 ай бұрын

    • @@Dncsuxadicbro forgot about the post-war economic miracle

      @haha-lj5sq@haha-lj5sq2 ай бұрын

    • @@haha-lj5sq Because America built them back. Read your history 😂🤣😅

      @Dncsuxadic@Dncsuxadic2 ай бұрын

    • @@Dncsuxadic so you’re admitting they didn’t get sent back? Okay

      @haha-lj5sq@haha-lj5sq2 ай бұрын

  • Hirobumi Ito was a former samurai, but as a politician he was far more moderate and prudent than his fellow Samurai. Unlike Saigo, who wanted to restore the samurai way of life, and the militarist Aritomo Yamagata, Ito hoped to solve problems through international cooperation and diplomacy, Especially opposed to war with Russia. He wanted Korea to remain a buffer state with Russia rather than annex by force, but he was assassinated by a nationalistic Korean, his death ironically aided Japan's annexation of Korea.

    @misfortunemate8261@misfortunemate82612 ай бұрын

    • rather than annex by force... how so?

      @ories@ories2 ай бұрын

    • en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itō_Hirobumi Sadly he got assasinated on 26 october 1909... :(

      @LuigiCotocea@LuigiCotocea2 ай бұрын

    • @@LuigiCotocea It said here he changed his mind and advocated for annexation but despite this, he was forced to resign and shortly there after killed which only accelerated Koreas annexation process

      @Silvergalaxy7383@Silvergalaxy7383Ай бұрын

  • 12:22 "Someone's planning on assassinating us? Better kill ourselves!" That seems to be the one-size-fits-all solution to most problems Samurai had.

    @DruidEnjoyer@DruidEnjoyer2 ай бұрын

    • "Ah! But who is stupider? The man trying to kill himself, or the man trying to kill the man trying to kill himself!"

      @ToastyMozart@ToastyMozart2 ай бұрын

    • I mean, if it ain't broke...

      @ianfinrir8724@ianfinrir87242 ай бұрын

    • You can’t assassinate someone who’s already dead.

      @bricc9964@bricc99642 ай бұрын

    • It has something to do with their culture I guess. Perhaps the afterlife or reincarnation

      @civilengineer3349@civilengineer33492 ай бұрын

    • @@civilengineer3349 It's death before dishonor. It's better to die by your own hand than suffer whatever torture/death/humiliation the enemy will do to you; it also denies the enemy their trophy. It's similar to burning your own fields so the enemy can't use them.

      @ianfinrir8724@ianfinrir87242 ай бұрын

  • Next video: “last cowboy describes his finale days in old America”

    @peefart1410@peefart14102 ай бұрын

    • Wait, aren’t cowboys still around in the usa?

      @coolkidsman.@coolkidsman.2 ай бұрын

    • I was gonna say 😅​@@coolkidsman.

      @atompunk5575@atompunk55752 ай бұрын

    • @@coolkidsman. Catle herders yes, frontiersmen no.

      @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis97142 ай бұрын

    • I mean that period was really only about 20-30 years in American history so itd be hard to tell who truly was the last frontiersman since they'd mostly all be from the same generation

      @salmonellafunk@salmonellafunk2 ай бұрын

    • @@coolkidsman.yeah the 1800s train robbing dueling “cowboys” didn’t really exist the old cowboys have just been romanticized. Cowboys had a bad reputation kinda like sailors used to before the “modern era” and the extreme examples fascinated the rich people… right as movies were first being made. Guys like Clint Eastwood weren’t really a thing cowboys were just people on the fringes of society looking for work

      @isaiahrogge@isaiahrogge2 ай бұрын

  • This one is absolutely crazy. Its beautifull that these accounts still exist, wow. What a wild trip for these gentleman and what impact that they may had in turning the final tide.

    @IndicatedGoodLife@IndicatedGoodLife2 ай бұрын

    • The narration was by the first PM of Japan

      @samsonadeyemi2169@samsonadeyemi21692 ай бұрын

  • The difference between America or Europe in 1824 and America or Europe now are stark, but to think of what Japan was like in 1824 versus what it is like only 200 years later is just astounding.

    @connorperrett9559@connorperrett95592 ай бұрын

    • The US. America is a continent.

      @ijansk@ijansk2 ай бұрын

    • @@ijansk North America is the continent. America is shorthand for the USA. Everybody in the world knows what country is meant when someone says "America."

      @zeedub8560@zeedub85602 ай бұрын

    • @@ijansk Ameica is the reduced form of United States of America. Just like Latvija is the reduced form of Latvijas Republika.

      @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis97142 ай бұрын

    • After talking to myself about it for an hour, including sheddint tiers when I said that a latvietis from 1824 would not care that with our cars he can cross the country in 6 hours hed rather walk for a week with everyone on the road saying hello, you underestiamate how much Europe has changed. It wasnt depressing in the olden days, you think northern europians are cold now it wasnt at all like this 200 years ago.

      @baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis97142 ай бұрын

    • @@ijanskI’m sorry, is Europe a country then?

      @GhostHax0r@GhostHax0r2 ай бұрын

  • Hearing him talk about america was so wholesome and flattering

    @cpt.honklerof3rdkekistania400@cpt.honklerof3rdkekistania4002 ай бұрын

    • Have you read or listened to the diary entry if the first samurai group to go to America? It was when america first forced them to open up. They were blown away by ice cubes for drinks, in the summer. Also that we had enough wealth to buy enough fabric, to walk on, carpet lol But that we are wasteful, iron and steel just laying around rusting

      @410cultivar@410cultivar2 ай бұрын

    • @@410cultivarJapan doesn’t or at least didn’t have much iron or steel in those days. But America being so big has more than enough to tear it out of the ground and leave it to rust.

      @comradecameron3726@comradecameron37262 ай бұрын

    • Hardly hear that today...

      @tek87@tek872 ай бұрын

    • @@410cultivar i have listened to that one, pretty comical at times. Dude lit his sleeve on fire with a cigarette cherry.

      @cpt.honklerof3rdkekistania400@cpt.honklerof3rdkekistania4002 ай бұрын

    • @@cpt.honklerof3rdkekistania400 Yeah till this day japan is still obsessed with American culture. They often dress up as cowboys and read American comics, they are kinda like the reverse weeabo right now🤣🤣

      @manmanboyboyman9863@manmanboyboyman98632 ай бұрын

  • These videos are a unique delight for someone fascinated by the history of more ordinary people and how they experienced it, like myself.

    @thebreadbringer9522@thebreadbringer95222 ай бұрын

    • I mean, this guy was a member of the samurai ruling class pre-restoration and later became part of the ruling aristocracy post-restoration as the country's first Prime Minister. I would be hard pressed to call him an ordinary person, but I agree that these videos are very fascinating.

      @riowhi7@riowhi72 ай бұрын

  • The rapid transition from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution in Japan is one of the most enthralling events in human history.

    @MysticChronicles712@MysticChronicles7122 ай бұрын

    • Did you just basically reword one of the top comments? lol

      @zzerutan@zzerutan2 ай бұрын

    • @@zzerutanwas about to comment that lol

      @sonb0t@sonb0t2 ай бұрын

    • bro got caught red handed in the replies 💀

      @princejaxisblack8789@princejaxisblack878918 күн бұрын

    • ​@@princejaxisblack8789hahahahahaha

      @BurroDevelops@BurroDevelops17 күн бұрын

    • ​​@@princejaxisblack8789i get them though. The need to rewrite it shows how impressed they are. It's a human thing.

      @BurroDevelops@BurroDevelops17 күн бұрын

  • The narrating is articulate. Thank you for giving us all such a gift

    @clarkh4133@clarkh41332 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for giving thanks

      @derekstaroba@derekstaroba2 ай бұрын

    • @@derekstaroba Thank you for thanking my thanks

      @clarkh4133@clarkh41332 ай бұрын

  • It’s perfectly natural to feel scared or confused when your society transforms from a medieval, pre-industrial backwater to an Empire taking on the world’s great powers. That’s why there’s Better Help.

    @acslater017@acslater01723 күн бұрын

    • LOL 😂

      @avrahamvidal4255@avrahamvidal42552 күн бұрын

  • “If you don’t let me go on your ship I’m gonna kms”

    @15098D@15098D2 ай бұрын

    • funny to imagine the man was not expecting to hear that and was like damn bro ok

      @brad5426@brad54262 ай бұрын

    • Ito Hirobumi: If you don’t let me in, I am going to kill myself right here right now! (Draws the sword) English Captain: Oi, don’t be so extreme lad. Come on in!

      @UltimateTruthChannel@UltimateTruthChannel20 сағат бұрын

  • An upload from Voices of the Past is like a correspondence from a long lost friend.

    @scotbotvideos@scotbotvideos2 ай бұрын

  • _Goes to get milk for tea_ >>> _Discovers we ran out of milk_ >>> _Begins to unsheathe wakizashi_

    @GunterThePenguinHatesHugs@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs2 ай бұрын

  • And now the entire world has access to anime. Thanks to that man's efforts.

    @rentristandelacruz@rentristandelacruz20 күн бұрын

  • A magnificent narration. The aesthetics of the animation are commendable.

    @lopezalehandro1666@lopezalehandro16662 ай бұрын

  • Brilliant storytelling and enjoyed the illustration's and photograph's of Japan. Thanks for sharing 🙏

    @patrickcosgrove2623@patrickcosgrove26232 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating! Thanks for uploading!

    @loszhor@loszhor2 ай бұрын

  • I get so excited whenever I see you upload.

    @PenguinofD00mxxx@PenguinofD00mxxx2 ай бұрын

  • Excellently made, thank you for your efforts.

    @jesserai@jesserai2 ай бұрын

  • One thing I didn’t understand was the part where they had $8.300 dollars and it “was very little, but enough to cover the expenses which the journey necessitated” $8300 which would be about $280.000 today. Sounds like that would cover a lot.

    @Makabert.Abylon@Makabert.Abylon2 ай бұрын

    • Right! I was like HUH???

      @suzbone@suzbone2 ай бұрын

    • He might have meant "yen" (or whatever they used then) and simply called them "dollars". This happens a lot in writing where an author will use terms for currency interchangeably, even today.

      @RogerTheil@RogerTheil2 ай бұрын

    • He said that they got that money, but the amount they carried in their pockets wasn't a big one. As in, they weren't flashy with the money and used only what was necessary

      @vulpes7079@vulpes70792 ай бұрын

    • ​@@RogerTheil"Yen" was not the currency then. He was describing how he excanged Ryō, which were those large gold pieces used as currency and a store of wealth, into that amount of dollars, as he said.

      @vulpes7079@vulpes70792 ай бұрын

    • I think he meant that they only kept small amounts in their pockets, and put the rest somewhere safer.

      @christianr4769@christianr47692 ай бұрын

  • This was very insightful; thank you kindly for it.

    @AnnatarTheMaia@AnnatarTheMaia2 ай бұрын

  • Absolutely incredible video. It's fascinating to me that the Japanese perceived the US in the exact same manner pre-WW2 as they do today. Really great work man, awesome piece of history.

    @Soniti1324@Soniti13242 ай бұрын

  • This was so beautiful that it gave me shivers.

    @WhosThere26@WhosThere262 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for the insight and thoughts of Ito Hirobumi. Great job mate

    @anthonyfrench3169@anthonyfrench31692 ай бұрын

  • What an awesome episode. Thank you

    @campervanhelsing@campervanhelsing2 ай бұрын

  • Thank you again for these videos.

    @afptoronto1@afptoronto12 ай бұрын

  • Wow, it's simply amazing. It's like time traveling. A video on Sassanid dynasty Persia and Tang dynasty China interacting would be absolutely insane. Love your videos man. I've been binge watching all of them. ❤

    @zoroaster3053@zoroaster3053Ай бұрын

  • Accounts like this about the end of Tokugawa are fascinating!

    @Sheepybearry@Sheepybearry2 ай бұрын

  • Great work 👏

    @dragan5451@dragan54512 ай бұрын

  • I knew this but it's so different to see it so well sun into a animated story Thank you 👍

    @otorishingen8600@otorishingen860027 күн бұрын

  • Thanks!

    @deus22488@deus224882 ай бұрын

  • wow! such an engaging and thoughtful speech

    @arcbrush@arcbrush2 ай бұрын

  • Absolutely fascinating, the growing pains of living through such a short time must have been unbearable for some…

    @fatbutterimp4166@fatbutterimp41662 ай бұрын

  • fantastic, thank you!

    @BobWeaver3000@BobWeaver30002 ай бұрын

  • Very interesting. Very interesting period in Japanese history-this added a lot to my knowledge of this fascinating time. The period photos added a lot. Doomo arigatoo gozaimasu!

    @robertcrocker901@robertcrocker9012 ай бұрын

  • The illustrations are beautiful. I'm impressed.

    @certainnoodlesinapasta.5265@certainnoodlesinapasta.52658 күн бұрын

  • Love your work.

    @myshepspud1@myshepspud1Ай бұрын

  • A Glorious Narration 👍

    @thenotoriousgryyn342@thenotoriousgryyn3422 ай бұрын

  • This is beautiful.

    @level9drow856@level9drow856Ай бұрын

  • Fascinating!

    @bigsarge2085@bigsarge20852 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating. Thanks.

    @MackerelCat@MackerelCat2 ай бұрын

  • Excellent. Thank you.

    @JAdams-jx5ek@JAdams-jx5ek2 ай бұрын

  • I love this channel

    @poorsvids4738@poorsvids4738Ай бұрын

  • Wow. This might be the most informative video and also a great story. What heroes. They just went straight back and convinced everyone. Maybe they all did not need convincing

    @jomorken4853@jomorken4853Ай бұрын

  • This man's thirst for knowledge is so wholesome and admirable

    @johnfyten3392@johnfyten3392Ай бұрын

  • While I know it’s earlier in history, it’s good timing that you posted this with the new show from Hulu shogun coming out.

    @KLUGYYY@KLUGYYY2 ай бұрын

  • what an incredible story. what an incredible life.

    @PeterGordon1@PeterGordon12 ай бұрын

  • wow, gave me the chills. i LOVE Japan

    @AustereHare@AustereHare2 ай бұрын

  • What a beautiful story.

    @drewwilson8756@drewwilson87562 ай бұрын

  • Japan has a special place in my heart

    @pebbleoverpond@pebbleoverpond2 ай бұрын

  • Perfect. Just what i needed during a late night snack 😋awesome qnd interesting video aa usal !!

    @CouchAlien@CouchAlien2 ай бұрын

  • What a fantastic people and group of up and coming leaders. They navigated this ancient civilization to a great power in the world and in a manner of great nobility. Well done in finding this letter from the past.

    @ramseyr2852@ramseyr28522 ай бұрын

  • 1860s yup my grandpappy was in the Civil War lol he lost and ended up poor with his house burned down an having to rely on the generosity of family and friends, but the fact we are still alive means our story continues on today.

    @jebhampton6031@jebhampton60312 ай бұрын

  • Excellent video. This is what I'm a patreon patron for.

    @doejohn6855@doejohn68552 ай бұрын

  • Us _Blackadder_ fans appreciate hearing of a Custom House gentleman whose name is Mr. Girl, since we'll never tire of Capt Darling.

    @fuferito@fuferito2 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful! I love hearing the writings of the Japanese in these videos the most. They’re so eloquent and humble in how they write. Thank you Voices of the Past! This was worth the wait.

    @colt777rulz@colt777rulz2 ай бұрын

  • Fantastic synopsis!

    @mattohara7736@mattohara77362 ай бұрын

  • That would be a very difficult to adjust to. I can understand that A very interesting story thank you

    @FieldDay-cj3tv@FieldDay-cj3tv2 ай бұрын

  • This is great! Very interesting.

    @baboon_bandito@baboon_bandito2 ай бұрын

  • Great video! I loved the storytelling. The unfinished photo restoration kills me though. I want to redo it all. :)

    @alexigray7893@alexigray789317 күн бұрын

  • Beautiful art!

    @EnchiladaBoredom@EnchiladaBoredom10 күн бұрын

  • I moved to Tokyo for work and I live near to the Marquis Maeda's former home and current heritage museum. Would love to hear you ready anything from 1885-1940 from his point of view.

    @bamtoday@bamtoday2 ай бұрын

  • please whatever you do never stop

    @highonlife2323@highonlife2323Ай бұрын

  • mindblowing

    @vegankowalski5193@vegankowalski51932 ай бұрын

  • The quality of this content leaves me in awe.

    @deus22488@deus224882 ай бұрын

  • I like how the Japanese artist's version of Commodore Perry also included his 7 chins. Fine attention to detail, indeed. Also, great and very interesting video. Thank you!

    @StrangeScaryNewEngland@StrangeScaryNewEngland17 күн бұрын

  • The time of transition from traditional to industrial is always one of the most interesting times in history to me. Seeing something that has been mostly static for hundreds and hundreds of years suddenly drastically change in just a few years with the impact of new technologies.

    @smatt9132@smatt91322 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for the content of the video. Captivating! I was wondering if you were planning on gathering information to make a video concerning the African continent, as many countries hold wonderful historical artifacts. I would love to witness your savvy and thorough work on that continent. Have a pleasant day!

    @Dove101@Dove101Ай бұрын

  • Nice I learned a lot

    @DZC-bc2ol@DZC-bc2ol2 ай бұрын

  • I recommend you to make a video of Sengoku era. It’s so dense and crazy. Rivalry between many iconic warlords. Also Meiji Ishin (revolution against shogunation)

    @moonmason5446@moonmason54462 ай бұрын

  • Very interesting, thank you for this historical account.

    @SC-fk9nc@SC-fk9nc2 ай бұрын

  • There's something enchanting about Japan before the Meiji Restoration, a bit like Medieval Europe or even anytime in Europe before the First World War wrecked much of her

    @civilengineer3349@civilengineer33492 ай бұрын

    • If you’re a gamer, like a dragon Ishin takes place during this time. It’s a fun little game.

      @VespasianJudea@VespasianJudea2 ай бұрын

  • I think this is one of the most remarkable episodes you have done. I honestly feel I have a better grasp of the Old World of Japan, being only slightly familiar with the differences. Everything is romanticized in the prism of the past, of course, but at least I can understand their zenith before the horrible events of World War II.

    @xmariner@xmariner2 ай бұрын

  • I often think about what it must have been like for the Samurai and Daimyo to have witnessed the phenomenal change that happened from 1860 to 1900! I ❤️ 🗾!

    @albertenriquecrowleybeastc217@albertenriquecrowleybeastc21719 күн бұрын

  • Watched 5 seconds of this video and subscribed immediately

    @theurbandiaries418@theurbandiaries4182 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating video and facts. Want to read the book of this Japanese diplomatic.

    @kuriru7576@kuriru7576Ай бұрын

  • This was legendary

    @saman.rostami@saman.rostami2 ай бұрын

  • What's truly fascinating is that when Samurai threaten to end their lives, they absolutely mean it. Even their own writings reveal they were moments away from commiting sepuku. Such a fascinating culture, i don't know if it can be found anywhere else in time.

    @andrewhendrix2297@andrewhendrix22972 ай бұрын

  • Very well done visuals and editing and a very fascinating lens to view this history through, Hirobumi Ito. His lead such an incredible life。My only gripe is the butchered pronunciation of the Japanese names.

    @svenjenson@svenjenson2 ай бұрын

  • Extremely good

    @aaronishii5874@aaronishii58742 ай бұрын

  • I'm not going to lie, I was really hoping to see something like '2:00:00' in the lower left corner 😂

    @allrequiredfields@allrequiredfields2 ай бұрын

  • Ettore Mazza

    @giorgiaolivotto8442@giorgiaolivotto84422 ай бұрын

  • This is so cool

    @Jobe-13@Jobe-13Ай бұрын

  • I recommend the 1976 Broadway musical "Pacific Overtures" by Stephen Sondheim. It's about the end of Samurai eta, told as traditional Kabuki theatre, with an all-East Asian male cast. It tells the story from the eyes of the Japanese. It's on KZhead, with the original Broadway cast, starring Mako, of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" fame.

    @indyfan9845@indyfan98452 ай бұрын

  • Amazing

    @bantunetnou5307@bantunetnou5307Ай бұрын

  • Thank you for another outstanding video to listen to on my drive home from work today. Japan has had a very interesting journey for the last couple of centuries. I wish the Japanese people all the best going forward. God be with you out there, everybody! ✝️ :)

    @Numba003@Numba0032 ай бұрын

  • I like how this is the latest video uploaded after I start watching the Shogun 😂

    @sheastadium2008@sheastadium2008Ай бұрын

    • Hahaha at first when the narrator mentioned the Tokugawa regency I was like you mean Toronaga? Then I was like wait… I’m getting reality and the show mixed up 😂

      @sarahenglerstone2814@sarahenglerstone2814Ай бұрын

  • Japan still has clans just they aren’t as powerful as they once were. The clans have some say in local governments but not much. After the Meiji restoration the clans pretty much went into trade or anything to gain wealth. Some companies were started by clans like Toyota and Honda. Modern day clan titles are purely ceremonial mostly to figure out the line of succession and who runs what in the family. The person has to earn the title through hard work too. Also marriages tend to be arranged already in these clans although these can be held off if the person has found someone that is a good match. I have a friend who is part of a major Japanese Clan and yeah your future is pretty much laid out for you and yeah you get married usually right out of college working hard in a office and rising through the ranks and by your 5th year you are a section manager or floor manager and by year 7 you’re working at HQ as a major contributor. It’s a very rough life as you constantly work to get higher with the clan head as the CEO or president.

    @yugioht42@yugioht422 ай бұрын

    • There have been Prime Ministers, some rather recent tied to Samurai bloodlines, one was the only assasinated in the last few years, Dude was still pretty hardcore against SK and China and was full of controversial matters. They truly believe in maintaining their history.

      @buzz5969@buzz59692 ай бұрын

    • full of lies

      @user-im7tp2os9g@user-im7tp2os9g2 ай бұрын

    • Show me the evidence.

      @user-im7tp2os9g@user-im7tp2os9g2 ай бұрын

  • Awesome video once more! Does anyone know the name of the song starting at 17:13 though? It is so lovely.

    @TheArmageddon42@TheArmageddon422 ай бұрын

  • 15:38 pretty sure I watched another video and they pointed out the people in this picture are actors and can be seen in different samurai clothing and poses.

    @kingfishergames2158@kingfishergames21582 ай бұрын

  • Dang, what a ride.

    @davidt3563@davidt35632 ай бұрын

  • Very well done indeed. But later Tojo and his like had other perspectives...and plans.

    @marvwatkins7029@marvwatkins7029Ай бұрын

  • I visited the great Meji Shrine once, and to this day his name and work is greatly revered in Japan, for he and his people did something unheard of, self-propelling a country from a feudal state to a modern, powerful country. A thousand Banzais to Emperor Meji and his aides.

    @EmperorCaligula_EC@EmperorCaligula_EC2 ай бұрын

    • I visited the Meiji Shrine as well. It was incredible getting to visit a Shinto Shrine for the very first time. Especially to someone as historically significant as Meiji-Tenno

      @freakrx2349@freakrx23492 ай бұрын
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