47 Rōnin: The Ruthless Samurai That Defied The Shōgun | Ancient Black Ops

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  • Опубликовано: 13 май 2024
  • Its 1703, the Shogun is plunged into controversy when Samurai prince, Asano Naganori, loses his temper and attacks a senior official. This is the story of how Asano's followers, the 47 Ronin, braved Japan and mounted the perfect Black Op.
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Комментарии • 334

  • @TimelineChannel
    @TimelineChannel  17 дней назад +123

    Hi all, just wanted to explain that you may have seen this documentary pop up a couple of weeks ago. It was flagged for inappropriate verbal content - but we thought this doc was just too good to go, so we have removed the offending scene. Hope you enjoy!

    • @TheAshCooper
      @TheAshCooper 17 дней назад +15

      The offending scene is the best bit

    • @atlanta9286
      @atlanta9286 17 дней назад +9

      What offending scene? 🤔

    • @TheSound0fLegends
      @TheSound0fLegends 17 дней назад +16

      Surely removing the scene is for want of a better explanation censoring history?

    • @trentweston8306
      @trentweston8306 16 дней назад +15

      A history channel approves of censoring the past.

    • @ds698
      @ds698 16 дней назад +3

      I have heard it was really good, when I get Netflix again I will definitely watch it! Besides my own heritage I’m super interested in Japanese and Asian history. Actually I’m massively interested in all ancient history.

  • @gmalcolms
    @gmalcolms 9 дней назад +38

    The graves of the 47 ronin at Sengakuji are near my house, so every now and then we walk over and pay them a visit. The most surprising aspect is the wide range of ages of the men (which are written on their tombs). They are as young as 16 but also there are ones in their 70s.

  • @marrs1013
    @marrs1013 9 дней назад +17

    When the bloke in the first minute said:'it almost feels it's alive...', I realized it's going to be a fanboy documentary.

  • @clanpsi
    @clanpsi 12 дней назад +40

    I like how the first 20 seconds are filled with historical inaccuracies and lies. Doesn't bode well for the rest of the show.

    • @TheAlwaysPrepared
      @TheAlwaysPrepared 9 дней назад +3

      I got to 0:28 before the cringe overwhelmed me 😄

    • @78tag
      @78tag 6 дней назад +3

      Yes, I immediately started to think about who backed this production.

    • @shtf-un6nn
      @shtf-un6nn 3 дня назад +1

      couldn't agree more, this misrepresentation of Japanese society is an abomination

  • @TheSegaSuperFan
    @TheSegaSuperFan 16 дней назад +110

    I’m kind of dissapointed with the way the samurai are described in this. They weren’t all obsessed with death, nor was killing their only skill. They were just as focused on life as they were anything else. The way of the warrior wasn’t created to end life, it was created to foster it. Peace through military rigidity. They spent just as much time on the esoteric and philosophical arts as they did combat. They weren’t just mere warriors created to kill. Other than that this is a really great vid. You definitely need to do a bit more research on who the samurai were, and look at someone like Tomoé Gozen for example. As accomplished as she was martially, she was just as focused on the spiritual side of things as well.
    Bushido should be shown more and credited more.

    • @georgemargaritis2392
      @georgemargaritis2392 15 дней назад +3

      They were all about war,
      Tearing apart Japan in their thirst for power until they were finally defeated.

    • @shitslikebear
      @shitslikebear 15 дней назад

      What are your sources, or where does your expertise come from? Playing Sega doesn't qualify.

    • @patzhomura9371
      @patzhomura9371 14 дней назад

      They harrass peasants before breakfast everyday. Create to foster life lol they are not doctors.

    • @user-dm9ii5uf1r
      @user-dm9ii5uf1r 14 дней назад +9

      Yes, because Japan was influenced by China in ancient times, many samurai and aristocrats understood literature and art. Samurai are not killing machines. They usually fight for their territory and family. When not at war, they will discuss and create like writers.

    • @TheSegaSuperFan
      @TheSegaSuperFan 14 дней назад +10

      @@georgemargaritis2392 you need to study more than just basic literature that’s presented here in the west. Actually take a look at their history, their past, they were just as devoted to the arts even more so than war. Christ it’s like talking to a six year old. There are so many texts from the Sengoku Jirai period (Japans warring states era similar to Chinas) that show even in the midst of war they put a high value on the spiritual and the arts. Even Miyamoto Musashi dedicated as much of his time learning about life and art as he did about the sword. If all you’re going to do is base level research and look at one particular aspect of their history, you’re not going to get the full picture. Some of the best poets and painters have come from Japan and from the various periods where Samurai were well established and known as the military caste.

  • @zenonherrera4366
    @zenonherrera4366 11 дней назад +29

    The depiction of the samurai here is insulting!

    • @cos4779
      @cos4779 7 дней назад

      How so, and why?

    • @78tag
      @78tag 6 дней назад

      @@cos4779 Where do you want him to start ?? Good "story" but an obvious misinterpretation to say the least. This is a very biased opinion piece. Come out of your video world and do some research for yourself if you are truly interested in reality.

    • @cos4779
      @cos4779 5 дней назад +1

      @@78tag lmao, so aggressive. calm down bud. i was just asking for his opinion, dont have to give sass.

  • @Th3NoobSlay3r
    @Th3NoobSlay3r 17 дней назад +101

    The British way of pronouncing samurai always catches me off guard. It’s so funny to my ear

    • @NumbuhOne365
      @NumbuhOne365 17 дней назад +12

      lol SAM-your-rye

    • @elijah.akana24
      @elijah.akana24 16 дней назад +6

      Definitely cringe.

    • @KennethWedin
      @KennethWedin 16 дней назад +7

      British historians do seem to mangle Japanese, Chinese, and Korean names and words quite badly, compared to other English speakers. This is especially true of British professors, who rarely-if ever-seem to have bothered learning the languages of the lands in which they specialize.

    • @Booz2020
      @Booz2020 16 дней назад +3

      Slava SAMURAI 🗾 Geroyam Yakuza 🦾

    • @charliesmith_
      @charliesmith_ 16 дней назад

      Arimasen.

  • @JonnoPlays
    @JonnoPlays 17 дней назад +112

    Anybody here watching that new Shogun show? It's really really good! Highly recommend.

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 17 дней назад +4

      I did it was amazing.

    • @michaelbatarick9617
      @michaelbatarick9617 16 дней назад +2

      I watched the first 4 episodes but then it got boring, but I watched the age of samurai on Netflix and holy lord that was great

    • @apenza4304
      @apenza4304 16 дней назад +9

      The book Shogun by James Clavell is a great read.

    • @joefawcett2191
      @joefawcett2191 16 дней назад +4

      Yeah it was brilliant, it's based on a true story too, the English guy was based on William Adams, and Toranaga was based on Tokugawa Ieyasu

    • @Booz2020
      @Booz2020 16 дней назад +1

      Make TOYOTA 🗾 Great Agains 😎 Scotty Kilmer

  • @BlackShogun
    @BlackShogun 14 дней назад +50

    I never want to hear "Sam-YOUR-eye" again

    • @markrossow6303
      @markrossow6303 9 дней назад +1

      sahm oo rah ee
      so my Dad was U.S. Army MI on Okinawa ( oh keh nah wah ) in '64 / '65

  • @Andromahlius
    @Andromahlius 7 дней назад +18

    This is one of the worst documentaries I've ever seen in regard to medieval Japan. It's full of errors and misunderstandings. Seppuku wasn't about dying in three days, an assistant cut your head after a few seconds. There are a lot of shortcuts on the story itself too.

    • @BrandonGrant-nw5tx
      @BrandonGrant-nw5tx 2 дня назад +4

      Any suggestions then ?

    • @curtblackwaterbassvick8112
      @curtblackwaterbassvick8112 День назад

      I agree, it starts off saying the katana is the deadliest weapon ever made. This documentary seems to be opinion based with little facts

    • @Tiz147
      @Tiz147 10 часов назад

      Which would you recommend?

  • @samuel10125
    @samuel10125 17 дней назад +46

    First few words in and already I can see doc based on more myth than fact.

    • @Broken_Broom99
      @Broken_Broom99 16 дней назад +7

      I was done at the black ops comment lol

    • @leburger5160
      @leburger5160 16 дней назад +7

      Yeah. they made the mistake of claiming Japanese steel was the best in the world. Japanese iron deposits were low grade. What made the katana so good wasn't the steel. What made it good was the technique of folding the steel to produce tensile strength to counter how shit the steel was. Japanese steel was notorious for being brittle and has always largely been considered shit by anyone who has any experience in metallurgy...

    • @AtHEEstory
      @AtHEEstory 16 дней назад

      ​@@Broken_Broom99 That and the shameless katana jerking despite all evidence to the contrary. That was the “Yup, I'm clicking off” point.

    • @estmed
      @estmed 16 дней назад

      The katana was the utmost in technology......for cutting down unarmed peasants who disrespected you​@@leburger5160

    • @user-dm9ii5uf1r
      @user-dm9ii5uf1r 14 дней назад +1

      Japanese culture as understood by Westerners

  • @Gabe-bz9nk
    @Gabe-bz9nk 15 дней назад +10

    The samurai were like the Spartans that valued art poems and war . 2 truly remarkable ways of life. There is a Japanese saying that you can spend a whole lifetime looking at a tree change through the seasons and if you only did that it wouldn’t be a wasted life
    Truly amazing

    • @ahklys1321
      @ahklys1321 12 дней назад +3

      Discipline taken to brilliant heights

    • @Balrog-tf3bg
      @Balrog-tf3bg 4 дня назад

      The Japanese are really good at hiding their history huh?

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 16 дней назад +7

    It was a thrilled watching documentary about shogun rule and Semoray fighters clans... Thank you (Timeline) for sharing

  • @eddyrijssen7302
    @eddyrijssen7302 6 дней назад

    Thx for sharing this video 🤙🏽

  • @mohitsawant956
    @mohitsawant956 15 дней назад +4

    I hope the creators of Shogun tv show give us a spin off show of the 47 ronin I think it'll be cool to see more about Japanese history

  • @HOTPLATEGAMING
    @HOTPLATEGAMING 16 дней назад +14

    This is wrong at 40:09 they have shinsengumi in the video. They didnt exist in the 1700s.

    • @ghostwarrior3878
      @ghostwarrior3878 11 дней назад +3

      They're taking creative liberties to tell the story... Any sense of historical accuracy is thrown out the window

  • @importantname
    @importantname 15 дней назад +4

    Many Japanese historians disagree with much of this story told by british story tellers.

  • @TrentsROOM
    @TrentsROOM 15 дней назад +13

    Japan takes everything to another level. They really take "do everything to the best of your ability" seriously

  • @itamiyouji4057
    @itamiyouji4057 16 дней назад +3

    I love this story: hardened warriors exact justice against a corrupt, useless, and petty bureaucrat.

  • @bogdandaraban1593
    @bogdandaraban1593 15 дней назад +12

    "the deadliest blade ever made"😂😂😂

  • @tekawapangjamir4990
    @tekawapangjamir4990 16 дней назад +5

    Came to know the story through the movie but with this documentary could understand indeep more about 47 Ronin

    • @Samurai63864
      @Samurai63864 10 дней назад

      The move was better tho. Keanu is a true Samurai.

  • @Drunkgamer904
    @Drunkgamer904 5 дней назад

    9:55 was a pretty interesting scene where dude gets down on one knee and chops his katana at the grass. Sent shivers down my spine.

  • @chrisjarvis2287
    @chrisjarvis2287 15 дней назад +3

    @Metatron needs to see this one

  • @LuanHaylander
    @LuanHaylander 3 дня назад

    These experts never come from the country where they expert in. Always amazes me….

  • @MrG77
    @MrG77 12 дней назад

    The lengths they went to and the long time they left it before striking amazes me. Brilliant story of revenge for there master. 🙏

    • @Samurai63864
      @Samurai63864 10 дней назад

      Yer but they should "Get a life". Miserable buggers.

  • @matthewshaw5792
    @matthewshaw5792 14 дней назад +4

    Excellent love the honour these guys showed

  • @MrBoDiggety
    @MrBoDiggety 17 дней назад +6

    Great story! Excellent stuff

  • @AngryMarine-il6ej
    @AngryMarine-il6ej 8 дней назад +1

    This is as bad as Netflix 'Age of the Samurai: The Battle for Japan'. There are other channels that give a more simplified and accurate description of samurai. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to have read that samurai had ceased wearing the traditional armor almost 100 years prior. After Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the last of the Toyotomi loyalists and was affirmed as 'shogun', the Sengoku Jidai had ended. Armor was thus, no longer necessary.

  • @dm3ris
    @dm3ris 14 дней назад +1

    shogun brings me here

  • @psforos
    @psforos 13 дней назад

    Awesome.

  • @PaletoB
    @PaletoB 11 дней назад

    Cant wait for some Crown mods 😂 Need to hear that v8

  • @nelsonbailey310
    @nelsonbailey310 10 дней назад

    Fitting in: can you imagine

  • @HistoryForYou68
    @HistoryForYou68 15 дней назад

    The movie is really good and captivating, please release new videos so we can continue watching.

  • @Suprahampton
    @Suprahampton 14 дней назад +4

    Wouldn't describe Samurai as 'black ops'

    • @MMURDZZ
      @MMURDZZ 14 дней назад +3

      Why? Because they don't have night vision goggles and M4s? They were special soldiers conducting clandestine military operations under the cover of night. Of course the term "black ops" didn't exist in feudal japan. They used that term in this piece to give viewers a way to understand in more modern terms.

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 2 дня назад

      @@MMURDZZ
      You are confusing the samurais with ninjas.

    • @MMURDZZ
      @MMURDZZ День назад

      @Celisar1 No. I'm not. Im talking about the subjects of this video. Samurai/Ronin.

  • @tannerdenny5430
    @tannerdenny5430 15 дней назад +3

    I so I've heard about how great the katana is...but japanese were impressed by European arms armor

    • @ghostwarrior3878
      @ghostwarrior3878 11 дней назад +1

      The Japanese armies of that time period were not opposed to using better weapons and armor especially if it helps them get ahead in fighting.

    • @stevenhoskins7850
      @stevenhoskins7850 10 дней назад +1

      Katanas are made for slashing. Cruciforms are made for piercing metal armor.
      The Katana is the better blade, but not as good against metal armor as a Cruciform.

    • @tannerdenny5430
      @tannerdenny5430 9 дней назад +1

      @@stevenhoskins7850 not better, different. But your info is spot on.

    • @Chewy_GarageBandDad
      @Chewy_GarageBandDad 17 часов назад

      @@stevenhoskins7850 You dont know what you are talking about. Samurai Katana were low in quality due to lack of resources and some lack of innovation e.g. using a clay Katara that does not remove a high level of impurities and Iron ore sand that yes, could be mined and sifted from rivers but most came from beaches and lack of dealing with the sulphur and phosphorous within the iron ore..

  • @Seven.And.The.RaggedTiger
    @Seven.And.The.RaggedTiger 10 дней назад +1

    What a great class of warriors.. the world will never see again 🙏👹

  • @coreywilkinson2778
    @coreywilkinson2778 2 дня назад

    A lot of dorks saying this video is "historically inaccurate" but I don’t see anyone explaining how.

  • @leemccabemccabe5627
    @leemccabemccabe5627 5 дней назад

    The Last Samire 🎬 ❤️ 💯

  • @JeremyJones-sc4yv
    @JeremyJones-sc4yv 3 дня назад

    There are parts of the Keanu Reeves movie in this story but part of it seems like what happened in the Last Knights with Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman.

  • @jamesgratton6516
    @jamesgratton6516 16 дней назад +5

    Way to many Ads

  • @DavidKleiven
    @DavidKleiven 10 дней назад

    Respectful ❤

  • @ToastSoon4808
    @ToastSoon4808 8 дней назад

    My Boerboel is named "Ronin Shenji". Weighs 58kg and does his work well...protecting us. After reading some of the comments and having some background I exited at 11 min.

  • @F15ElectricEagle
    @F15ElectricEagle 11 дней назад

    I am so glad they mentioned samurais used spears, blows and arrows, clubs, axes and other types of weapons after overpraising the katana. The primary weapons of the samurais in combat was not the katana but most often the bow and arrow and the spear, and later on, primitives black powder rifles. In fact, during combat if a samurai has to resort to using the katana, it is usually because he/she (and yes there were female samurais) screwed up badly somewhere during the fight.

  • @mindoftheswarm7
    @mindoftheswarm7 12 дней назад +1

    The deadliest blade ever made? If you mean how many people have died to it, then maybe. But if you’re talking the most efficient at killing…. Nah.

  • @mk45gunnr25
    @mk45gunnr25 10 дней назад

    only in giving yourself to something bigger than yourself do you become more than what you are.

  • @zephyr66
    @zephyr66 День назад

    Jin Sakai would definitely not going to like this

  • @aaronstclair2423
    @aaronstclair2423 12 дней назад +1

    The forms of Kanly have been obeyed!

  • @9thteardropgameteller601
    @9thteardropgameteller601 15 дней назад +1

    Stop watchng at 0.53
    Deadliest blade ever made.

  • @BerzerkMaggot777
    @BerzerkMaggot777 11 часов назад

    Would of been a better story for the new assassins creed game than what they came up with

  • @roberthenry3757
    @roberthenry3757 14 дней назад

    Domo. From everyone who just had a Tishiro moment.

  • @christophermiller9624
    @christophermiller9624 12 дней назад

    What is the movie about the 47 Ronan.

  • @BILLYC0DE
    @BILLYC0DE 8 дней назад

    This is shortly after the real guy from "Shogun" show real guy...the anjin...he was there in the mid 1600s and his real lord was from Edo

  • @zasterheffor
    @zasterheffor 16 дней назад

    It's surprising to hear that revenge is still heralded as a virtue in Japan, or at least that is the impression given by the end of this short documentary. In Edo Japan, the 47's actions are a consequence of desperation, and it seems like given the facts as recorded by historians, they took liberty with how they interpreted their master's death. If vengeance in and of itself is a virtue, regardless of context or circumstance in Edo Japan, that's an interesting insight.

    • @KennethWedin
      @KennethWedin 16 дней назад +1

      Having lived in Japan for decades, I can’t really say revenge (fukushu in Japanese) is integral in the society at all. I do notice it’s strong in Chinese society right up to the present.

    • @zasterheffor
      @zasterheffor 16 дней назад +2

      @@KennethWedin Thanks for the clarification. This documentary to me encapsulates, if anything, how inflexible behavioral traditions of Edo Japan often clashed with one another to the point of death.
      What started with critiques of social etiquette led to bloodshed, then death, just as another critique of etiquette - only this time, from the perspective of the 47 ronin - did the same. The narration romanticizes the efforts of the ronin, but it is still unclear whether that romanticism is representative of the cultural milieu then - or even the historical literature - or whether it is just the editorializing of the writers. It should be a little more clear on that front, especially when presenting history of a culture one is not native to.

  • @daisukesenpai8821
    @daisukesenpai8821 4 дня назад

    I'm just here because of Ubisoft's new Assassin's Creed.

  • @Barbone72
    @Barbone72 17 дней назад

    Good one!

  • @ronnielpapasin403
    @ronnielpapasin403 4 дня назад

    It's bothering me so much on how me pronounces Samurai.

  • @nelsonbailey310
    @nelsonbailey310 10 дней назад

    Hatfield and the McCoys

  • @N.CTT1991
    @N.CTT1991 17 дней назад

    Sounds like the movie.

  • @PinkuStyle
    @PinkuStyle 13 дней назад

    I see Samurai I watch

  • @19thnervousbreakdown80
    @19thnervousbreakdown80 11 дней назад

    It wouldn't be like drawing a gun in Buckingham Palace because the punishment wouldn't be 100% definite for anything done in Britain. And it had absolutely happened before during the same shoguns reign! Those are two facts. What isn't a fact at all is what happened after the affair at the palace, because there was nobody left to tell the tale.

  • @TonyZ96
    @TonyZ96 2 дня назад

    6:58

  • @miguelsuarez-solis5027
    @miguelsuarez-solis5027 16 дней назад +6

    Best metal work ever? Relax, it was not. Stop perpetrating this myth. Katanas were not superior swords you weebs

    • @Daniel-wm3pk
      @Daniel-wm3pk 7 дней назад

      That what is? Please explain

  • @jtsherrer
    @jtsherrer 10 дней назад +1

    Couldn't make it past a minute. "Deadliest" swords ever ?? lol? Someone has been playing too many video games

  • @leemccabemccabe5627
    @leemccabemccabe5627 5 дней назад

    House of the rising Sun 🇬🇧 🌎 🗽 🙏

  • @lordulicqel-droma3959
    @lordulicqel-droma3959 13 дней назад

    Who’s the narrator

  • @KennethWedin
    @KennethWedin 16 дней назад +4

    Who on earth made those supposed single-layer kimono and hakama? Clearly, they’re from some British thrift shop, likely imported from Vietnam, if not simply made by a British or Chinese seamstress from embarrassingly gaudy rayon. Likewise, the parchment paper is of ridiculously poor quality, and the text clearly was printed out with a printer rather than written cursively with a brush. I love Timeline, but the production value of this video was so embarrassing that I eventually had to just listen without watching.

  • @AzamatoTheGreat
    @AzamatoTheGreat 28 минут назад

    'samyurai' come on

  • @slummyshotya
    @slummyshotya 6 дней назад

    The obsession with death is not factual.The obsession is to one self and one’s pride and dignity.Death before dishonor.They just so happen to be excellent mercenaries.but to be a samurai is MUCH more than just killing and being obsessed with killing.

  • @MayomiBravo
    @MayomiBravo 10 дней назад

    Is this speaking of a dependent of who Torinagwa was based on?

  • @eleveninfinityx
    @eleveninfinityx День назад

    so... this video was created by a high school kid living in the suburbs who has watched a lot of anime.

  • @mnrick1960
    @mnrick1960 12 дней назад +1

    So many errors in this documentary.
    But, they emphasize what the public has been groomed to believe. Myth sells.
    That is not to take ANYTHING from the 47.
    Loyalty like that is very rare.

  • @TheMisleduser
    @TheMisleduser 15 дней назад

    Samureye

  • @MML-gk5xc
    @MML-gk5xc 12 дней назад +1

    Why don't we have a Japanese person to tell us this story that happened in Japan ?

  • @bigmonke7661
    @bigmonke7661 День назад

    The samurine

  • @codystyle
    @codystyle 11 дней назад +2

    Sorry, but as an anthropologist working at a university in Nagoya, Japan I will say thay this documentary is not very good. From bold statements with no factual basis, to showing images of random castles and temples while talking about a place completely different. Even the opening introduction is a strange statement. And it is crazy how British people struggle with Japanese pronunciation. My coworker who is from England, is amazing at Japanese. However his pronunciation of japanese vocabulary make me cringe.

  • @terryeaster1
    @terryeaster1 10 дней назад

    Impeccable story telling!! Happy new sub here
    ↖️

  • @gundarvarr1024
    @gundarvarr1024 15 дней назад

    They are NOT special forces, they are SOLDIER. Special forces is those SHINOBI.

    • @pancakes429
      @pancakes429 15 дней назад

      Shinobi aren't fighters, they are modern spies and assassins. Samurai on the other hand are even more elite than today's special forces as their life was war.

  • @cwavt8849
    @cwavt8849 9 дней назад

    I am American and I have never heard Samurai pronounced like this. Also, the wigs used for the men are so glaringly party wigs from the lical party favor store that it is almost insulting.

  • @Twolegger
    @Twolegger 13 дней назад

    Killing me with sooo many ads! Trying to get some work done and the skip distraction is not helping.
    One more AI narrated ad for a widget that is “taking the world by storm” and I’m going to lose bowel control.

  • @Raharth
    @Raharth 13 дней назад +2

    There is so much wrong with this and so much exaggeration. No it was not the best sword, no it didn't take 3 days to bleed to death. You were decapitated in a very specific way by one of your closest friends or relatives seconds after you made the cut. Kind of disappointing to be honest, you could have been just historically accurate but you wanted to make an action move instead - at least by plot.

    • @michaelcollins827
      @michaelcollins827 7 дней назад

      Who cares hahahaha

    • @Daniel-wm3pk
      @Daniel-wm3pk 7 дней назад

      What is the best sword than smart guy

    • @Raharth
      @Raharth 7 дней назад

      ​@Daniel-wm3pk the question doesn't make sense. What's the best car, house, gun, dog? There is no magical "best", it's all time and context dependent

    • @Raharth
      @Raharth 7 дней назад

      ​@@michaelcollins827apparently you, enough at least to answer 😄

  • @tompaste387
    @tompaste387 13 дней назад +2

    These 'so-called experts' are a joke

  • @jetta5267
    @jetta5267 10 дней назад

    Why are the historians calling simple people "country bumpkins "?

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk 8 дней назад

      Country bumpkin is a term used in British English to describe people living in rural communities with little experience of civic life/customs.
      Source: Am British and was a country bumpkin.

  • @juanch6936
    @juanch6936 11 дней назад

    Sah-myou-reye

  • @tompaste387
    @tompaste387 13 дней назад

    Japanese do not walk on tatami mats in bare feet

  • @DougUnfunny
    @DougUnfunny 15 дней назад

    the women they got did not understand the assignment. Smiling and giggling is not how japanese women would have been back then. No shogun didn't teach me. I knew that before the show.

  • @roeweldelossantos3588
    @roeweldelossantos3588 14 дней назад

    "In Tagalog. "Napaka-Bangis!!!"😮😮

  • @holdonasecondamigo599
    @holdonasecondamigo599 11 дней назад

    Where r my asian historians??

  • @MrLantean
    @MrLantean 15 дней назад

    The story of the 47 Ronins is an interesting story but unfortunately it is an embellished or fictionalized version of a real event known as Ako Incident in the official records of Japan. The fictionalized version is known as the Chūshingura. The historical Asano Naganori is not the honorable gentleman as portrayed in the story but a person with a rash hot-headed personality. The Shogunate has compiles records on the characters and personality of the feudal lords and Asano's records only yield negative traits. The administration of his domain of Ako is not done by him but by his chief retainer, Ōishi Yoshio, as Asano lacks the interest of doing so and instead spends most of his time indulging in pleasure. He and another feudal lord are chosen by the Shogun to host a visiting envoy from Kyoto and a court official by the name of Kira Yoshinaka is assigned to teach them court etiquettes and protocols. Kira is potrayed in the story as a greedy and corrupt court official who demands brides for teaching them. However there are no evidence that he is as he is portrayed in the story. According to official records, Kira has the reputation of a fair and honorable person and is well respected by many peers which includes the Shogun. Kira holds the position of Koke (Master of Ceremony) which is a highly prestigious but unfortunately a low-income position. His annual income is barely 10% of Asano's annual income. He may have expect some rich gifts as tokens of appreciation as well as a supplement to his low-income position. Kira is said to have insulted Asano but there are no evidence and it most likely never happen in the first place. Being a Koke, Kira sets a very high standard and demands perfection. Asano lacks patient and discipline to learn court etiquettes and protocols and got frequent reprimanded by Kira. Due to his hot-headed personality, Asano perhaps see the reprimands as insult and in a reckless move, strikes at Kira with his sword while within the Shogun's Castle. Drawing a sword while within the Shogun's Castle without the Shogun's permission is against the law and is punishable by death. Asano is punished by the way of seppuku as a result. Ako Domain is confiscated by the Shogunate and its samurais become ronins. Only 47 out of hundreds of ronins choose to avenge their feudal lord. The act of the 47 ronins is condemned and criticized by some renown samurai. The author of the Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo asks a well-known question of what happen if Kira has died from natural causes instead. Kira is already at the advanced age of sixty where the average lifespan is between 40 to 60 years. The ronins have spent a year or 2 planning their attack on Kira. If Kira did die from natural causes, the ronins will lose their only chance of vengeance and be forever branded as cowards and thus bringing further shame to Asano Clan. Asano did break the law and are dealt with accordingly. The ronins fail in their duty is guiding their feudal lord to be a better and instead blame their misfortunate and the misfortunate of the Asano Clan on an elderly court official instead of their own incompetent feudal lord. The attack on Kira is one sided. Kira is not a wealthy man as portrayed in the story where he hires a thousand guards for protection. Due to his low-income position, ha can only to afford a handful of guards. According to official records, the ronins are heavily armed with various type of weapons which includes gunpowder weapons. As result, Kira's men are outnumbered and out fought. The ronins may have a selfish agenda in reporting their action to the Shogunate. Perhaps they expect to be pardoned by the Shogunate on grounds of Bushido and allows them to find employment elsewhere. In the end, the story of the 47 Ronin is about vengeance carried out based on misguided honor loyalty and sacrifice. They justify their action by accusing Kira as a greedy and corrupt court official. A feudal lord with rash, reckless and hot head personality is posthumously romanticized as an honorable gentlemen worthy of being a samurai while an elderly court official with decades of good service record to the Shogunate is posthumously vilified as a greedy and corrupt person.

  • @TheRedConstituents.
    @TheRedConstituents. День назад

    Sam You Rai.

  • @muriel24mj87
    @muriel24mj87 2 дня назад

    The SaMYUrai.. 🤦

  • @muriel24mj87
    @muriel24mj87 2 дня назад

    The SaMyurai.. 🤦

  • @shtf-un6nn
    @shtf-un6nn 3 дня назад

    Samurai, weren't a military elite, they were the royalty who were trained in military excellence.
    the ignorance of this video is insane

  • @juanmarquez1679
    @juanmarquez1679 17 дней назад +2

    👽

  • @scottyskydog
    @scottyskydog 16 дней назад

    More likely obsessed with honor!

  • @pemonline3395
    @pemonline3395 11 дней назад +2

    Ronin were dishonored men who refused to commit seppuku after their daimyo was defeated.

  • @user-vh5iu6oi7z
    @user-vh5iu6oi7z 15 дней назад

    Samiuray

  • @Stone46988
    @Stone46988 13 дней назад +2

    It feels wrong listening about samurai from British people.😂😂😂😂

  • @iamcarlolocsin
    @iamcarlolocsin 5 дней назад

    so the movie 47 ronin is not even close to what really happen

  • @septegram
    @septegram 4 дня назад

    I was looking forward to this, but couldn't get past the (mis) pronunciation "sam-you-rai." Stopped at that point.

  • @adriansaun7920
    @adriansaun7920 9 дней назад

    The CODE of Bushido explained by Westerners.😂😂