What Was the Structure of Medieval Japan?- Guide to the Shogun TV Show
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Published 2024-03-26
Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Japan continues with a video on the Edo Japan’s social order and the bakuhan system, as we deduce what the feudal structure of the Japanese society is in FX's Shogun TV Show. We discuss the social pyramid, non-feudal classes like peasants, craftsmen and merchants, as well as the samurai
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Script: Dimitris Koutsoumis
Animation: Michael Merc, Kate Korolko
Artwork: Vadym Berkutenko
Narration: Officially Devin ( / @offydgg & / @gameworldnarratives )
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In Confucianism, money is considered dirty and thus Merchants are at a lower place in society than peasants and artisants. Yet they managed to become as wealthy sometimes as some of the Daimyo or even wealthier than them which involved some marriages with poorer daimyo families (they wanted their social status and the others their wealth). PD: By 1800s, the Samurai were broke because they could only be paid with Rice and no money.
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This was very educational - I just came back from Japan and can barely imagine Tokyo today as a feudal city centuries ago.
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The policy of forcing Daimyos to live in Edo has parallels with France under Louis XIV forcing nobles to spend part of year at Versailles.
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The illustrations in this video are an eclectic mix of Japanese and Chinese styles. As a Japanese, I love the current drama because it is the first Western production without such mistakes.
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This is one of those 15 minute videos that takes 30 minutes to watch because there’s so much information in it.
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Kudos for mentioning the sankin-kotai system. AFAIK, it was specifically intended to keep the daimyo too poor to threaten the Shogunate, so it was definitely not a coincidence.
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6:33 nice meme Speaking of Shogun TV, my fundamental knowledge of post Hideyoshi era has been stirred due to its story haha.
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keep this title so people don't get confused best title ever lol
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi, remarkably, did rise from a peasant to a role of supreme military leader. Because he was not of noble blood, he could not be acclaimed shogun, and was thus titled kampaku and taiko - imperial regent. An intresting comparison would be Tamerlane - while leading many campaigns across Eurasia and being the de facto ruler of the mightiest empire of his time, he could not claim the title of khan, since he was not of the house of Genghis, and was thus only an emir.
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Shi-No-Ko-Sho translates to Sĩ - Nông - Công - Thương in Vietnamese, and was viewed as the four pillars of a Confucian society, though Sĩ-Shi also include the learned classes, i.e. students, teachers, officials, doctors, etc. not just warriors. They are more revered in society due to being educated and being able to read and write.
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I’m currently watching the tv series Shogun and thoroughly enjoying it. Beautiful costumes, photography, a great story with a fine script and some great actors. Cosmo Jarvis the British actor reminds me of the late great Richard Burton with a commanding presence on screen. The Japanese cast are also excellent although Toshiro Mifune will always be my favourite Japanese actor.
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So hyped for this miniseries
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banking on the shogun tv series, smart
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0:25 The struggle of many Samurai during the bureaucratisation of their rank imo wasn't a romantizised longing for combat, although many dressed it up like that, but the longing for what combat in the civil war enabled: amassing wealth and cultivating a social rank as well as transcending hierarchies way faster than in peace time. Obviously many also impoverished over time after the war and had to take loans from the lowest social class: merchants.
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The quality of the illustrations are great. Continue like that. It is better then before.
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Very interesting! Thanks for uploading!
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WOW, that was a lot of Information to try and make sense of. I'll have to watch it again.
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thanks for the video
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Such a great video. Learned something.
