YouTube video by Kyota Ko A feudal lord who started out homeless but thrived by being deceitful yet polite 😂

Feudal lord Mōri Motonari (1497 - 1571), with his deceitful yet polite personality, conquered a fifth of Japan, despite his challenging start.

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YouTube video by Kyota Ko A “Gen Z” samurai defied samurai norms in 16th century Japan 😆

Kato Kiyomasa (1562 - 1611) was the son of a blacksmith but became a ferocious warrior who defied traditional samurai norms… 😆!

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Arson was punishable by burning at the stake. It is said that the prison guards urged Oshichi to claim her age as 15 in order to be exempt from execution, but she insisted on stating her true age of 16.

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YouTube video by Kyota Ko An ancient Japanese Cinderella story hits differently 😂

Ochikubo Monogatari (The Tale of Ochikubo), written in the 10th century, consists of:

1. a first half wherein the heroine is rescued from her stepmom’s bullying
2. a second half wherein the prince takes unstoppable revenge on the stepmom 😂

#japaneseliterature

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Unfortunately, the youngest boy to be Shogun in history was also the youngest to die as Shogun 🥺.

He is remembered to have made appearances before regional feudal lords on his most trusted vassal’s lap 🥺🥺🥺.

Painting of Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709 - 1716).

In all seriousness, Jakuchū experienced the loss of many loved ones during his extensive lifetime: his mother, who had raised him single-handedly, and even his two younger brothers.

Humorously depicting death despite his loneliness may have been his way of coping with it 🥹.

YouTube video by Kyota Ko A muscle sculptor who found his calling in sculpting cute dogs 🥹

Tankei, a second-generation macho statue sculptor, found his calling in sculplting cute animals…!

#sculpture #ikigai #motivational #japaneseculture #japanesehistory #japan #japon #japantravel

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In the woodblock print, the Mikan samurai is fighting octopi, probably because Mikan came to Edo via sea route 😂.

YouTube video by Kyota Ko A 10th-century public officer in Japan who became the Pirate King

Fujiwara-no-Sumitomo (893 - 941) went from a noble dropout, then a public officer, to Pirate King 😆

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What’s funny is that, after the battle, Yukihira sold one of his only two kimonos to buy a souvenir for his boss 😂. Clearly, somebody didn’t subscribe to the idea of playing it safe 😂😂😂

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丑の刻参り Ushinokoku Mairi

In an era with fewer choices and less freedom than we enjoy today, people of the Edo Period (1603 - 1868) needed a means to address their grudges in secret 😫.

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YouTube video by Kyota Ko The Japanese history of simping/fangirling—18th century 😂

Japan has a long history of fangirling activities 😂

#fangirling #kenshin #japanesehistory #japan #japaneseculture #japon #japaneseidol

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While Japanese men today lose their heads over so-called “idol” girl bands, pre-modern Japanese men lost theirs over local cafe waitresses.

Okita from Nanba-ya Cafe and Ohisa from Takashima-ya Cafe were the Beyonce and Rihanna of the cafe world in 18th-century Edo; their fans were lowkey at war.

YouTube video by Kyota Ko Why do so many Japanese surnames end with Tō or Dō?

The reason so many Japanese surnames have -tō and -dō endings 😆

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So here’s a woodblock print of the Shogun looking out his castle window, envious of his subjects who ate the freshly cooked food he never ate 🥺.

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Trying times 🥹

YouTube video by Kyota Ko Ancient Japanese court nobles skipped work like a pro 😂

So many parallels with modern corporate life 😂

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YouTube video by Kyota Ko A warlord made up a cute story about a fox to convince people to help relocate his castle 😆🦊

A warlord made up a cute story about a fox because he needed a good reason to relocate his HQ 😆🦊

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The first wild marketing success of Japanese cosmetics dates back to 1811. A novelist in Edo (the old name of Tokyo) developed a facial toner himself, and made his product go viral 😆

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YouTube video by Kyota Ko Early samurai battles were more like sports games 😆

Early samurai battles between the 12th and 15th centuries were more luke sports than war 😆

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YouTube video by Kyota Ko A shogun was appointed by lottery in 15th-century Japan 😆

Ashikaga Yoshinori did not like being called the “Lottery Shogun” at all 😫
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A poet friend saved a drunk poet’s day ☺️🍶

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YouTube video by Kyota Ko Dogs went on pilgrimages on behalf of their owners in the Edo Period 🐶

Dogs went on pilgrimages on behalf of their owners in 17th- to 19th-century Japan 🐶

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YouTube video by Kyota Ko Ancient Japan was sometimes just a soap opera 🤦‍♀️

Ancient Japan was sometimes just a soap opera 🤦‍♀️😂

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Artistic talent equated to career potential in ancient Japan ☺️

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YouTube video by Kyota Ko The story of the Shogun’s tardy son 😂

The Shogun’s son was very, very late for an important appointment because… 😂

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A Kabuki actor who was so good that the Kabuki world had to bend its rules to make him a star 🤩
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