I was thinking the same. Everything participates to this. Seeing such a silhouette moving so briskly and silently in a not so lit place from afar would scare the heck out of me haha.
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There are several reasons why boundaries should not be trampled. Aesthetically, boundaries separate space from space, and like human hierarchical relationships, they should not be violated without thought. Physically, it was to avoid damaging those hard-to-replace parts of the room.
@@anpanmanmiruthe fact they think there’s a human hierarchical relationship and that we’re not all equal really epitomizes what happened in Manchuria in the 30s
@@silveryfeather208precisely this. None of this stupidity came from the lower levels up. It all came top-down from extremely privileged people who had nothing better to do than enforce their infantile preferences over others, for their own selfish sake and not for any other reason, though ofc they'll use "beauty" as the excuse.
Hey! Now that we are on the topic, what séries would you recommend of British period that get closer to "accurate"? Wanna watch some and learn something historical
The reason why there is a manner of walking is not only to look graceful, but also to avoid damaging tatami mats, thresholds, and the edges of tatami mats.🌸
The thing I love about this show is that I genuinly get confused at some of the interactions in the scenes because of the differences between western culture and Feudal Japan culture, which is cool because it show they really paid attention to the details and it makes the show into a learning exoerience
It was really Hiroyuki Sanada that paid attention to every little detail. If he wasn't on set, he was watching the monitor, adjusting props and costumes, advising people how to move. He was the one who decided to have all these Japanese experts flown in to assist in each department. They even had a tea ceremony master so the Japanese extras could learn how to pour tea correctly. It just goes to show how much love and respect he has for his culture. I'm glad they allowed him to do that.
Haha, I'm the household ninja. I'm always giving people heart attacks coming out of my room into the common areas, and they don't hear me. They turn around and freak out. I always had this weird idea that making noise outside of my own private room/area was rude, and being quiet is just a way to respect others in the household, I guess.
totally unrelated but I'd like to recommend a food channel for you to check out just because you and that channel(and host) have the same name----Lisa Nyugen
In all seriousness, it will look kind of goofy if you do without wearing a robe or skirt. 😂 But it's basically called "Ghost-stepping" or "roll-stepping" in marching bands. Their's here look like they're keeping their feet flat and moving forward while starting a still as can from the waist up. In the band, you'd roll your steps from front toe to the ball of your back heel. I may have created an info dump by accident l. Sorry!
Reminds me a bit of how until very recently British youth, particularly girls and those from the upper class, were all taught to kind of glide, not bouncing up and down. Some people are still taught it. It's just not so common anymore. My mother still recalls the old book on the head practice from when she was young
I think people underestimate how much time was spent on practicing things that we might consider useless today like handwriting, accent, etc. We still practice table manners but I think they've been a lot more stripped back, at least in the cultures I'm in. Actually, in Korea people still practice handwriting and even different fonts of handwriting, and try to speak standard Korean, which contributes to the gradual change and disappearance of regional dialects.
@@jangtheconqueror I would suspect that Korea's increasing urbanization and city-focused commercial and social activities requires more commonality in soft skills (speaking, writing, mannerisms) for young people to have a shot at getting ahead, starting from school days. The idiosyncrasies of regional and rural language and culture is less important to recent generations who move away from the rural locations, so it's the old and aging people who retain the regional ways until they pass away.
@@TheSeeking2knowwalk correctly? There can be different definitions of "correct," and in my opinion it's the one that's more natural, not stiff and uncomfortable and obviously sexist.
@@scottduncan92 Sexist? You mean gender-specific? Who knows if it was women that devised the walking posture demonstrated in the video. Women, not men, often set (or at the very least maintained) beauty standards in times past, and that remains till today. By the way, men were also expected to comport themselves in specific ways depending on their roles and rigidly disciplined for not meeting it. Also, See the OP on how training in "acceptable" ways of carriage also existed in Western culture. So all past cultures were sexist just for the sake of it? My pushback isn't to say that this ancient Japanese way of life should be brought back or didn't have its drawbacks, but it's a period, historical thing that should be seen for what it was in its time / purpose, and not merely through the lens of our modern sensibilities.
This clip gave me a flashback to Kill Bill when O-Ren Ishii settled a polite boardroom dispute succinctly. 😅 This comment gave me a flashback - for whatever reason - to elementary school when we would play eraser tag during breaks. We would each have to keep a chalkboard eraser balanced on our head and tag the other kid(s) without dropping or touching the erasers. I learned how to be FAST and stealthy in my eraser tag glide. I was competitive. 🤷🏽♀️ This has nothing to do with the clip but it’s a happy memory. 😂❤
Try walking so that you land on the ball of your foot first, rather than the heel. Not in an exaggerated way, just leading with the front of the foot instead of the back. It lends itself to a smooth pace that lets you walk without bobbing or even making any sound.
The remake of Shogun has been amazing. Horiyuki Sanada was born to play Lord Toranaga. He’s matched legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune who played the role in the 1980 tv mini series. This remake had huge shoes to fill. The book is obviously beloved & the 1980 mini series was groundbreaking as one of the first epic tv series. Not only was the book & tv mini series high level art & entertainment but culturally significant as it introduced Japanese culture & history on an unprecedented scale to the US. Previously brands like Honda & Sony made inroads into US households but Japanese culture was not widespread. Shogun had a hand in piquing interest in Japan which is why we now see sushi, Nintendo, anime, etc all over now. So really this remake has exceeded expectations. Everything is superlative from the acting to the cinematography. Hiroyuki Sanada has been incredible but the choice of Cosmo Jarvis as Blackthorne was a perfect choice. Every episode builds on the previous one. You can see the attention to detail in the sets, scenes, costumes & even gestures. Freaking amazing! I’m a born & bred New Yorker & American but as my mother was Japanese I grew up with Japanese culture in the household. There is a measure of pride in my heritage & am thrilled that audiences are loving Shogun. Thank you FX & to all the showrunners, producers, actors, et al thank you for putting in the work & effort that this show deserved. You have to not only be proud of the final product but must be over the moon with the incredible reception your show has deservedly gotten. The only bummer is waiting a week for the next episode.🫤😦😁😆
@@roymerritt348I'm a Bangladeshi and now live in the US, but I've been very lucky to visit Japan many times. It's like nothing else, please go sometime
The way America loves Japan and Japanese culture now, it's hard to believe the two countries were in a war against one another less than a century ago. To even think such a turn around could happen is difficult to fathom, considering how these things usually go after countries go to war against each other. The hatred usually lasts many generations afterwards, and even becomes traditional sometimes - future generations are raised hating people who were on the other side of the conflict. America and Japan, however, seem to be comfortably in bed with one another. Or at least snuggling on the couch together, watching westerns and anime. Or anime westerns. And eating pizza and ramen. Drinking boba tea and Mountain Dew.
@@hazikaiyan5903 I am a born & bred New Yorker & love my country but it has some big issues at the moment. My Mom is Japanese so I grew up with Japanese culture in my house. I wish New York could be as clean & as safe as Tokyo. It’s a shame that littering is common in NY & not considered a big deal.
@@LUIS-ox1bv What's the value in these "aesthetics", if such walk practice was one of the ways for Japanese nobles to differentiate themselves from peasants? The majority of modern Japanese don't walk like this and they don't have to, because the new riches have others ways to show how their 1% of the whole population is better than 99%. People like you sometimes jump on Western hate bandwagon for completely stupid reasons, while at the same time fetishizing classism. I say this as an Eastern European from ex-Soviet country, if you wonder.
You people act like Japan invented social norms and etiquette. These kinds of rules are found across all cultures. In the west, men had to bow and women had to curtsy in the presence of royalty. The upper class had to set their tables in a very specific layout, the spoons and forks had to be in the right order. It's not just Japan that has an obsession with control.
@@peachesandcream22Bingo, this is just a way for rich people to be extra. And it's also sexist on top of that. And the West should be blamed for all of the ways ot was like that as well, not for being too sensible.
@@TheSeeking2knowvery much so. Even now there are aspects of that sense of rigid discipline and respect, but obviously within reason; adapted to modernity. It’s more an undercurrent now.
Nowadays, RUclips exists, and to help you get through the long week until the next episode, you can use sub-channels to explain Japanese culture. What a wonderful time!
This isn’t a beauty standard 😭 this is like a traditional way of walking mainly for the elite in feudal Japan. It’s similar to knocking on the door before entering. It’s just a custom
@@manana545Did she literally not tell us that walking this way was considered beautiful like a waterfall, that's why it was adopted? Also, did the men walk like this?
Right from the first episode, I loved the way the Japanese maidens just GLIDED across the room. I remember getting kinda creeped out at a scene where a candle-lit silhouette behind the paper panel screen literally just Floated across the room with little trace. No footsteps heard, no bobbing of the head signifying walking heel to toe. Just a swift presence passing through the air like a ghost. Everything about how Japanese maidens comport themselves in their homes just beams pure feminity to me.❤❤❤
I love that the show is so good, without glorifying this behavior that was meant to oppress women and working class people. Its just, how things are and people work within their means.
It's the same today that one should not step on the threshold of a room nor on the edges of tatami mats in a room, and should not sit on the edge of a tatami mats.
I found about not stepping on any threshold last year and I think it's interesting because these a good reason for it. Stepping on a threshold wears down on the structure at a point where the pieces need to fit together. Like, where I live it can get to -30°C in winter. Having a gap between the threshold and the door would cost in heating. I guess aesthetic reasons also apply.
Nowadays it’s done more for practicality right? I mean even as someone who’s never been in the same room as a tatami mat, i’ve heard they’re VERY difficult to clean or repair.
@@jingle1833Maybe because the Japanese, like most sane people, respect the difference between men and women. Women desiring to be like men has destroyed the West.
Japanese is one of the most beautiful & fascinating cultures of humanity. If you enjoy traveling & enjoying new cultures, spending a couple weeks in Japan is a can't miss.
Similar practices exist in India still. Whenever we enter into house during house warming or temples, we always use our right foot to enter. After marriage, when the bride enters into the bridegroom's home for first time, she enters with her right foot in a ritual. Second one - we don't use mats as in Japan. But we too never step on the wooden frame which acts as segregation between rooms. Even while entering temples, there will be a big metal entrance. We never step on that, instead just like how she showed we always carefully skip it. Third - Walking. Though we doesn't walk like this 😁, it's always adviced to girls to walk smoothly like a swan. That ur foot shouldn't rise even a minimal sound while walking. Remember, Indians walk barefooted inside the house. When I think about it, the cat walk is the way completely opposite 😅. I would say you, in Kdramas you can see the royal women walk. They keep the body straight but the steps will be very light. I believe as the foot is related with the whole body and as womens' body is sensitive, it might have been advised.
I need lessons on how to walk properly. I'm a klutz and have hurt myself falling more than once. The last time I spent two and a half months in a nursing home after I fractured my right upper humerus. No it was not funny.
This TV Show is THE PURE MASTERPIECE! IT SHOWS BEAUTY AND ART OF JAPANESE CULTURE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.... We, koreans, from childhood taught by history that Japan is the worst our enemy...Of course, that's bad thing cause we all are people! My point is that ART could heal, bring love and respect even to your enemy
As s Filipino who's country suffered under Japan... I'm willing to let bygones be bygones. I mean we (except for insignificant minority) don't play the victim card to our former colonial masters... unlike some people in the US.
@@srichael2713cause Filipino people is very generous and kind people. We, koreans, are not like that. We are kind of racist, arrogant and stay with our resentments and feelings of revenge till the end of the world. I think our society hates Japan not only because of the past, but also because we see in Japan our main rival in everything. That's so ridiculous and sad at the same time...
As a Japanese person in my mid-twenties, I always appreciate the tolerance of Asian countries for what Japan did in the past.😢 Today, Japan is also exposed to the threat of the Chinese Communist Party, and I think I have gained a little understanding of how people in Asian countries felt at the time. Who would want to be under the control of another country?
@@Burgalo2001If we came together, we would be the strongest force in the world. But the elder elites are too prideful and benefit from keeping our countries divided, and making life harder for its citizens in our respective countries. Something has to change. Abe was removed but his protege took his place. There is a huge amount of “cleaning” that needs to be done if we want our countries back.
You should watch NHK Yoshitsune, and know that in heian period, japanese women had super long hair and wear 21 layered kimono, and also extra long hakama.
Correct. They wore multi-layered Kimonos, with varying colors, which reflected the season of the year. However, unlike the period shown here, thr floors were not covered in Tatami mats, which was a later development. The floors were polished panels of wood. Only thr seating areas had mats.😢
Yaaaasss!!! 🙌 With stepping on the tatami threshold, those mats were given borders embroidered with the family name's seal. It's been taught to families that stepping on the border is like stepping on your family name and is unacceptable.
Japan is precision personified….I think this discipline in life is called “Boshido” Life in each breath…I heard about it in the movie The Last Samurai explained by General Katsimoto..I think…
@@Daisy-bs1on This is not exactly true 😅 They didn't wear modern panties or bras, but they had their own underwear in hadajuban and susoyoke, much like how European women wore stays and shifts at the time.
The Persian vocal stylings that you shared sound like somebody telling a bedtime story. As in, somebody in a relaxed setting telling a tale to somebody else sitting beside them, rather than shouting to be heard across a distance. It's such a lovely feeling it evokes!
i’m age of Sanada-san. for our generation, whether boy or girl many children learn kendo or any other traditional martial arts. practicing footsteps move is very fundamental. it takes time to do do beautifully. i wonder japanese younger generation can do as
Maybe. The cultural context is different today, I suppose. Then again, i’m not Japanese, so it is not really my place to speculate about something I know very little about.
It's beautiful when you know that the gliding person is definitely human. If it's at night & you're not sure that it's a living breathing person.... aarrrghhhh!!!!🥶
And it came from Chinese culture. Bonsai and their dresses, their traditional buildings and religion and language came from there, South Korea also got their culture from China.
@@beyosose_knowls Missed what? The same because who love Japan don’t know what it’s like. Do you know why they have so many suicide rates? And women’s rights in South Kirea?
I remember doing this for fun as a kid. It really helped me balance things I was holding in some of my food industry jobs. Plus people never yelled at me for running when I walked fast like that. You can move quickly but the movement is so different from joggiing or running and it just didn't register as running in school with my teachers.
It would take me a whole year to practice that, maybe even more 😂 I really love Japanese culture so much Also the lore is so much interesting along with daily life
I am and was always fascinated by japanese culture,but i always considered myself blessed that i wasn't from japan. The strictness on being polite,disciplined and perfection i feel is taking its toll on the society now especially the youth.
Japanese Edo women are the most mysterious of all the Asian women! Love the historical accuracy and thought process behind it all. Thank you for an awesome show 👏
@MrRinoHunter so the thought process behind the customs and thier mannerisms are very elegant compared to the customs of the noble courts of Europe or the Middle east ?
Are you that ignorant? Or just being utterly silly? In this era Japan was at the crossroads of how it was going to carry on for the next 400 years. It managed to mould it's traditional values into the industrial era and went from a feudal society into a fully industrial economy in 50 years. Sure, it wasn't as huge or as efficient as western industrialization, but going from a backwater to producing battleships and beating a European Great Power nation in a matter of decades is insane. Also you're clearly not understanding a huge theme in the show. Blackthorne is first convinced Japanese society is beneath him, that it's 'primitive'. But soon quickly realizes their traditional zeal is what makes them insanely powerful as a society, as a warrior nation.
How in any way, shape, or form is Japan's a "stagnant" culture? Why is a major American company making a TV show for their streaming platform about a stagnant culture?
It is telling of how controlled 17th century Japanese women were. You had to be disciplined and graceful in every aspect of life, even down to how you walked, entered a room, or drank from a cup. I wonder if this is something that should actually be admired.
The reason why there is a manner of walking is not only to look graceful, but also to avoid damaging tatami mats, thresholds, and the edges of tatami mats. In 17th century Japan, both men and women had a manner of walking. It is not that only women have a manner of walking. You should learn more about Japanese culture before criticizing it.
FX’s #Shōgun is now streaming on Hulu.
That was so cool
This is why the Japanese have so many stories about creepy ghosts.
Women gliding everywhere in the middle of the night.
I was thinking the same. Everything participates to this. Seeing such a silhouette moving so briskly and silently in a not so lit place from afar would scare the heck out of me haha.
🤣🤣🤣
😭😭😭😭😭
Slide to the left! 🎵
Now slide to the right! 🎶
😂😂😂
I remember how my mom scolded me for stepping on the threshold when I was at my grandma's funeral as a kid. I can't believe it was 500 years ago.
Underrated comment
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You are 500 years old
I wanted to like this comment, but it's currently on 666, and that just seems too good to mess up.
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@@anushaiyer2487no, she's probably 506 YO, duh
The sliding across the floor eerily resembles someone walking to the kitchen at 2am. for a snack
Yet you still make noise when something drops to the floor and you wake everyone on the house.
@@mairios521 Don’t let it be one of those plastic containers that cookies come in. 😂 Soooo loud for no reason.
That’s how I imagine the feudal Japanese ladies really did it back then when they wanted a snack at night
@@Valentineatelieri just imagined what you have said, I couldn't stop laughing 😆lmao
Walking with poise and elegance.... For a snack 😂😂
It's like every social norm was designed by someone with severe OCD
There are several reasons why boundaries should not be trampled. Aesthetically, boundaries separate space from space, and like human hierarchical relationships, they should not be violated without thought. Physically, it was to avoid damaging those hard-to-replace parts of the room.
The entirety of Japanese society is Severe OCD.
And every anti-social behaviour is committed by the neurotic with no self-control over their own bodies
@@anpanmanmiruthe fact they think there’s a human hierarchical relationship and that we’re not all equal really epitomizes what happened in Manchuria in the 30s
Listen to the Podcast called “Supernova in the East.” Its about why Japan was was like that.”
This show is a masterpiece depiction of Japanese culture. It’s not just “feudal Japan” and “samurai”; it’s a whole entire era on screen. I love it!
What’s the name of the show and where can I find it?
@@Mis_hormonaslocasIt's called "Shogun"
It's an awesome show. The fact so much of it is based on true things, is reeeally neat.
@@Mis_hormonaslocasIt's on FX cable, or Hulu and Disney.
I am Japanese but I didn't watch it yet.
It’s precision. The upper elites considered precision to be a thing of beauty in everything. Craftsmanship. Sword work. Respect, movement etc.
i would say because only the elite have time to focus on some nonsense aspect of life with perfection
Almost correct, it's focus.
@@silveryfeather208precisely this. None of this stupidity came from the lower levels up. It all came top-down from extremely privileged people who had nothing better to do than enforce their infantile preferences over others, for their own selfish sake and not for any other reason, though ofc they'll use "beauty" as the excuse.
@@WELLbethereto be fair, it has always been like this, and still is.
This precision is also applied to tea, and the tea ceremony. The samurai had very precise etiquette.
I wish British period dramas paid this much attention to historical accuracy instead of just 'costume drama'
Hey! Now that we are on the topic, what séries would you recommend of British period that get closer to "accurate"?
Wanna watch some and learn something historical
@@nyarlathotep9622 Anne Boleyn lol
Hah, you mean that the politically correct versions on TV are inaccurate...who would've guessed that.
@@RC-br1ps aannnd called it!
@@nyarlathotep9622 The new series Mary & George looks good 😂😂
They're sliding across the floor with so much grace.
That's what I am saying
This is also the "asian ghost walk", where you do not see the upper body moving 😂
The reason why there is a manner of walking is not only to look graceful, but also to avoid damaging tatami mats, thresholds, and the edges of tatami mats.🌸
I walk like that when im carrying something heavy
@@jessicaregina1956
I guess Moon walk is western ghost walk 😂
That would explain why Blackthorn always looks awkward as he walks around.
I think he has sea legs.
little bit of A little bit of B
He lumbers 😂😂
And scoliosis.
That would explain the creepy walking of japanese ghosts!
The thing I love about this show is that I genuinly get confused at some of the interactions in the scenes because of the differences between western culture and Feudal Japan culture, which is cool because it show they really paid attention to the details and it makes the show into a learning exoerience
It was really Hiroyuki Sanada that paid attention to every little detail. If he wasn't on set, he was watching the monitor, adjusting props and costumes, advising people how to move. He was the one who decided to have all these Japanese experts flown in to assist in each department. They even had a tea ceremony master so the Japanese extras could learn how to pour tea correctly. It just goes to show how much love and respect he has for his culture. I'm glad they allowed him to do that.
And he's the producer too, right?
@nissan_skyline that's amazing!!! Glad he could do that!
I'm assuming this is your first time seeing something sedo foreign in America?😂
Shosa is a great way to enter a room quietly, but gotta be mindful of accidentally pulling a ninja on people
Haha, I'm the household ninja. I'm always giving people heart attacks coming out of my room into the common areas, and they don't hear me. They turn around and freak out. I always had this weird idea that making noise outside of my own private room/area was rude, and being quiet is just a way to respect others in the household, I guess.
@@ElysetheEevee I'm a 4'10 Asian and often wearing black or white, so I feel ya. Admittedly kinda fun to see the jump though 😅
totally unrelated but I'd like to recommend a food channel for you to check out just because you and that channel(and host) have the same name----Lisa Nyugen
Omg. When I was younger, I used to think they walked like that because their kimonos were too tight. 😅
I thought that until 30 seconds ago lol
That is why kimonos are so tight, to train you to walk like that
You almost had the right idea, just backwards.
I thought the same till now!!!
Guess Im going to walk around my house like this now
Lolz😅
Me too
In all seriousness, it will look kind of goofy if you do without wearing a robe or skirt. 😂 But it's basically called "Ghost-stepping" or "roll-stepping" in marching bands. Their's here look like they're keeping their feet flat and moving forward while starting a still as can from the waist up. In the band, you'd roll your steps from front toe to the ball of your back heel.
I may have created an info dump by accident l. Sorry!
@@dragonsword7370 Good one.
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Reminds me a bit of how until very recently British youth, particularly girls and those from the upper class, were all taught to kind of glide, not bouncing up and down. Some people are still taught it. It's just not so common anymore. My mother still recalls the old book on the head practice from when she was young
So it's not only a "Japanese" thing to walk correctly as many commenters seem to be indicating on this video.
I think people underestimate how much time was spent on practicing things that we might consider useless today like handwriting, accent, etc. We still practice table manners but I think they've been a lot more stripped back, at least in the cultures I'm in. Actually, in Korea people still practice handwriting and even different fonts of handwriting, and try to speak standard Korean, which contributes to the gradual change and disappearance of regional dialects.
@@jangtheconqueror I would suspect that Korea's increasing urbanization and city-focused commercial and social activities requires more commonality in soft skills (speaking, writing, mannerisms) for young people to have a shot at getting ahead, starting from school days.
The idiosyncrasies of regional and rural language and culture is less important to recent generations who move away from the rural locations, so it's the old and aging people who retain the regional ways until they pass away.
@@TheSeeking2knowwalk correctly? There can be different definitions of "correct," and in my opinion it's the one that's more natural, not stiff and uncomfortable and obviously sexist.
@@scottduncan92 Sexist? You mean gender-specific? Who knows if it was women that devised the walking posture demonstrated in the video. Women, not men, often set (or at the very least maintained) beauty standards in times past, and that remains till today.
By the way, men were also expected to comport themselves in specific ways depending on their roles and rigidly disciplined for not meeting it.
Also, See the OP on how training in "acceptable" ways of carriage also existed in Western culture. So all past cultures were sexist just for the sake of it?
My pushback isn't to say that this ancient Japanese way of life should be brought back or didn't have its drawbacks, but it's a period, historical thing that should be seen for what it was in its time / purpose, and not merely through the lens of our modern sensibilities.
I learned how to walk like that in marching band! If you can keep your upper body from bouncing or swaying, it makes it easier to play an instrument.
This clip gave me a flashback to Kill Bill when O-Ren Ishii settled a polite boardroom dispute succinctly. 😅
This comment gave me a flashback - for whatever reason - to elementary school when we would play eraser tag during breaks. We would each have to keep a chalkboard eraser balanced on our head and tag the other kid(s) without dropping or touching the erasers.
I learned how to be FAST and stealthy in my eraser tag glide. I was competitive. 🤷🏽♀️ This has nothing to do with the clip but it’s a happy memory. 😂❤
Roll from heel to toe
so it's like a moonwalk but you go forward, a sunwalk?
Empire of the sun!
Try walking so that you land on the ball of your foot first, rather than the heel. Not in an exaggerated way, just leading with the front of the foot instead of the back. It lends itself to a smooth pace that lets you walk without bobbing or even making any sound.
@@annehaight9963it’s actually how you should walk as that’s how the foot is designed.
@@CrniWukAmaterasu!
@@saehisaya
Yep. Shoes goofed us up.
She has a point it does look elegant she looked like a beautiful ghost passing the comon room 😮 😍 ❤
昔、祖母に敷居や畳の縁は踏まないと言われて、今でも何となく無意識にそうなってる。
分かる
友達も同じこと言ってた
If you’ve ever seen a Maiko or Geiko walk into a room, then you’d agree it was beautiful.
The remake of Shogun has been amazing. Horiyuki Sanada was born to play Lord Toranaga. He’s matched legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune who played the role in the 1980 tv mini series.
This remake had huge shoes to fill. The book is obviously beloved & the 1980 mini series was groundbreaking as one of the first epic tv series. Not only was the book & tv mini series high level art & entertainment but culturally significant as it introduced Japanese culture & history on an unprecedented scale to the US. Previously brands like Honda & Sony made inroads into US households but Japanese culture was not widespread. Shogun had a hand in piquing interest in Japan which is why we now see sushi, Nintendo, anime, etc all over now.
So really this remake has exceeded expectations. Everything is superlative from the acting to the cinematography. Hiroyuki Sanada has been incredible but the choice of Cosmo Jarvis as Blackthorne was a perfect choice. Every episode builds on the previous one. You can see the attention to detail in the sets, scenes, costumes & even gestures. Freaking amazing!
I’m a born & bred New Yorker & American but as my mother was Japanese I grew up with Japanese culture in the household. There is a measure of pride in my heritage & am thrilled that audiences are loving Shogun. Thank you FX & to all the showrunners, producers, actors, et al thank you for putting in the work & effort that this show deserved. You have to not only be proud of the final product but must be over the moon with the incredible reception your show has deservedly gotten. The only bummer is waiting a week for the next episode.🫤😦😁😆
Japan is a choice future tour I hope to pursue.
@@roymerritt348I'm a Bangladeshi and now live in the US, but I've been very lucky to visit Japan many times.
It's like nothing else, please go sometime
The way America loves Japan and Japanese culture now, it's hard to believe the two countries were in a war against one another less than a century ago.
To even think such a turn around could happen is difficult to fathom, considering how these things usually go after countries go to war against each other.
The hatred usually lasts many generations afterwards, and even becomes traditional sometimes - future generations are raised hating people who were on the other side of the conflict.
America and Japan, however, seem to be comfortably in bed with one another. Or at least snuggling on the couch together, watching westerns and anime. Or anime westerns.
And eating pizza and ramen. Drinking boba tea and Mountain Dew.
@@roymerritt348 You will love it as Hazi can attest to I’ve only been once but hope to visit again soon
@@hazikaiyan5903 I am a born & bred New Yorker & love my country but it has some big issues at the moment. My Mom is Japanese so I grew up with Japanese culture in my house. I wish New York could be as clean & as safe as Tokyo. It’s a shame that littering is common in NY & not considered a big deal.
敷居に乗り、畳の縁を踏むと、子供でも祖母に叱られました。
畳の上の歩数が決められて、畳の目の幾つあたりに置くだの出すだの、茶道でも同じくありましたね😅
社の階段昇り降りも、着物の時は交互に歩かないのよ、って言われた😅
着物や場所によっては、普段と違う所作が沢山有りますよね
ましてや、戦国時代なら尚更でしょうね〜👍✨
細かい所作の指導が有るからこそ😊違和感無く見ることが出来るようで素晴らしいですね🎉
敷居と畳の縁に関して私も母親に同じように躾られました。
畳の縁、私も言われました。着物で外股で歩くのも禁止されましたね。
あと祖母に言われたのはご飯の食べ方かな。嫌い箸や忌み箸、茶碗にご飯を残さないなど。
自分も祖母から敷居や畳のヘリを踏むな、と言われました。
もっと色々ちゃんと聞いとけば良かったなぁ、と後悔しきり。
What is the reason for not stepping on the edge? Is it considered bad luck?
@@Lillith444
1、昔、畳の縁は身分によって柄が違うので、位の低い人が踏むと失礼な行為となった。
2、今より材質が弱く、踏まない方が長持ちする為。
3、Assassin対策。Ninjaとかですね。かって暗殺者は床下に潜んでいる事が多かった。敷居や畳の縁を踏み続けると隙間が出来てしまい、明かりが下に漏れ位置が特定されやすくなり危険だった為。
If i watch someone walks like this in midnight I'll be dead 😅
Obsessed with control.
It is not an, " obsession with control," but aesthetics. Which the Japanese place a high value on. This emphasis was lost in the West.
@@LUIS-ox1bv What's the value in these "aesthetics", if such walk practice was one of the ways for Japanese nobles to differentiate themselves from peasants? The majority of modern Japanese don't walk like this and they don't have to, because the new riches have others ways to show how their 1% of the whole population is better than 99%.
People like you sometimes jump on Western hate bandwagon for completely stupid reasons, while at the same time fetishizing classism. I say this as an Eastern European from ex-Soviet country, if you wonder.
You people act like Japan invented social norms and etiquette. These kinds of rules are found across all cultures. In the west, men had to bow and women had to curtsy in the presence of royalty. The upper class had to set their tables in a very specific layout, the spoons and forks had to be in the right order. It's not just Japan that has an obsession with control.
@@LUIS-ox1bvThe aesthetics of OCD? The West had plenty of that stuff as well as we can gleam from all of tge Victorian literature.
@@peachesandcream22Bingo, this is just a way for rich people to be extra. And it's also sexist on top of that. And the West should be blamed for all of the ways ot was like that as well, not for being too sensible.
Learning about other cultures is one of my favorite things to do. It really looks so graceful and beautiful when they walk! Thank you for sharing.
So beautiful. I love hearing about customs from the countries in Asia. So much beauty and grace
こういう、敷居を踏まないとかそういう、ただの礼儀作法っぽいことにも全部意味があるようです。
こういうのをきちんと守ることで本当にエネルギーが上がる（下がらない）らしいですよ。
全部見えない世界と通じています。
神社参拝の作法とかもそうらしいです。
日本人って素でスピリチュアルなんですね。
I see. Everything has a purpose. Deeper than even what this video shows.
Isn’t that why a lot of classical Japanese architecture and room design emphasizes open space and natural lighting?
@@TheSeeking2knowvery much so. Even now there are aspects of that sense of rigid discipline and respect, but obviously within reason; adapted to modernity. It’s more an undercurrent now.
Nowadays, RUclips exists, and to help you get through the long week until the next episode, you can use sub-channels to explain Japanese culture. What a wonderful time!
はえー。こういうのを全部ドラマでやってるの凄いな。
これリメイクだから、
昔やってた海外ドラマじゃなかった？？
The walk does look beautiful
This show was fantastic - more historical dramas please
No pressure.
These creepy Japanese ghosts in cartoon and movies exactly move Like That
Having worn kimono before it’s so much easier to walk like this! Your kimono won’t get undone which can be a little embarrassing 😅
Imagine living in a world with such insane beauty standards you gotta walk like this everywhere.
This isn’t a beauty standard 😭 this is like a traditional way of walking mainly for the elite in feudal Japan. It’s similar to knocking on the door before entering. It’s just a custom
@@manana545Did the men walk this way?
It's so weird that I've never heard that men walked this way too. I hope they did otherwise this would just feel like oppression
Well Unless the men had their own strict way of walking too
@@manana545Did she literally not tell us that walking this way was considered beautiful like a waterfall, that's why it was adopted?
Also, did the men walk like this?
Right from the first episode, I loved the way the Japanese maidens just GLIDED across the room. I remember getting kinda creeped out at a scene where a candle-lit silhouette behind the paper panel screen literally just Floated across the room with little trace. No footsteps heard, no bobbing of the head signifying walking heel to toe. Just a swift presence passing through the air like a ghost. Everything about how Japanese maidens comport themselves in their homes just beams pure feminity to me.❤❤❤
I love that the show is so good, without glorifying this behavior that was meant to oppress women and working class people. Its just, how things are and people work within their means.
Working class people? Bruh. This was a hobby of the upper classes.
You sound like a cultural Marxist. It certainly shows.
@@LUIS-ox1bv You sound like a nazi.
@@ineshvaladolenc6559That's the point. It's a way for rich ppl to be extra.
冬は室内で腰にブランケット巻いてるから武家の女性の動作を真似て過ごしてる。
心なしか身が引き締まります。
It might actually be decent for core strength. Lol
we need more of this breakdown, soo fascinating 😮
I binged watch the entire season recently. Such a fantastic show
My old gal
She's a good ol' pal
And she looks like a waterfowl
When i get them deep river blues
20代だが左足から入るや敷居、畳の縁を踏まないは今も常識だし躾として親から教わった。着物での歩き方や所作も習うよ。
It's the same today that one should not step on the threshold of a room nor on the edges of tatami mats in a room, and should not sit on the edge of a tatami mats.
I found about not stepping on any threshold last year and I think it's interesting because these a good reason for it. Stepping on a threshold wears down on the structure at a point where the pieces need to fit together.
Like, where I live it can get to -30°C in winter. Having a gap between the threshold and the door would cost in heating. I guess aesthetic reasons also apply.
Nowadays it’s done more for practicality right? I mean even as someone who’s never been in the same room as a tatami mat, i’ve heard they’re VERY difficult to clean or repair.
Beautiful, elegant, a true dedication of traditional values💕
So pretty😮
Thank god we aren’t still bound by such insane rules
I think it was to not damage the tatami mats. Though I don't understand why only women walked this way
@@jingle1833Maybe because the Japanese, like most sane people, respect the difference between men and women. Women desiring to be like men has destroyed the West.
Japanese is one of the most beautiful & fascinating cultures of humanity. If you enjoy traveling & enjoying new cultures, spending a couple weeks in Japan is a can't miss.
Similar practices exist in India still.
Whenever we enter into house during house warming or temples, we always use our right foot to enter. After marriage, when the bride enters into the bridegroom's home for first time, she enters with her right foot in a ritual.
Second one - we don't use mats as in Japan. But we too never step on the wooden frame which acts as segregation between rooms. Even while entering temples, there will be a big metal entrance. We never step on that, instead just like how she showed we always carefully skip it.
Third - Walking. Though we doesn't walk like this 😁, it's always adviced to girls to walk smoothly like a swan. That ur foot shouldn't rise even a minimal sound while walking. Remember, Indians walk barefooted inside the house. When I think about it, the cat walk is the way completely opposite 😅.
I would say you, in Kdramas you can see the royal women walk. They keep the body straight but the steps will be very light. I believe as the foot is related with the whole body and as womens' body is sensitive, it might have been advised.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i schleep
@@sevenfive2886 wtf with that comment? Are you 5?
@@sevenfive2886Of course you are sleepy you are way too past your sleeping time young lad
@@exosproudmamabear558 i mean it was a great read ngl but..... Zzzzzzzzz i schleep again
I need lessons on how to walk properly. I'm a klutz and have hurt myself falling more than once. The last time I spent two and a half months in a nursing home after I fractured my right upper humerus. No it was not funny.
...ohh The structured Japan!
The Minimalist and meticulous Japanese Garden...❤❤❤❤
This TV Show is THE PURE MASTERPIECE! IT SHOWS BEAUTY AND ART OF JAPANESE CULTURE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.... We, koreans, from childhood taught by history that Japan is the worst our enemy...Of course, that's bad thing cause we all are people! My point is that ART could heal, bring love and respect even to your enemy
As s Filipino who's country suffered under Japan... I'm willing to let bygones be bygones.
I mean we (except for insignificant minority) don't play the victim card to our former colonial masters... unlike some people in the US.
@@srichael2713cause Filipino people is very generous and kind people. We, koreans, are not like that. We are kind of racist, arrogant and stay with our resentments and feelings of revenge till the end of the world. I think our society hates Japan not only because of the past, but also because we see in Japan our main rival in everything. That's so ridiculous and sad at the same time...
As a Japanese person in my mid-twenties, I always appreciate the tolerance of Asian countries for what Japan did in the past.😢 Today, Japan is also exposed to the threat of the Chinese Communist Party, and I think I have gained a little understanding of how people in Asian countries felt at the time. Who would want to be under the control of another country?
Book was better ngl
@@Burgalo2001If we came together, we would be the strongest force in the world. But the elder elites are too prideful and benefit from keeping our countries divided, and making life harder for its citizens in our respective countries. Something has to change. Abe was removed but his protege took his place. There is a huge amount of “cleaning” that needs to be done if we want our countries back.
Her voice is beautiful.
You should watch NHK Yoshitsune, and know that in heian period, japanese women had super long hair and wear 21 layered kimono, and also extra long hakama.
Correct. They wore multi-layered Kimonos, with varying colors, which reflected the season of the year. However, unlike the period
shown here, thr floors were not covered in Tatami mats, which was a later development. The floors were polished panels of wood. Only thr seating areas had mats.😢
Shosa are beautiful in how they move and act
Anna is just amazing in this role
I'm glad I wasn't the only one completely terrified at first.
Yaaaasss!!! 🙌 With stepping on the tatami threshold, those mats were given borders embroidered with the family name's seal. It's been taught to families that stepping on the border is like stepping on your family name and is unacceptable.
It’s a brilliant way to also make sure your mat doesn’t get ruined or dirtied. Can’t imagine cleaning or fixing a tatami is easy.
@@2yoyoyo1UnpluggedTatami is straw, and must maintained by airing them out. Otherwise it can have mildew.
Then don't put the seal there.
Japan is precision personified….I think this discipline in life is called “Boshido” Life in each breath…I heard about it in the movie The Last Samurai explained by General Katsimoto..I think…
*bushidō. And that has more to do with the lifestyle of Edo era samurai than what you're describing.
Bushido is kind of a myth the way medieval chivalry is a myth too.
@@edienandy That's absolutely true and a rather important detail I probably should've added in my painfully brief definition.
Bushido is a term coined much later in Japanese history. This has to do with poise and aesthetics, not warrior spirit.
Even they walk is a performance. Big respect for Japan 🗾
Because the woman back then didn't wear underwear.
@@Daisy-bs1on bish wut?
@@Daisy-bs1on This is not exactly true 😅 They didn't wear modern panties or bras, but they had their own underwear in hadajuban and susoyoke, much like how European women wore stays and shifts at the time.
Such an elegant walk...
The Persian vocal stylings that you shared sound like somebody telling a bedtime story. As in, somebody in a relaxed setting telling a tale to somebody else sitting beside them, rather than shouting to be heard across a distance. It's such a lovely feeling it evokes!
Love the culture of the past Japan era. It's so elegantly expressed from the woman.
What if it was about Muslim women
@@randomlygeneratedname7171 Their extreme bias won't let to tell anything good about her, about dignity and modesty.
@@randomlygeneratedname7171 what about them? What's the relevance here?
Water fowl? *Malenia flashback*
I've seen ghost walk like this in an old abandoned house. It considered creepy af.
So… creepily floating about only turning at right angles and weirdly stepping over thresholds…..
Its graceful not creepy. The creepiness is in your head.
i’m age of Sanada-san.
for our generation, whether boy or girl many children learn kendo or any other traditional martial arts.
practicing footsteps move is very fundamental. it takes time to do do beautifully.
i wonder japanese younger generation can do as
uh?
@@mumfromouterspaceEnglish is hard, he did pretty well all things considered. I get what he was saying.
Maybe. The cultural context is different today, I suppose. Then again, i’m not Japanese, so it is not really my place to speculate about something I know very little about.
Ah yes the epitome of beauty. To walk like a duck (waterfowl)😆
Living in that era as a woman must have been hell
i like when there's such rules, harmony and order, i can feel the beauty and strength of it, can't tell how
「敷居や、畳の縁を踏んではいけない」という教育は、私が子供の頃も、常識的マナーだった。私は子供の頃に母親に注意された。お菓子屋さんのお婆ちゃんも、子供達が、敷居を踏むと注意した。
Tatami edging is fragile and can be damaged by constantly stepping on it.
Western historical production: its very hard work
Japanese: hold my sake. 😂
God, I love sake. It can taste so complex that you can tell a difference even with just a slight variation in temperature.
How i be gettin' around at 3 AM.
Thank you for this. I did notice that women especially walked and stood "funny" - now I understand it was a part of the ritual. Fascinating
Seulgi would nail this for sure
Trueeee she moves like on a conveyor belt, so smooth like water without a ripple
imagine someone forgot a random sandal in the middle of the hallway and the 'gliding ghost' trips over it.
The woman is indoors, where sandals aren't worn. Try another attempt to be funny.
It's beautiful when you know that the gliding person is definitely human. If it's at night & you're not sure that it's a living breathing person.... aarrrghhhh!!!!🥶
Isn't this why swans are considered beautiful? Because they're completely still above water but their feet are paddling like crazy below the water
Yeah this would freak me the f out if i saw someone walking like this at night on my way to the toilet🤣🤣
Yes, imagine freaking out at seeing a graceful, beautiful, female. What a nightmare it must be.
Reminds me of that Georgian dace where the women just seem to drift around in their long dresses
The show included tiny details like this.
Impressive.
11:15 "people in walking comas shuffling from one banal day to another"
Perfect summary of working retail.
Love Japanese culture. ❤
you love the nice things about Japanese culture.
Dying out and go extinct in this century unfortunately, thanks extreme materialism, individualism and wild capitalism
And it came from Chinese culture. Bonsai and their dresses, their traditional buildings and religion and language came from there, South Korea also got their culture from China.
@@perlarosa886
I am afraied you missed something....
@@beyosose_knowls Missed what? The same because who love Japan don’t know what it’s like. Do you know why they have so many suicide rates? And women’s rights in South Kirea?
Impresionante 👏👏👏
Is anyone else getting Kill Bill vibes when watching the last part?
I remember doing this for fun as a kid. It really helped me balance things I was holding in some of my food industry jobs. Plus people never yelled at me for running when I walked fast like that. You can move quickly but the movement is so different from joggiing or running and it just didn't register as running in school with my teachers.
Wonder what 6" high heels will be thought of in 500 years.
It would take me a whole year to practice that, maybe even more 😂
I really love Japanese culture so much
Also the lore is so much interesting along with daily life
This is a great way to enter a classroom through the backdoor, or to raid the fridge for a midnight snack when you've told everyone you're on a diet.
Manners were never to be taken lightly.
Walk and move like this and you would be considered a Chinese vampire 😂
❤歩く？？？なぜ？？？飛ぶほうが美しいです。❤
I am and was always fascinated by japanese culture,but i always considered myself blessed that i wasn't from japan. The strictness on being polite,disciplined and perfection i feel is taking its toll on the society now especially the youth.
this is similar to the marching style my band taught me in high school
Japanese Edo women are the most mysterious of all the Asian women!
Love the historical accuracy and thought process behind it all.
Thank you for an awesome show 👏
Their about mysterious as an Irish woman on St Patty day, their people not elves.... 🤦
What a weeb.
@@MrDdz Just a simple compliment my guy. Says more about you with this being your response to one.
creep.
@MrRinoHunter so the thought process behind the customs and thier mannerisms are very elegant compared to the customs of the noble courts of Europe or the Middle east ?
It's interesting how all stagnant cultures are obsessed with tradition and etiquette. I wonder what came first, the stagnation or the impracticallity.
Are you that ignorant? Or just being utterly silly? In this era Japan was at the crossroads of how it was going to carry on for the next 400 years. It managed to mould it's traditional values into the industrial era and went from a feudal society into a fully industrial economy in 50 years.
Sure, it wasn't as huge or as efficient as western industrialization, but going from a backwater to producing battleships and beating a European Great Power nation in a matter of decades is insane.
Also you're clearly not understanding a huge theme in the show. Blackthorne is first convinced Japanese society is beneath him, that it's 'primitive'. But soon quickly realizes their traditional zeal is what makes them insanely powerful as a society, as a warrior nation.
There is no such a thing as stagnant culture. The world is always changing and so are cultures. Japanese culture changed a lot in the last decades.
How in any way, shape, or form is Japan's a "stagnant" culture? Why is a major American company making a TV show for their streaming platform about a stagnant culture?
Tell me you have the reading comprehension of a 3rd grader without saying it...
FEUDAL Japan was a stagnant culture, ffs.
Cultures that thrive and flourish,make etiquette and tradition possible. Only in barbarous and unstable eras is beauty hard to attain.
I bet everyone who walked like that had abs and never skipped leg day lol
Everything was perfection
Did they all have OCD?
It is telling of how controlled 17th century Japanese women were. You had to be disciplined and graceful in every aspect of life, even down to how you walked, entered a room, or drank from a cup. I wonder if this is something that should actually be admired.
The reason why there is a manner of walking is not only to look graceful, but also to avoid damaging tatami mats, thresholds, and the edges of tatami mats.
In 17th century Japan, both men and women had a manner of walking.
It is not that only women have a manner of walking.
You should learn more about Japanese culture before criticizing it.
@@cateve3757 I think she is being typical woke feminist. Women were owned back then so they do what is told in Japan and in Europe.
Everybody think that Japanese woman had difficult. Which is true but only until you compare it with limitations of an Japanese men...
Exactly what i thought.
This is not for all japanese women. Only the highborn samurai women. Similarly samurai men also had their strict behaviour codes.
I am glad l dont have to worry about this in my life.
You're not a noblewoman.
I would have had a heart attack if I saw someone slide across the floor like this in an old Japanese house.