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Either that or way before in the Asian chronological equivalent of early yayoi or the Chinese warring states, and I'm talking ancient/classical Greece (I think long before Alexander the Great did the Iskandar King of Conquerors thing)
"But they ignored it the way a man would ignore his girlfriend cheating because it'd be too much trouble to confront her and at the end of the day he just wants to go home to his wife and kids." If you notice what's wrong good job.
The part about sex with youths being seen as more "pure" than sex with women, reminds me of the ancient Greek eromenos practice. Sounds like the mindset is similar
I think sex with youths was considered more "pure" because of what GeorgeMonet said above--a deep fear and disgust of menstrual blood. Also boys don't get pregnant. So it's sexy times exclusively, except for the butt pain and the STDs.
@@claraajayi2658 : Really Darling? How interesting. What floors me is that Japanese culture went from this to what we have today. As different as night and day. On the surface, anyway. Be Well and Safe. My Best. Out.
Fun fact: the fan clubs going together to the kabuki plays would also shout the actor's stage name during important or difficult parts of the play, and this name shouting is still very much alive under the practise of kakegoe. Some actors would (amd still do) pay some people to shout their names during the most prominent scenes
@Maia They had to do the fact/fiction mix bc the shogunate forbade historically accurate events onstage. Playwrights often circumvented this by changing the characters' names and time setting
Idk if you write the scripts yourself, but they're always cracking me up, the puns, the innuendos and the straight up gag lines, they're well-placed and always make me exhale through my nose a bit more aggressively, well done lol.
Man. We were supposed to research on Kabuki theatre back then for my project, why didn't I find this video sooner!? It would've been so funny to add the male on male action in my research 😭😭
There is a manga called "Momo to Manji" by (Sakura Sawa) which is one of my favourites. Momo is an ex kagema and Manji was an ex fire fighter in Edo. A little bit questionable * but historically accurate*, understandable about characters' feelings, very informative and wholesome at the same time so it's such a fascinating read. The art might not be for everyone but I think it's so beautiful. Highly recommended 💕
@@gibranhenriquedesouza2843 A vocalization that is common to Japanese preformances. Used to indicate the preformance is beginning. Basically a polite way to tell your audience to shut up.
"The government just passed laws to keep people from going too wild." Now, that is one of the most sensible policies that any government can adopt in any period in human history.
"Just like a man would ignore his girlfriend cheating on him because it would be too much trouble and at the end of the day he just wants to go back home to his wife and kids" - Linfamy (Kagema Historian)
It's really funny to me that you practically dissect all BL genre trope and give it a historical almost scientific perspective to it. Honestly, I only know the romanticize version of it before. And before sock fetish and everything, Japanese is full of creative, weird kink. I'm kinda speechless it's been going around for centuries
It's no wonder that BL manga and host clubs are such big industries and important part part of Japanese culture. I mean it all makes sense 🤔🤔 Edit: Wow 81 likes. Thanks people. This is the highest likes I've ever gotten in a comment 😊
Actually, nothing's changed in the world of Japanese & Korean (& Chinese, to an extent) entertainment, or just some circles in Hollywood in general. Yea, dark world we live in... O____o
@@Jumpoable yes it does 😌 I just reallllyyyy love BL it's so cute and fluffy and hot as hell 🥰🥰 Plus I love the fandom and all the lovely friends I made in it! And I'm also a *VERY* sexual person (a slut lol) so I would LOVE this job. Even more since I'm an uke with guys AND bisexual, it'd be perfect! Oh I also love cosplay and pretty things and cool plays/stories and stuff so the acting part would be fun too! (And who doesn't love sexual jokes?)
Japanese period-themed mangas (yaoi, josei or seinen demographic) are always the dark, spicy, angsty ones. They're like the few media that gives lightadaptation/touches even very slightly to the dark side of Japanese history like corrupted politics, prostitution, Paedophilia, execution, wars and pillaging, sacrificial rituals, etc. Like, they're so... Raw compared to the polished themes that are safe for most audiences. Japan's juxtaposition is so stark and interesting; kawaii, white and fluffy, vs dark, gorey and jaded romance. The ones with darker themes rarely get turned into a mainstream form of media adaptation.
It seems to me that the Japanese of yore weren't all that interested in today's classifications (gay/bi/straight/man/woman/undecided/youth). They established by silent consensus that something was "erotic" (be it a ridiculous strand of hair on the forehead) and they behaved like ravenous packdogs around it.
Well, yeah. Today's classifications are born of today, and what historic things we can classify as something LGBTQ+ was perceived very differently by people who lived it. For example, Naples' _femminiello_ culture persists to this day, and even refuses to be classified as transgender despite being males adopting feminine gender practices. In recent days, they've come up as part of Italian politicians' sex scandals, as well as the case of Ketty Gabriele, a femminiello Camorra mafia boss arrested in 2009.
Ngl this is the only thing in history I can say I agree with. "Hole is hole" is much better than expecting/forcing others to acknowledge you as something most don't care to know
@@idraote There is though. It's the same as when people lie about "Ancient Greece didn't have a word for gay", yes they did, they had multiple. Translated to "the one who walks with shame behind him", "broad @ssed" etc. They did, they just didn't have the exact same words or mentallity we do have now in the west.
Thank you for this I have been working on a Kagema story for awhile now. I never knew Kabuki started with all women before going to all male. Edo Japan was a wild time. I love your puns.
Acting and prostitution have gone hand in hand for centuries, in most countries... Maybe just tell him it's another possible revenue stream... (I'm acting too but I don't get upset with the history of it.)
That opening makes it much more clearer why you asked "What sound do you hear with this pose?" 😂😂😂 And I see the people must have all agreed on the "Gyooooooo!" chant and woodblocks, lol! Happy it all came full circle :)
I've recently been watching Kabuki videos, showed up in my recommendations here on youtube, and it's amazing how much time, art, and effort it takes for one show. I had actually been searching if Linfamy had made videos about Kabuki and couldn't find any, so now I'm so glad he's made a video about it. ☺️ Thank you!
Heck yes! I just discovered your channel and have binge watched most of your vids this week. I'm so, so grateful for this channel. Thank you for doing what you do and being so amazing. My love and support to you! P.S. your humor is sooooooo good. I love it so much.
And the absence of regulation could end in the worst episodes of capitalism... Aka numerous deaths because the products a company was selling were radioactive.
I get it's not really what the video's about, but I kind of hope you'll spend some more time on the actual stage traditions of kabuki sometime. For example, all of those makeup patterns are character specific, and the designs and coloring give an audience an idea of what kind of characters they've got even as the show starts.
This reminds me of this manga I read when I was in middle school going into high school. It was about a dancer and actor name Hakubi. Hakubi had a passion and talent as an actor but the biggest thing was Hakubi was a girl. She pretended to be a guy in order to do her job.
Yeah I understand the seiyuu and idols to admire from a distance country-wise. Canada-Japan are always far away. I learnt something new about Kabuki tonight. Much appreciated.
This and the whole thing about Wakashu being expected to wear women's kimono explains a lot about the existence and popularity of Otokonoko and the Otokonoko genre.
I started watching kabuki videos after seeing the video on gagaku from this channel. My favorite play was the one shown at 10:18 . Something about lions twirling their hair around was pretty hot. Glad it wasn't just me who thought so.
Are you seriously not japanese??? Cause the much you know about japanese history is mind blowing I didn't know this much even being an japanese And btw your English is really amazing
@@TheSlipperyNUwUdle Then shouldn't he be Vietnamese cause his root is from Vietnam?? Like I am an 100% Japanese cause my parents are both from Japan For example if my mother was from America I would have been an half japanese and half American Btw thank for telling me that
@@fujikawayamahada7770 I mean, you’re not wrong. 🤔 I guess when someone tells me “he’s Vietnamese” I think “oh, he’s from Vietnam.” Whereas if someone said “he’s American, his parents are Vietnamese” I would get a better picture. I guess it’s just semantics. I suppose my classification is too specific. 😅
@@fujikawayamahada7770 The appropriate term would be "Vietnamese-American." America is full of immigrants, so you can be American in culture while still being connected to your country of origin.
Yupp! During the golden age of Kabuki , the adult entertainment sector of Kabuki theatre was dominated by adult male performers in their 30s, 40s, 50s and even 60s. While women and men in their late teens or early 20s were just mascots, not actual adult stars in Kabuki theatre.
You know the story that you told about the samurai who squandered all his money for the actor and both of them were executed? I am surprised that this hasnt become some tragic love story of a kabuki play, similar to the love suicides at Sonezaki. I study the music of the kabuki theater, and I can assure you that the mature themes and scenery are very much there in the lyrics, and sometimes very subtle and poetic. Although not exactly kabuki, but even the music of the sankyoku ensemble (koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi) also has these themes as well, such as in the piece “cha ondo” (the rhythm of tea). By the Meiji period, the government tried to ban this form of music, but like the yomiuri, it was not a success. Japanese traditional music does not seem to shy away from erotic themes and scandalous love affairs.
Kabuki didn’t start out including sexual content, a lot of troupes popped up to compete with each other and so they would add obscenity to their performances to get people to go watch them over other troupes at the time. And that being given prostitution is probably also likely to be another bolster for that acting troupe so that they could convince more customers and fans to attend their place. But that last part is just an educated guess.
I get the impression that homosexuality isn't as embraced as kabuki theater in Japan. Yaoi is insanely popular but I don't think being gay is. It's pretty interesting.
It’s precisely BECAUSE yaoi is so popular. Yaoi is a fetish genre aimed towards heterosexual women. Which means Japan essentially sees gay people as being something women fantasise about but that isn’t really, you know, _real._
I finally had to subscribe. You're so valuable at revealing things I subtly sensed. can't blame everything on tokugawa but now I'm seeing how he weirded out Japan. I mean you lock up a warrior class from being warriors and what do you expect them to do with all their testosterone? Thanks
Thank you once again for JP history content, sir lin. Will never get tired of your pun jokes. Hmm....I get the feeling that most of these things persisted in modern JP o.o
Never look at kabuki theatre the same way again.
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Lol 😂
soooo spiccy
mhm
welp time to go buy some kabuki actors want some?
😯😯
"You guys are simping too hard for actresses! From now on, you can only have dudes acting."
"Jokes on you I'm into that shit."
Lolz 😂 😂😂😂
Those so-called fujoshi will be giving their money on that thing in no time...
@@brianaguila6925 a fudanshi would die for that...
@@zylffinn9455 How about both
@@jayaniee fujodanshi. That's better
Sooo you're telling me that kabuki fans are basically history's version of fandoms now a days?
pretty much
Either that or way before in the Asian chronological equivalent of early yayoi or the Chinese warring states, and I'm talking ancient/classical Greece (I think long before Alexander the Great did the Iskandar King of Conquerors thing)
History is doomed to repeat it’s failures and its fandoms.
@@Delaney-and-the-Starlight Ohhh boy,that'll be eventful for us 😬
@@Linfamy And your telling me the simps are fangirls and fanboys? bruh-
"A male is fine too". ~ Edo period guy
They were really like "If is pretty and have a hole i'm in"
it's not gay if his is smaller than yours.
No no no no no no no
@@fabianarodrigues3834 -master oogway
XD
Congratulations Edo Japan, you gave birth to oddly specific fetish culture.
Again.
You could remove "Edo" from that sentence, and it would still be true.
The more restrictions there are on sexual desire, the more fetishes get created
@@MissPoplarLeaf This just like when the US banned alcohol in the ye olden days
@@bmona7550 yep and that didn't last long
I had no idea Japan's simping problem was so traditional
Pass on the knowledge.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same"
-idk who😅🙃
@@realdezb_fletch1785 Vernon?
Hahaha
@@realdezb_fletch1785 “Put your records on” by Corinne Bailey Rae 😂👌🏾
"But they ignored it the way a man would ignore his girlfriend cheating because it'd be too much trouble to confront her and at the end of the day he just wants to go home to his wife and kids." If you notice what's wrong good job.
He's cheating too! 😂😂😂😂
@@thevillainousqueenofhearts4976 wow really? How amazing that you noticed the underlying message of that SUPER subtle comment!
@@H2B_01 you know I’m somewhat of a Sherlock Holmes myself
I directly went to the comments to see if someone else noticed 😂
that he has kids.
Ah, a fandom war between simps. Nothing changed
I will never tire of Japanese Edo Period male on male action.
What about male on female? ;)
@@Linfamy nahhhh, too hetero, too typical, boring
(Not like I am that gay IRL)
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 : AMEN!!!! to the first part.
@@Linfamy Male on Male, male on female, female on female... Foxes on humans. Curious about it all... 😬
@@laura.s.m Yes! Diversity is important!
The part about sex with youths being seen as more "pure" than sex with women, reminds me of the ancient Greek eromenos practice. Sounds like the mindset is similar
Regardless of culture or era, it seems that everyone wants a femboy.
@@tomemeornottomeme1864
"Ranmaru mori"
Because the butthole is cleaner than the v hole since dirty period blood comes out of that one.
I think sex with youths was considered more "pure" because of what GeorgeMonet said above--a deep fear and disgust of menstrual blood. Also boys don't get pregnant. So it's sexy times exclusively, except for the butt pain and the STDs.
@@GeorgeMonet lol how about the dirt poop and hpv. LoL
I literally told my mom that i am studying History....
Because you were
You are :p
@@meetaverma8372 : kind of.
Your not wrong...
This is actually really interesting history 😊 and it explains a lot of anime tropes
This has to be my favourite Japanese vintage sekks channel
Me too
THEY'RE MORE??!!
@@ivanj.conway9919 they are more
@@claraajayi2658 : Really Darling? How interesting.
What floors me is that Japanese culture went from this to what we have today. As different as night and day. On the surface, anyway.
Be Well and Safe. My Best. Out.
Fun fact: the fan clubs going together to the kabuki plays would also shout the actor's stage name during important or difficult parts of the play, and this name shouting is still very much alive under the practise of kakegoe. Some actors would (amd still do) pay some people to shout their names during the most prominent scenes
Is this when the audience yells such things like 待っていました？
European opera had a similar practice : the claque.
A group of people in the public paid to loudly show their apprecation of a singer.
Is anyone else really interested in the plot of these early Kabuki plays? Seriously no joke.
Yeah...
@Maia They had to do the fact/fiction mix bc the shogunate forbade historically accurate events onstage. Playwrights often circumvented this by changing the characters' names and time setting
No, wtf?
"And at the end of the day he just wanted to go home . . . to his wife and kids." +2pts.
"The plural of love is harassment . . ." +2pts.
8:26 "it was raining bitches; they didn't have an umbrella" LMFAOOO THAT KILLED ME
Same 💀
Idk if you write the scripts yourself, but they're always cracking me up, the puns, the innuendos and the straight up gag lines, they're well-placed and always make me exhale through my nose a bit more aggressively, well done lol.
Lol I write em. Glad they make you exhale more forcefully.
@@Linfamy is that another dirty joke? Lol
I just love how it’s impossible to stop people from being horny for something. They either don’t care about the change or gain a new kink
Man. We were supposed to research on Kabuki theatre back then for my project, why didn't I find this video sooner!? It would've been so funny to add the male on male action in my research 😭😭
Alternate title: The Edo-period Simp Wars
PS: Cultured mama over here says hi. ☺️
Happy Mother's Day, Cultured Mama.
@@silencia08 Thank you! 💜
Oh come the fuk on, first the Jokyu war (thx ex emperor gotoba) and then this shit
WTF!!!
@@holypudin2301 Aw! You’re such a sweetheart! Thank you! 💜
There is a manga called "Momo to Manji" by (Sakura Sawa) which is one of my favourites. Momo is an ex kagema and Manji was an ex fire fighter in Edo. A little bit questionable * but historically accurate*, understandable about characters' feelings, very informative and wholesome at the same time so it's such a fascinating read. The art might not be for everyone but I think it's so beautiful. Highly recommended 💕
Thank you so much for the recommendation 🫶 I love the art style!! Want to read it now 😁
The way my man throws in humor when discussing these topics...the "women with two, big, overflowing-bank accounts" had me rolling
“And then, things got weirder”
true
It's typical for Japan to go on that route (as far as I can guess)
Because it somehow can't get any weirder
@@johnnie543and then it does 😂
00:41
Ah yes... The YOOOOOO. Can't forget those when talking about Kabuki
It's a requirement.
@@Linfamy What is this yooo?
@@gibranhenriquedesouza2843 A vocalization that is common to Japanese preformances. Used to indicate the preformance is beginning.
Basically a polite way to tell your audience to shut up.
@@clothar23 that makes sense
I remember hearing this before a Tenchi anime would begin. I never knew what it was for.
"The government just passed laws to keep people from going too wild."
Now, that is one of the most sensible policies that any government can adopt in any period in human history.
More laws can be passed for drugs.
And people looked at it, laughed, and kept doing it.
"Just like a man would ignore his girlfriend cheating on him because it would be too much trouble and at the end of the day he just wants to go back home to his wife and kids"
- Linfamy (Kagema Historian)
This is the historical version of simps jumping on each others throats on disqus bl doujinshi threads and i aint even complaining
It's really funny to me that you practically dissect all BL genre trope and give it a historical almost scientific perspective to it. Honestly, I only know the romanticize version of it before.
And before sock fetish and everything, Japanese is full of creative, weird kink. I'm kinda speechless it's been going around for centuries
"They weren't talking about tea"
**Sips tea nervously**
It's no wonder that BL manga and host clubs are such big industries and important part part of Japanese culture. I mean it all makes sense 🤔🤔
Edit: Wow 81 likes. Thanks people. This is the highest likes I've ever gotten in a comment 😊
Actually, nothing's changed in the world of Japanese & Korean (& Chinese, to an extent) entertainment, or just some circles in Hollywood in general. Yea, dark world we live in...
O____o
@@Jumpoable I think it's pretty bright!
BL is life!
I wanna be an edo kabuki actor now 😭😭😍
@@ukeyaoitrash2618 Well I guess that sort of thinking completely explains your profile's handle...
@@Jumpoable yes it does 😌
I just reallllyyyy love BL it's so cute and fluffy and hot as hell 🥰🥰
Plus I love the fandom and all the lovely friends I made in it!
And I'm also a *VERY* sexual person (a slut lol) so I would LOVE this job. Even more since I'm an uke with guys AND bisexual, it'd be perfect!
Oh I also love cosplay and pretty things and cool plays/stories and stuff so the acting part would be fun too! (And who doesn't love sexual jokes?)
@@ukeyaoitrash2618 ur probably a girl chill
Japanese period-themed mangas (yaoi, josei or seinen demographic) are always the dark, spicy, angsty ones. They're like the few media that gives lightadaptation/touches even very slightly to the dark side of Japanese history like corrupted politics, prostitution, Paedophilia, execution, wars and pillaging, sacrificial rituals, etc. Like, they're so... Raw compared to the polished themes that are safe for most audiences. Japan's juxtaposition is so stark and interesting; kawaii, white and fluffy, vs dark, gorey and jaded romance. The ones with darker themes rarely get turned into a mainstream form of media adaptation.
+
Could you please recommend me any edo period BL Manga
@Inspirit-gp4dp I recommend you the Sabu and Ichi manga by the man behind Kamen Rider.
I love learning about Japanese history. 🇯🇵❣
Who knew it was so insanely, colourful. What happened to them?!
Me too!
So the samurai in the beginning was like the first simp in written history.
Not the first. More like an extreme example of tragic male on male simping.
It seems to me that the Japanese of yore weren't all that interested in today's classifications (gay/bi/straight/man/woman/undecided/youth).
They established by silent consensus that something was "erotic" (be it a ridiculous strand of hair on the forehead) and they behaved like ravenous packdogs around it.
Well, yeah. Today's classifications are born of today, and what historic things we can classify as something LGBTQ+ was perceived very differently by people who lived it. For example, Naples' _femminiello_ culture persists to this day, and even refuses to be classified as transgender despite being males adopting feminine gender practices. In recent days, they've come up as part of Italian politicians' sex scandals, as well as the case of Ketty Gabriele, a femminiello Camorra mafia boss arrested in 2009.
Ngl this is the only thing in history I can say I agree with. "Hole is hole" is much better than expecting/forcing others to acknowledge you as something most don't care to know
Well, that is wrong thoughts. They didn't think of it as us today, but they certainly classified it in seperate categories.
@@BrotherHood-xh9sg if that were true, there should be the relative vocabulary
@@idraote There is though. It's the same as when people lie about "Ancient Greece didn't have a word for gay", yes they did, they had multiple. Translated to "the one who walks with shame behind him", "broad @ssed" etc.
They did, they just didn't have the exact same words or mentallity we do have now in the west.
Its kind of weird how the entertainment industry both changes and stays the same.
Thank you for this I have been working on a Kagema story for awhile now. I never knew Kabuki started with all women before going to all male. Edo Japan was a wild time. I love your puns.
Good luck with the story!
@@Linfamy Thanks
I showed this video to my boyfriend, who is an actor, and now he's mad at me 😅
Why would he ?
@@holypudin2301 definitely worth it 😁
@@キョコ Well I said he was my Kagema... I know, I'm an a*hole and have a terrible sense of humor. Don't judge me
Acting and prostitution have gone hand in hand for centuries, in most countries... Maybe just tell him it's another possible revenue stream...
(I'm acting too but I don't get upset with the history of it.)
@@Animefreakess extra way to have fun *
TL;DR Simping is an unstoppable human tradition
Did you just figure that out now?
This sounds far too much like modern fandoms, wow.
"The pull on their pipi" literally I died omggg
Oh no I have killed a viewer.
That opening makes it much more clearer why you asked "What sound do you hear with this pose?" 😂😂😂 And I see the people must have all agreed on the "Gyooooooo!" chant and woodblocks, lol! Happy it all came full circle :)
:D
This explains a lot about current idol and Takarazuka culture in Japan omg
I've recently been watching Kabuki videos, showed up in my recommendations here on youtube, and it's amazing how much time, art, and effort it takes for one show.
I had actually been searching if Linfamy had made videos about Kabuki and couldn't find any, so now I'm so glad he's made a video about it. ☺️ Thank you!
I don’t know how I found this channel but I have succeeded in watching all Linfamy videos in one month 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
That is quite the feat :O
Heck yes! I just discovered your channel and have binge watched most of your vids this week.
I'm so, so grateful for this channel. Thank you for doing what you do and being so amazing.
My love and support to you!
P.S. your humor is sooooooo good. I love it so much.
Glad you like, I appreciate it ;)
His wit is off the charts. He keeps blowing me away. My Best. Out.
@@Linfamy Aw, yay! Thanks for the response. You helped lift my spirits all week.
You're truly gifted.
@@ivanj.conway9919 Exactly! He's definitely got a superfan in me!
On tonight's episode of the ancient Japanese degeneracy channel:
Good one.
And we love to see it!
LMAOO so accurate😂👏
_Manwhoring at the Nakamura-za_
Stop calling human nature "degeneracy" you prudish sh*t.
Edo period male on male action keeps getting spicier
And people wonders why us fujoshis/fudanshis exist. Japan's edo-period itself is one big yaoi lol
Love how you're using Men of Yoshiwara thumbnails! Iroha was by far my favorite. :D
"It was raining bitches and they didn't have an umbrella" hahahahahahahah I love your writing man
"Kabuki filled the hole"
And in exchange they filled the holes
This is funny because government regulations can make worse to the solution of the problems.
Yeah like the ban on liquors during the prohibition era.
And the absence of regulation could end in the worst episodes of capitalism... Aka numerous deaths because the products a company was selling were radioactive.
@@eldron29-a54 there are way more examples of goverment regulation killing people than lack of it
“JAPANS NOT GAY”
Edo period: “hold my Katana”
8:19 this broke my heart.
the ancient femboys we still have those today ^w0
It wasn't even an equivalent or so simple.
@@Makkaru112 it was a joke.....
I get it's not really what the video's about, but I kind of hope you'll spend some more time on the actual stage traditions of kabuki sometime. For example, all of those makeup patterns are character specific, and the designs and coloring give an audience an idea of what kind of characters they've got even as the show starts.
Duuuuude your way of narrating history is just amazing 🤣 I laughed and learned so much!!!!
You made my day by uploading a new video!
I'm glad!
This reminds me of this manga I read when I was in middle school going into high school. It was about a dancer and actor name Hakubi. Hakubi had a passion and talent as an actor but the biggest thing was Hakubi was a girl. She pretended to be a guy in order to do her job.
Yeah I understand the seiyuu and idols to admire from a distance country-wise. Canada-Japan are always far away.
I learnt something new about Kabuki tonight. Much appreciated.
Ooh another spicy video!
first!
@@Linfamy - XD but I took a hot second to write anything but that!
It’s so amazing how many paralells we can draw to modern day escorts in Japan, or even celebrities and actors. Not only in Japan but also in the West
"I guess the reasoning was that no one was attracted to men, which is generally true"
finished studying the kabuki theatre for one exam of mine and I found this video...totally worth it
The kabuki life-I never knew! Very interesting. Thank you for your informative videos!
8:29 Quick, Linfamy, get under this umbrella ☔️ . I got you!
Can I say how great it is to see a RUclipsr not double dipping with the Patreon and sponsors finally a channel without sponsors bro this is amazing
Wow, so they actually managed the impossible: to make japanese society attracted to grown adult men for once.
Your dry sense of humor is excellent.
I love your videos linfamy every Saturday
I will never get tired of how you explained everything in such a fun and simple way. Love the jokes so much huhu 🤣❤❤
now, that explains alot more....... now again BL manga still making more sense!
imagine fighting to the death just for Shota
Yeck, lol. Exactly.
A shota worth fighting for! *sings in Mulan*
Yes I know, that's a different civ.
I wouldn't consider 15 to 18 a shota.
Dude, you are so funny!! This is some serious, heavy History!! Makes me want to start reading Manga again.
9:23 - is this you Linfamy? interesting vid, lots of fun
Yes, it's definitely me :p
That D shaped on the dollar bill got me wheezing. 😂😂😂
I feel like there's a potential dark comedy movie somewhere in that story in the beginning.
I feel like the animation has really improved a lot.
So Japan already has a historic of weirdness and otaku fan stalkers
This channel is awakening something within me
A desire for history?
This and the whole thing about Wakashu being expected to wear women's kimono explains a lot about the existence and popularity of Otokonoko and the Otokonoko genre.
I started watching kabuki videos after seeing the video on gagaku from this channel. My favorite play was the one shown at 10:18 . Something about lions twirling their hair around was pretty hot. Glad it wasn't just me who thought so.
When you're early, and there are no spicy comments and you notice that linfamy put wangs in those notes
Maybe your mind's just dirty..
@@Linfamy well, I haven't slept for 36 hours, I was working, so that could be it too
Or my mind's dirty
@@Linfamy then clean it 👀👀
@@meetaverma8372 that's no fun :p
@linfamy should honestly publish an time travelers guide to japanese adult entertainment
Are you seriously not japanese???
Cause the much you know about japanese history is mind blowing
I didn't know this much even being an japanese
And btw your English is really amazing
He’s American but his parents are from Vietnam.
@@TheSlipperyNUwUdle Then shouldn't he be Vietnamese cause his root is from Vietnam??
Like I am an 100% Japanese cause my parents are both from Japan
For example if my mother was from America I would have been an half japanese and half American
Btw thank for telling me that
@@fujikawayamahada7770 I mean, you’re not wrong. 🤔 I guess when someone tells me “he’s Vietnamese” I think “oh, he’s from Vietnam.”
Whereas if someone said “he’s American, his parents are Vietnamese” I would get a better picture. I guess it’s just semantics. I suppose my classification is too specific. 😅
@@TheSlipperyNUwUdle thanks for telling me that
I really appreciate that
@@fujikawayamahada7770 The appropriate term would be "Vietnamese-American." America is full of immigrants, so you can be American in culture while still being connected to your country of origin.
From used kabuki costumes to school uniforms. How little things change.
stop making your thumbnails hot anime men I am physically unable to not click
Right? Lol!
Yupp! During the golden age of Kabuki , the adult entertainment sector of Kabuki theatre was dominated by adult male performers in their 30s, 40s, 50s and even 60s. While women and men in their late teens or early 20s were just mascots, not actual adult stars in Kabuki theatre.
You know the story that you told about the samurai who squandered all his money for the actor and both of them were executed? I am surprised that this hasnt become some tragic love story of a kabuki play, similar to the love suicides at Sonezaki. I study the music of the kabuki theater, and I can assure you that the mature themes and scenery are very much there in the lyrics, and sometimes very subtle and poetic. Although not exactly kabuki, but even the music of the sankyoku ensemble (koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi) also has these themes as well, such as in the piece “cha ondo” (the rhythm of tea). By the Meiji period, the government tried to ban this form of music, but like the yomiuri, it was not a success. Japanese traditional music does not seem to shy away from erotic themes and scandalous love affairs.
Kabuki didn’t start out including sexual content, a lot of troupes popped up to compete with each other and so they would add obscenity to their performances to get people to go watch them over other troupes at the time. And that being given prostitution is probably also likely to be another bolster for that acting troupe so that they could convince more customers and fans to attend their place. But that last part is just an educated guess.
I get the impression that homosexuality isn't as embraced as kabuki theater in Japan.
Yaoi is insanely popular but I don't think being gay is. It's pretty interesting.
It’s precisely BECAUSE yaoi is so popular. Yaoi is a fetish genre aimed towards heterosexual women. Which means Japan essentially sees gay people as being something women fantasise about but that isn’t really, you know, _real._
some people: i wish to go back in the old days
the old days:
I like women too
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This channel is giving me my everything!!!!
I came for the education, stayed for the puns.
Another hilarious and informative video, thank you 💕
This reminds me of a movie I saw in high school called Farewell my concubine. It was a sad but great movie. Think I’m going to watch it again.
I finally had to subscribe. You're so valuable at revealing things I subtly sensed. can't blame everything on tokugawa but now I'm seeing how he weirded out Japan. I mean you lock up a warrior class from being warriors and what do you expect them to do with all their testosterone? Thanks
Thank you once again for JP history content, sir lin.
Will never get tired of your pun jokes.
Hmm....I get the feeling that most of these things persisted in modern JP o.o
An other great video! I'm so glad I found your channel! You are doing an amazing job!! Keep it up💯💯💯💯💥
I was having a crappy day…til I watched your video. Thanks for the laughs (and eye rolls).
Hope your day gets better!
@@Linfamy thank you.