The Shinsengumi: A Mini-Documentary on the Shogun's Terror Squad
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- The Shinsengumi (新選組) was a special police force organized by the shōgunate during Japan's Bakumatsu period in 1863. It survived for six years until its demise in 1869. It was founded to protect the shogun’s representatives in Kyoto at a time when a controversial imperial edict to exclude foreign trade from Japan had been made and the Chōshū clan had been forced from the imperial court. Under the battle cry of sonnō jōi (Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians) there had been many assassinations of shōgunate supporters and representatives. As a result, the military government had to do something to protect them. Thus, the beginnings of the Shinsengumi was created.
When I was young watching Rurouni Kenshin was the 1st time I've heard about Shinsengumi. This was really good. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! I’m glad you liked it.
When he said the code of shinsengumi in the video I was expecting him to say Aku soku zan or slay evil immediately. Saito always said that before kicking ass.
That is when I first heard of the Shinsengumi too was in Rurouni Kenshin. Love the history of the Bakumatsu. If you can find it, the NHK Shinsengumi tv show is amazing for Shinsengumi history. A personal favorite of mine
Aku Soku Zan
@@ouroboros1895 yeah that show was too amazing. i remember watching it around 2008 or so. If i remember correctly there is a ChoShu assassin that almost kills kondo isami best friend which happens to be a clown wanna be samurai but somehow in the show he guards well against that choshu assassin that was the inspiration for hitokiri battousai known as kenshin himura. Funny clip of that NHK shinsengumi show
"You can bribe a Dog with Food, You can bribe a Corrupt Man with Money, You can never bribe a Wolf of Mibu"
- Saito Hajime, Captain of 3rd Squad, Ronin of Mibu (Shinsengumi)
His delivery of this dialogue in Japanese and in his cool voice was just badass! As was Aku Soku Zan, and the lightning quick delivery of justice he unleashes!
Edit: Oh, I almost forgot this line! "A Shinsengumi is always a Shinsengumi. A wolf is always a wolf. And a man slayer is always a man slayer." Another one of Saito's badass lines! 😅
No wonder he was used for Like A Dragon: Ishin
The Saito clan still lives on? The Saito clan of Dosan?
We know than Hijikata wasn't dead and met Nagakura in 1907 to start a hunt for the gold of the ainus with the aim to create again the republic of Edo.
In Japan, people are saddened by the death of a person who has died a violent death, and legends are created that the person is actually alive.
There are similar stories about Minamoto Yoshitsune, Toyotomi Hideyori, and Saigo Takamori.
And cook chitatap with a katana as a kitchen knife
Hinna Hinna
And met Fujimino Sugimoto and escape king shiraishi yoshitake
i love kondo.. he has a strong will and strong leadership.. but what shinsengumi made intact is because of the demon vice chief hijikata toshizo..the guy was not that skilled as saito, kondo, nakagura or okita.. but he is the brain of shinsengumi...
And he loves mayoneese
I first saw the Shinsengumi in Gintama.
And he was very popular with the geisha and maiko in Kyoto.He collects a lot of love letters from geisha and mails them to his relatives.
I met a girl in Japan from Hino. She kept talking about the shinsengumi and I’d never heard of them before. So interesting :)
Boshin War sounds like a realm divided, massive sort of conflict. However, the Shogunate casualties numbered around 5000. That’s very few considering how bloody warfare at the time was. That means, it was quite unfortunate that both Kondou and Hijikata perished.
git interested because of hakuouki 💕
Thank you for your hard work. I love this content. The calmed way and voice tone in which everything it narrated is simply perfect. And the background music companion fits beautifully.
Thank you so much Slimnooze! That means a lot. I really appreciate your comment and kind words. 😊🙏🏻
The wolves of mibu
Me watching this and seeing the Shinsengumi! Footage used: 'excited squeal'
Done reading/watching Rurouni Kenshin manga/anime last year... And now reading/watching Gintama.
What did u prefer?
@@Jordan-fg3ru I prefer both actually coz theyre just hilarious. If you're on serious side you gotta with Rurouni Kenshin but if you're on funny side go with Gintama.
@@paopepipopu5001 theres also Serious arcs in gintama too
I know Shinsengumi just from an anime💕
Part where Kondo got beheaded 😢 anime lied to us in Farewell Shinsgemi arc 😭 in reality Hijikata bring Kondo's hair back to Edo.
Here from yakuza like a dragon ishin
Same
didn't know this was real history
same
Gorilla san and mayo prince
GINTAMA ...thanks for knowing me "The Shinsengumi"
I'm imagining saito in samurai x going bald at 70 years old
Imagine him and Sano in a retirement home. Sanosuke started spouting random gibberish and incoherent stuff and Saito, being annoyed and pissed with Sano, decides to shove his katana on his backside
lol
Kondo and Hijikata!
Finally i found one
Sougo also as the first captain of shinsengumi
Gorilla, Mayo Addict, and Sadist
@@pulakmitra92 and Anpan
OKita souji
Subscribed cause I am a History freak and Japan is basically a dream land for Otakus
Thanks for the sub! 😊
I had never heard of the Shinsengumi. Very interesting!
I’d recommend a book called Shinsengumi by Romulus Hillsborough. It’s a great book!
They are like the Street Cops of Feudal Japan.
thank you for your video. it is nice to see a brief yet well covered information about shinsengumi. it's hard to find that. hope to see more of your videos. I also like about Japan history. greetings.
Thank you Lorena! I appreciate your comment. I am thinking about doing Saigo Takamori next.
Thanks to Kenshin Himura I know some of this history
I'm here due to Hajime Saito XD
me to, he is badass!
ayyy
I'm here for Okita Souji lol
Awesome!... last week i finished the Shinsengumi book by Romulus Hillsborough and it was great. Their history is very cool! Maybe one day you can do a video of Ito Hirobumi or Saigo Takamori :) really love your videos, thank you so much!
Thank you Juan. I’ve read that book as well. It was a fantastic read. I believe he is working on another Shinsengumi book as we speak! I was thinking Saigo will be the next one I do. 😊
@@JAPANquickies Indeed, it's an awesome book. Right now i'm reading Samurai Revolution of Hillsborough too! it seems good, i'm just starting
@@Strategikon That’s a good one too. I believe the focus of that book is Katsu Kaishu. Great book!
Underrated video
Thank you! 🙏🏻 😊
Who came here because of the "aku soku zan"?.
❤️ Hijikata ❤️
I watched "Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor" (1969) last night, so this was very appropriate to understand the exact timeline of the excellent story.
Yakuza ishin has to be released in the west
Facts
Words of wisdom
Irl Hijikata looked kind of like Araki.
Never thought about that but yeah he does
Okita is cute :>
I expected gintama levels of laid back shinsengumi. And i found is jackie chan or any martial arts movie level one.
I'm more intrigued than I'm dissapointed.
Tbh this was the most confusing era of Japan that I know. Like there is this Tokugawa Shogunate who didn't like foreigner, but want to open Japan? then we have Emperor who kind of supporting western since they help him regain emperor supremacy? And then there is a 3rd group who support emperor supremacy yet didn't want foreigner intervension, and yet their member use western technology?
So basically Chosu and Tokugawa have similar idealogy about anti western, but they just have different head to support, yet the Emperor itself kind of supporting the westerner?
I only know this because of hakuouk8
Funny I only know about this after watching gintama
And hijikata was very popular with the geisha and maiko in Kyoto.He collects a lot of love letters from geisha and mails them to his relatives.
So where is kondo and the boys?
Everything I knew about the Shinsengumi came from the Peacemaker anime.
I heard shinzengumi in samurai x i thought shinzengumi is not real but I'm wrong
You used some of the footages from the Japanese TV series. 👍👍👍👍👍
Can you please write down where the footage you used come from? The movies or series, etc.
What authority did the shogun have himself personally? Or were his "advisers/ministers" the real decision makers?
Could you also talk about how the ww2 idea of Bushido was not actually something followed by the samurai of the pre edo era? Was it more like Chivalry, a romanticized practice from fiction?
Could you also talk about how/why Korea was annexed. Or talk about pre "total war," Japan? I had heard that the early meiji era had amazing culture and development.
Eventually the german total war book spread around...I was wondering, why were all the assassinations so successful? Was it true that if a lower ranked soldier assassinated a higher rank, that could be seen as a hero taking out a corrupt leader?
I had heard Japans ww2 government was a government of assassination. Anyone that opposed were killed.... also, was it the constitution that made the parliament too weak to control the army/navy? Or was it a cultural thing? Would samurai/soldiers refuse to listen to beurocrats?
I am trying to learn more about the era from tokugawa to post ww2 reconstruction, and modern history.
Are "untouchables," still a thing in modern Japan? Or is that fake news?
Sorry for all the questions. You don't have to answer them. I just hope you keep up making content. No rush on the videos...take care of yourself. I'll be sure to subscribe and keep checking back in.
Would love to learn about Japanese folk Tales too. Like their versions of Aesops tales...hard to find non anime reimaginings. XD
I was trying to also learn about Korea. I have seen political factions like the "sorons" , "norons" etc, in Joseon era historical Kdramas..I know they are the parties of different regions..but I am trying to find out what their platforms were.
I am trying to learn the Same thing about Japan...Were their different factions during the tokugawa and imperial and modern Japanese eras? I am curious what the difference of platforms and ideals was.
I know Tokugawa shogunate biggest issue was that the provinces/domains that opposed Ieyasu Tokugawa in the first place...were excluded from government all the way up to the end of Tokugawa shogunate. Was that one of the reasons those domains tried to oppose the Shogunate and reinstate the emperor? How much foreign influence was a part of it? Were the American civil war weapons used in that conflict? Could emperor vs shogun war be considered a proxy war between France/Britain? Or no?
As I said. Don't feel obligated to answer this literal essay of questions...just curious about it. Can't wait for more content!!
Oh. In America we learn about "The trail of tears," and atrocities that were committed in Vietnam...we learn about both the bad and good things America has done... Is it true that Japan doesn't learn about its wartime crimes? I don't have any sort of political agenda...was just curious if it was true. I do know that the victim nation's governments exploit the pain their people went through for political/economic gain. Which is kind of an insult to the human victims...but it makes me curious what an average Japanese citizen would know...or what a Japanese history major would know...
Have a good weekend! Nice video btw.
The "YOKAI FILES" seem to be a small part of the tales I was looking for..great content I've seen so far. Kinda pumped to marathon all your videos this week xD
Thanks for your reply! I am not an expert on Japanese history, but I do have an extreme interest and passion for the bakumatsu period. As far as I understand it, the Shogun had all the power in Japan during the Shogun's rule and it was the emperor that was only a figurehead. The daimyo followed his lead and he made that possible by creating things like sankin-kotai and limiting the size of armies, amount of weapons, boats, and preventing traveling abroad and even to other domains without permission. This all changed towards the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate of course.
I agree with you, the popular understanding of bushido is a myth. There are many examples of selfish samurai, betrayal, and disloyalty.
Untouchables, or burakumin is still a problem in Japan. Some areas of where I live are known as 'black' because it's where these people live. Property value is low, schools are bad, and people don't want to associate with the area. It's pretty sad. I love Japan and its people, but this is one of the darker sides of Japanese culture I think. Of course, it's not everywhere and everyone, but it still exists.
There were a few factors that attributed to the downfall of the shogunate. Foreign intrusion is definitely one of them. Weapons and ships were sold to Japanese domains during this time and also military training and education from foreign countries. France & Britain did support opposite sides of the civil war. Britain backed the rebels and France backed the Shogunate.
From what I've heard Japanese schools kind of glance over their atrocities and don't really cover them. But I am not sure as I never went to a Japanese school.
I am glad you like the Yokai Files. It's a new series I started and am trying to make at least one a month.
Thanks again for your comment and sorry I couldn't answer all your questions.
@@JAPANquickies
I'm japanese
I'm never heard buraku people in modern time,No one cares about buraku people in modern time.especially young generation.
In other words, even if the person is from the buraku area, they usually don't notice.It doesn't look any different, so people don't know unless they tell .there is no way to discriminate.Only the elderly generation cares about them.school is bad? Please tell me school name and buraku address
From what I can see, you don't know much about Japan.
First of all, it is true that there was discrimination in the past It would have remained for some time after it was recognized.Did you know that the government has made various guarantees since acknowledging it?
@@novrinkov0053 if you say so. I’m not into arguing on the internet, but I’ll just leave these here.
www.imadr.org/sayama/buraku.html#:~:text=The%20Buraku%20Issue,butchering%20animals%20or%20tanning%20leather.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0896920520915493#:~:text=Since%20Japan's%20modernization%2C%20the%20Burakumin,during%20Japan's%20period%20of%20modernization.
@@JAPANquickies
Sayama incident is showa that's elderly generation time i'm talk about now
Just wait i'm making comments for you.english is hard for me.just wait
Calling them a Terror Squad is a little unfair. if anything, They were upholding Justice, Defending Kyoto and Patrolling the Streets, Preventing Crime and executing Choshu Rebels.
Exactly. They terrorized anyone who opposed the shogunate, who wasn’t completely just by the way.
Justice according to Shogunate 😂
According to your logic, SS were also upholding justice.
@@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan Justice depends on whose the leader/strongest party of that area at the time
logically speaking, the EsEs were upholding justice and anyone against them were terrorists just as Americans in Afghanistan
@@wakamoto361 you mean Americans were the terrorist in Afghanistan??
@@Fx_Explains unironically
like have u seen those juicy war crime vids of Americans shooting civies and Americans controlling a village by cutting their food and water
Yes
-gintama
As an enemy of Imperial force, was there a reason why ex Shinsengumi wasn't punished after Bakufu lost the war? For example, Saito/Goro Fujita and Shinpachi lived a rather long life and held good position in government.
Many of them were punished, but because the talented former samurai were more useful to the government alive than dead they were dealt a slap on the wrist and offered positions within the newly formed government.
@@JAPANquickies ahh thank you so much for answering. If I’m not mistaken Kondo Isami was arrested and then executed. Also many other ‘hitokiri’.
No problem. Thanks for the comment. You’re right. Kondo was beheaded. He was accused of and found guilty of assassinating Sakamoto Ryoma. Later we found out that that wasn’t true.
I came for the fall of the samurai
The reason why Japan did not become a colony of Europe and America is because unlike other countries in Asia and Africa, there were many samurai, a warrior tribe. At the end of the Edo period, modern cannons were imported from Europe. From the samurai era to modern government. Choshu and Satsuma are Japanese revolutionary forces.
Toei and Fate versions must be
will you also do the last Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu after Saigo Takamori and also will you be getting the new shinsengumi book in march
I’ll definitely be buying the new book once it’s finished and released. I’m really looking forward to it. I think it will be Saigo next and then Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Here from peacemaker
Anyone here from Gintama
Came for Kondo
I
Not only gintama
Hakuoki either
I'm from Touken Ranbu
Golden Kamuy
yakuza ishin lol
Shishio was one of the founders of the Shinsengumi.
生まれ出る所は早や死の始めにて、死すれば大界我が心の儘成り。之兵法第一の心得成り。各々己の正死を計らず、唯役目を全うすべし。ハタチ過ぎたら生き過ぎ成り。老いの生き恥を晒すべからず。之より死中に突入す。我に続け！長尾景虎十四歳、初陣出撃の際、四方数里に響き渡った訓示である。二の刀を継がず。唯此の一刀にのみ決すべし。土方歳三は、多摩の農民ではなく商人であり、近藤勇を担いではいましたが、己の教師は上杉謙信でした。歳三からしたら、景虎は５００年も前の人。我々は５００年前の人物を模範と仰いで人生を駆け抜ける情熱があるだろうか？それだけの文献を読破して己の魂に落として学ぶ知能があるだろうか？私たちが、羨むべきは、歳三の生き様＝死に様であると思います。