Tales of Horror From Feudal Japan
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- A collection of three scary stories from medieval Japan, all featuring famous early samurai and told using real pre-modern artwork!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
2:07 Hidesato and the Mukade
13:09 Yorimitsu and the Tsuchigumo
25:49 Yorimasa and the Nue
33:07 Outro
Original source texts:
- Gamō Ujisato: Shōnen Meishō (1934) (dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1...)
- Tsuchigumo-zōshi (longuemare.gozaru.jp/hon/tuch...)
- Shōnen Nihon Densetsu Dokuhon (dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1...)
Music:
- Peritune
- Dova Syndrome (Artist: スエノブ)
- Tam Music Factory (www.tam-music.com/)
- Music-Note.jp (www.music-note.jp/)
- H/MIX GALLERY (www.hmix.net/)
- Myself (Final beat)
Sound effects:
- 効果音ラボ (soundeffect-lab.info/)
- Pixabay (pixabay.com/sound-effects/)
- Eエスフェクツ (esffects.net/)
Images
(1) Hidesato and the Mukade
- Tawara Tōda Hidesato Emaki (The National Diet Library)
- Hidesato Sōshi (Kunaichō)
- Tawara Tōda (Keio University Libraries)
- Tawara Tōda Hidesato (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
- Tawara Tōda Monogatari (Chester Beatty Online Collections)
- My Lord Bag-O’-Rice by Basil Hall Chamberlain
(2) Yorimitsu and the Tsuchigumo
- Tsuchigumo-zōshi (ColBase)
(3) Yorimasa and the Nue
- Various out-of-copyright print materials from the late Edo and early Meiji periods. About 90% of the images are directly related to the story, and about 10% are unrelated but "look the part."
Any other images used likely came from one of the following wonderful web resources:
The National Diet Library Digital Collections (dl.ndl.go.jp/)
The Waseda University Library (www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotensek...)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Library (www.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/)
Colbase (colbase.nich.go.jp/?locale=ja)
Penn Libraries (dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/fish...)
The Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works (kotenseki.nijl.ac.jp/?ln=ja)
The Hiroshima University Library (dc.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/text/)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The British Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Kyoto University, National Institute of Japanese Literature
Photo AC (www.photo-ac.com/)
Illust AC (www.ac-illust.com/)
Translated, written, and edited by Buyuuden Japanese History.
Hidesato sounds like a proper witcher
He really deserves to be the protagonist of some media franchise or another
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistory Hidesato's story was clearly more of a hero story than horror one.
Thank you for introducing the first story about Tawara-no-Tota (yes, I know him only by this name), for I used to live near both Seta Bridge and Mt. Mikami in Shiga prefecture. We still sing and dance "Gousyu Ondo (江州音頭)," in which the hero's adventure is sung, as Bon dance at summer festival there.
That is fascinating! It's amazing that his legend has had such a deep cultural impact on a local level. That sounds like a summer festival that would be a lot of fun to attend.
Still as fascinating and creepy as it was a year ago! Had to watch it again to help get me in the spooky feeling!
I read somewhere Hidesato was rewarded a armor set called Hirashi or The Dragon God's Sacred Treasure
Returning in Stunning Fashion!
Tried to expand my boundaries a bit on this one!
This is easily one of my favorite movies on RUclips, I have watched it several times and it makes me crave more traditional stories from Japan. Thank you.
I came to you channel after watching the collaboration that you did with The Shogunate. Since then I have been working my way through your videos and enjoyed all that I have watched. I just finished the epic Genpei War video, which I really enjoyed very much. So I am now looking forward to watching the rest of your content to catch up to now. Thank you for all the hard work that goes into your videos. I am also going to send for some of the history text books that you use to help me in my Japanese language and history studies. I have a long way to go to reach your level but I am enjoying the journey!
Welcome! Thanks for making your way over here. If you can get your hands on the textbooks, definitely give it a shot, it’s a really fun way to kill two birds with one stone study-wise. Good luck with your journey!
Your channel is genuinely now one of the top Japanese history channels! I’m a huge fan!
I really enjoyed these folk tales, along side your engaging storytelling! I'd love to see more hihi
Love your videos. I find them interesting and your voice is very relaxing.
Keep the great work!
Thank you! I’m glad to hear the narration is easy on the ears.
Wonderful stories, beautiful Japanese art and a great baritone voice, what's not to like!😊
Good stuff. Just found you and commenting for the algorithm.
Thanks brother
Sitting inside a dark haunted house to see what will appear next is insane. More stories like this please
Great video and quality ❤
Great video !
I don't know how I did it, but I finally found my alogrythm groove. The bottom if the barrel RUclips... Some of the best stuff out there. Keep on keepin on. You're doing am amazing job my dude 👍
Slightly mixed feelings about being designated bottom of the barrel, but thank you for the support! The kind words mean a lot!
Superb Video as usual! (Nice Court noble costume by the way)
Thank you sir! 😁Not sure what I'm going to do with the costume now, but it was fun at least...
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistory There is always Halloween...
@@atsukorichards1675 Haha true, I still need to wear it to an actual Halloween party
The second story is my favorite, though I loved them all! But the second tale was the spookiest and it reminded me of the great Mizoguchi film “Ugetsu.”
I remember you talking about that one! I still need to get around to watching it…
It reminded me of "Ugetsu" as well! Good movie.
Really excellent video, my favorite of yours thus far. I've actually been working on a novel based on the tales of Minamoto no Raikou for a while and am glad to see you use the earlier scroll version of the tale rather than the popularized Heike/Noh one. One interesting thing about that one is that it uses a different name for the spider, Yamagumo rather than Tsuchigumo, within the text itself. Makes me wonder if the Tsuchigumo title and connection was attached later especially since the Heike sword chapter version of Tsuchigumo is so different.
You certainly know your stuff! I decided to go with "Tsuchigumo" since it's a more recognizable Yokai name, but yeah, the scroll itself does indeed only use the word "Yamagumo" (other than in the title). There's a pretty cool paper by one Noriko T. Reider (perhaps you've already read it?) on the National Diet Library Website that delves into a lot of the history behind the scroll and Tsuchigumo in general, although it does not provide a definite answer to the name inconsistency question. Anyway, a Raikou novel sounds awesome! Best of luck with the writing process!
👏🏼 awesome!
Great stories
Glad you enjoyed them!
Yorimitsu and the Tsuchigumo was hands down the best one so many twists and turns. and the floating skull heralding the start of the adventure was really good
I might find some inspiration here. Subscribed.
Welcome to the channel!
So, this is where most of InuYasha’s source material came from.
Only 3.1 k subscribers? Thats a crime, the production value alone just say half a million.
Here's hoping we get there eventually!
That was incredibly awesome.
I signed up 🇧🇷✌🏻 love japanese history.
Great topic, its like a new set of mythology. I meed that since ive exhausted Greek and Gaelic sources
I enjoyed all the stories😅
Ever since I took new age religion Japanese courses and East Asian literature courses in college it’s always so interesting to listen to these tales and stories.
It may be too late for Halloween, but it's always welcome. I've heard the story with Yorimitsu *somewhere* before but I can't recall where.
There’s another version of the Yorimitsu one too where the spider comes and attacks him while he’s sick in bed. I wonder which one you had heard 🤔
I love the superstition being explained as normal because they are explained in Shinto myths.
Yeah the ubiquity of superstition not just in daily life but in politics itself in this era was pretty off-the-charts
I like it!
These are all great legends. My favorite is Hidesato!
the mytholical spider looks qute a lot like an insect called a 'Weta', without the mandibles, from my homeland of New Zealand. they grow quite big and are truely terrififing on first encounter. We also have quite a large Mukade, which desrves even more respect. Nice video, Ganbrimasu!
出だしでめっちゃ笑ったわ。似合ってるやん。
英語の勉強がてらにチャンネル楽しんでます。頑張ってね（＾ω＾）
0:00 A feudal weeaboo.
I should’ve made that the name of the channel
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistory you still can!
@@Randamono I’ll keep it on the back burner in case I ever need to reinvent myself 😂
Holding the fan made me subscribe bonsaiii
Nice
Extremely interesting video as always! Also zamn, you look gorgeous in that court noble sokutai! May I ask where did you find it? I found a similiar one on Amazon made by Hira but it is too small
Thank you! 😁 Actually, I got mine off of Amazon as well (haha). It was Amazon Japan, however, so the product selection could be ever-so-slightly different.
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistoryah I undertstand! Welp thank you!
There is a lot less manga behind you than one would have assumed there would be.
If only you could see the shelves out of frame
The sokutai (ikan) and kanmuri look great on you :)
Thank you! 😁 This was the cheapest outfit Amazon had but I think it worked out okay.
Even ancient Japan had people living under bridges...
Haha yeah it’s cool how universal that trope is
I have heard another story where Yorimitsu followed an injured Tsuchigumo to its cave. This one had been posing as an acolyte in his quarters and was serving him medicine every night while he was ill. I wonder if both stories are attributed to Yorimitsu or if there is a mistake in the book I read.
こんにちはAdamさん、This was a really fun video your ideas for videos are vey creative. I liked all the stories but I think the second one was the scariest. the creatures were also interesting I think you could make video about that too. 和服が似合う
そう言ってくれてありがとうございます！😁 I would love to do a video focused specifically on monsters from Japanese mythology someday, it’s actually an idea I’ve had on my mental to-do list for a long time!
Where is the intro music from
"if it can be seen then it can be fought."
this line could be straight outta Predator. Chad.
Very enjoyable thanks. How hard was it to learn Japanese, it looks an almost impossible language to learn.
Very good narration as well, I wonder how many retakes you had. But knowing would spoil the magic.
Learning the language was (and still is) full of challenges, but it has been a total labor of love, so I've enjoyed the ride. If you're really, really obsessed with it, it never feels too hard!
Do you know the book The Lost Samurai by Stephen turnbull? A vídeo abaut the samurai who acted as mercenaries outside of japan would be very good.
I know Turnbull but I do not know that specific book. I will look into it! That would indeed be a cool topic.
Hi Adam, Great video again. As a japanologist I knew all but one of the evil creatures. I tried to reach you on Twitter, but you probably don't use Musk's new toy that much. I would like to know more about how you make the video's technically as I am not so familiar with this kind of software etc. Hope to hear from you!
Hey, I just got back to you on Twitter! Feel free to send me an email!
When battling the giant centipede why was his arrow tip, one used for birds ?
I've read the one about the tsuchigumo before.
Bro what's the synchro monster?
The movie Kwaidan (1964) is great. Based on a book of folklore of the same name (1904) written by a Greek born Japanese translator
*Guy walks on a snake and shoots a normal centipede*
"I'm pretty sure those were demons, guys!"
have you played the game “sekiro: shadows die twice”? it’s in my opinion the best Japanese mythology based game, at some point you even go to a palace that leads to a dragon, called the fountain head palace, located around a lake that leads to a waterfall, and the nobles in it are kinda transforming into fish, I couldn’t help to notice the similarity to the palace of the first story.
That sounds like it's definitely based on the Dragon Palace, as it appears in some other myths too (specifically, the story of Urashima Taro). Sadly, I haven't owned a major gaming console since my Xbox 360 red-ringed more than a decade ago (showing my age here), so no, I haven't 😥
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistory ohh that’s sad to hear, the red ring of death sucked :/
I hope you get to try it some day tho! It’s a blast! It manages to create a great combination of realism and fantasy that medieval Japanese stuff usually lacks, it’s usually super realistic (no magic, fantastic creatures and such) or goes all the way in and becomes really unbelievable, but I feel the game balances boy extremes quite well! Metatron did some great videos on the historical accuracy of the game and there are plenty of videos discussing the fantasy elements, none quite as in depth as I would like as they usually come from From software game fans rather than Japanese culture enthusiasts tho.
@@Randamono Hmm if I ever somehow got a chance to play it, it sounds like it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at making a video on... If this channel ever gets profitable enough to justify buying a PS4 I'll definitely keep it in mind 🤞
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistory you’ll see it will! Your videos are absolutely amazing, im trying to start my channel myself and it’s really hard, you got this!
@@Randamono Right, I'm still looking forward to seeing some videos!
As the anime fan:
Two of the aforementioned warriors here are in fact featured in TYPE-MOON's Fate franchise (particularly the mobile video game *Fate/Grand Order* ) as playable characters--Hidesato (as Tawara Touta) and Yorimitsu (as Raiko). The only real flight of fancy there is Raiko being a woman, but there's an effort to streamline the conflicting legends into coherent characters.
Personally I'm very interested in what sequence of incidents exactly led to Yorimasa becoming this young skilled demon-slayer of folk tale into the tragic old first major casualty of the Genpei War. If only because most adaptations of the Genpei War focus on Yoritomo and Yoshitsune's side of the family, there has to be an opportunity in telling Yorimasa's tale as probably what classical Heian aristocracy thought ideal samurai should be, but who was eventually superseded by the ambitions of Kiyomori and (arguably) the tragic Yoshitomo (father of the Genji scions).
Yorimitsu as a woman is an interesting twist! I had not heard of that one (although I am peripherally aware of the Fate franchise).
Yorimasa's intervening years definitely seem to have been a pretty complex sequence of events, with his various aristocratic alliances ultimately leading him to break away from Yoshitomo and side with Kiyomori during the Heiji Rebellion, thus surviving as the lone major Minamoto figure left when the dust settled. I suspect that the Heike Monogatari's major aim with dividing his story into the "young man" and "old man" segments was to reinforce their whole "no one is on top of the world forever" theme, though, which is probably why you never hear about the details of Yorimasa's middle life.
I love your outfit
It was a fun change of pace haha
Buyuuden has put on a kūgyō outfit of high rank
Great,plz label images with dates
I usually do! I decided not to on this one for the sake of atmosphere. Basically all the images in the video are Edo Period, except for the picture scroll used in the 2nd story, which is from the 1300s.
Giant centipede , yup. At least 2 anime. Can’t remember which but no less terrifying
Naruto and One Punch Man
The other ones I could think of for the centipede were Inu Yasha and Tokyo Ghoul (although they both look quite different from the ones in the video).
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistory Inu Yasha!!! That’s the one. Thx, was driving me nuts
Hidesatos story is the Inspiration to Fountainhead Palace in sekiro.
19:42 It’s a Frozener!
pointing on the thumbnail, and such a giant centipede was syncretized with dragons by our ancestors. unlike Europeans, Asian dragons look like big snakes inspired by uncontrollable huge rivers, so that happened. Chinese dynasities believed dragons are divine and symbols of emperors, on other hand, some Japanse in our mythology slayed those.
oh...so tsushigumo was a slur towards the Ainu? that is really interesting..
I think it was moreso a slur toward all of the various groups living outside the Yamato Government's sphere of influence during their early rise.
Big spider reminds me of the old pennywise movie
Raiko is awesome
The spider monster could the the inspiration of pennywise
The problem with this video is that none of these stories are horror tales. They have some scary elements but are really just heroic tales. He should have told something about yurei or onryo.
This is a fair point 😅 However, I think this is about as scary as we get with pre-Edo period literature.
In Nioh (Video Game), these creatures are boss fights
That's awesome. I wish I had the time (and hardware) to play that game, it looks really cool.
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5 Nights at Yorimitsu lol they cant get you if you stare mean at them
According to Say Syonagon it had been extremely fashionable at that time (800-900 AC) to know well Chinese antient poetry and use it in common day life to descibe events. Hence upon hearing a knews someone could say a phrase slightly related to the event meanwhile being a qoute from an old Chinese poem. And only the one, who knew the poem and/or its author could have responded properly quoting as well. For someone uneducated such a dialogue may had sounded like a slightly silly decadent chat.
Right, one's poetry skills really revealed a lot about one's educational background and pedigree, it seems. I wonder if the regent and Yorimasa were referencing any particular works of ancient poetry in their little exchange.
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistory very possible. The only book I read was "The Letter at the Headboard" (I'm not sure about its English name) years ago. This was direct translation from antient Japanese of diaries of the Empress court lady. She was writing about her everydays. And giving some "I don't like-s" about how her cotemporirous behaved, casting a good portion of light over that time customs in Japan. It was a fascinating reading, I must say!
@@smentina That sounds like the Makura no Soushi, a.k.a. "The Pillow Book" in English! I'm ashamed to say I've never read more than a few excerpts from it... I hope to read it eventually someday.
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistory Thank you for the English name, I shall read ones again in English.
Lol why is bro lookin like the emperor's servant😂
been listening japanese folk tale audiobooks
one thing i noticed is that the common moral lesson is "luck"
you may choose the more reasonable and righteous choice but then you get the bad ending because of some bullshit logic by the magical entities
its all just luck
Kind of how life works too honestly
Can't imagine ever being scared of a hopping umbrella with a monster tongue
But I used to be scared of Jeff the Killer so I have ZERO room to talk
Jeff the Killer's pretty creepy-looking, though...
Huge centipede... Very inauspicious.
In case you can't tell from the links, the books are in Japanese.
Sorry for not mentioning that more clearly 😅
Pennywise is a tsuchigumo? Shapeshifts and eats people?!
Not an unreasonable theory!
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistory I forgot to mention his "true form" is that of a giant spider monster.
@@foughtthelol I asked ChatGPT to write the plot summary of an "It" sequel in which Pennywise is actually the Tsuchigumo. Here you go:
Title: "It Returns: Tsuchigumo's Curse"
Plot Summary:
"It Returns: Tsuchigumo's Curse" is a chilling horror sequel set in modern-day Japan, following the events of the previous movie "It." The story centers around the descendant of the legendary samurai Fujiwara no Hidesato, who finds himself unwittingly entwined in a new nightmare as the ancient Japanese mythological monster Tsuchigumo awakens from its slumber.
Years after the Losers' Club successfully confronted Pennywise the Dancing Clown in Derry, Maine, an American researcher named Emily Thompson arrives in a rural Japanese village to study folklore and local legends. She befriends Akira, a university student who is the modern-day descendant of the renowned samurai Fujiwara no Hidesato. As they delve into the village's history, they unearth a dark secret: Pennywise was never truly defeated. Instead, the malevolent entity had taken on a new form, that of the Tsuchigumo, a monstrous spider-like creature from Japanese folklore.
With eerie occurrences escalating in the village, Emily and Akira embark on a treacherous journey to unravel the curse that has plagued their ancestors for centuries. Armed with knowledge from Hidesato's journals, they uncover a series of cryptic rituals and ancient texts that hold the key to confronting Tsuchigumo. As they decipher the clues, they must confront their deepest fears and insecurities, mirroring the trials of the Losers' Club in the past.
Tsuchigumo's terror spreads throughout the village, exploiting the fears and vulnerabilities of its residents, transforming into their darkest nightmares. The tension mounts as Emily and Akira rally the villagers, including a skeptical local priest and a reclusive old woman who possesses hidden knowledge of the creature. Together, they face a relentless battle against Tsuchigumo's illusions, confronting their traumatic pasts and discovering the strength within themselves.
The climax culminates in a heart-pounding showdown at an ancient shrine deep within a forest. Emily and Akira must confront their own inner demons and fears to weaken Tsuchigumo's power and ultimately destroy it. The battle is a test of courage, unity, and ancestral bonds, as they harness the legacy of Fujiwara no Hidesato's bravery.
"It Returns: Tsuchigumo's Curse" weaves a tapestry of horror, folklore, and personal growth, drawing inspiration from both Japanese mythology and the legacy of Stephen King's "It." As Emily and Akira face their shared destiny, they unearth the truth behind Tsuchigumo's origin and the harrowing connection between their family histories and the insidious entity. The movie explores the enduring impact of past traumas and the indomitable spirit required to conquer ancient evils, ultimately offering a spine-chilling, culturally rich horror experience.
Idk, I'd pay to watch it haha
Bone eater? That's a crazy name for a sword. Bro needs to chill.
Poor undead lady. Ahe only wanted to die.
This one has some Inuyasha vibes. Inuyasha is a great anime.
Great that instead of humanely killing the ancient woman when she asked Yorimitsu ignored her then burned her alive later on.
She was back at the main house, so she wasn't caught in the fire! However, according to the original text, she was actually eaten by the spider monster when it fled from Yorimitsu, so... still not a great fate 😅
@@BuyuudenJapaneseHistory Somehow I had a feeling I was conflating the two buildings lolol. Well, at least it was one way to have her wish granted. Thanks for the reply! didn't expect it on such an old video.
Pro tip: when using the word _myriad,_ treat it like you would the word "many". ie. don't prefix it with "a", nor suffix it with "of". Otherwise you're using the world incorrectly grammatically.
LMFAO... this is what happens when you only read the title of a research paper and jump to conclusions.
No.. there is no magic compound in spit that is effective at killing, or even intoxicating insects.
Yes, we do have several compounds that kill "bugs", if by "bugs" you are referring to the slang use of the term when describing microbes such as bacteria, protists, and fungal spores, but these certainly are not insects. Aside from peroxides and enzymes like protease, the 2002 paper you flashed up on screen also referenced a protein, MUC7 20-mer, and to quote the paper it "is taken up by bacterial and fungal cells and stops them pumping electrically charged particles, called ions, in and out of the cells, causing the "bugs" to die. It also seems to be active in only tiny amounts - less than 10 millionths of a gram is all that is needed to kill cultured bacteria in a dish."
This also illustrates the importance of specific language when doing a google query.
To most people the word bug means any small creepy, crawly thing, with or without wings, that is small enough to step on, and that isn't a mammal, reptile or bird.
However, the actual scientific definition of a "bug" is an insect of a large order distinguished by having mouthparts that are modified for piercing and sucking.
In other words, to be a true bug, it must be an insect that has a proboscis, and that does not include centipedes.
In this case the information you were after was to know if human saliva kill centipedes and other insects, specifically poisonous ones.
To avoid confusion with the use of the slang term "bugs" you should have queried "human saliva effects on insects", or "Human saliva toxic to" if you want to know if it has any toxic properties to any species.
Long story short, outside of the fact that it apparently has the all the pieces needed to become toxic, human saliva has not been shown to be toxic to any complex multicellular organism.
If i'm actually being scientific about this, at this time we do not have any good evidence that human saliva has any kind of deleterious effect against insects that would surpass any deleterious effects that would be expected if water was substituted for the saliva, under the conditions studied.
Or, put in normal person language, best we can tell, It's about as effective as spraying them with water.
That said I wonder if the use of the word poison was intentional as we do have some enzymes that are capable of partially neutralizing certain toxic compounds.
But this doesn't make sense in the context, as unlike some millipedes, centipedes aren't typically considered poisonous, just venomous (although you want to remove the head and mandibles where the venom is stored first before eating them), and it's quite the stretch from spit having ability to reduce the toxicity of SOME toxins (tannins, some acids, pretty short list) to being able to use spit as a weapon..
and now you know.. and knowing is half the battle!
Go JOE!.. lol :P
But, why would I go to the trouble of reading past the title when I have smart people like you to spoon feed me the answer I'm looking for? 🙃 All jokes aside, though, thank you, this is all the information I could have hoped for and more!
CE? Yes, Christ's Era.
are these propaganda from that era?
Its ad not ce.
Who gives a shit :0
“I’ve been under this bridge for 2000 years and-“
-stop. Old world scammer. Ain’t no way any bridge is older than 500 years old, much less 2000. In a land of earthquakes? I don’t think so. Goodbye.
I have heard, The Battling The Spider Demon before. I wonder if that story influenced Tolking in his spider monster in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
Sexy appearance😂 surely greatly appreciated by the common Japanese women of the past😂
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