The History of Okinawa (Rise and Fall of the Ryukyu Kingdom) Explained in 8 Minutes
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- The History of Okinawa (Ryukyu Kingdom, Ryukyu Islands) Documentary Explained in 8 Minutes(Ryukyu Kingdom) Explained in 8 Minutes
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Main source:
Okinawa: The History of an Island People by George Kerr
A few interesting things of note:
The poisonous snakes referenced in the video are the Golden Habu also known as a pit viper. Habusu is a local alcoholic drink commonly served in Okinawa with the golden habu in the bottle of Awamori AKA island Sake(which is a dryer and stronger compared to Sake IMO)
During the period of strong Ming and Ryukyu relations, a cultural exchange took place over many years were students were sent to study in the imperial academy and experts were sent to live in Okinawa to help improve the economy. Also, the Ming gifted many ships to the Okinawans to increase the volume of trade they could conduct with Chins
Before the ban on Okinawans owning weapons was strictly enforced in 1608 an earlier ban was created in the late 15th century (but does not seem to have been enforced)
Do Guam next
habu shabu awamori
You misspelled Philippines.
not sure if it was LiuQiu or LauKau
琉球
Awesome vid and as Rio Palma said - very similar to what occured to the Philippines. Went to Okinawa a couple years ago and loved it - will be back once this COVID period is over
My great grandfather is Okinawan. He lived to be 97 and he even saw and spoke to my first born sons.
Wow so he was a great great grandfather
Okinawans are famous for their longevity. In Hawaiʻi, where I live, there are many people of Okinawan descent who have lived to be over 100 years old.
Dear friend,you were really blessed to have known your Great-Grandfather.My last Great-Grandmother on my late mother Rosemary,s side was Miss Victoria Penier.Called Vicky for short,she died 5 years,and 3 months before I was born.So,you were truly blessed to have known your Great-Grandparent,my friend.A couple of my older cousins were lucky to have known her as little kids.
yoshi lorak I met my great great grandmother. She wasn’t of Okinawan descent. She was German. She lived to be 90. I have an old photo of me, my mother, my grandmother, her father (my great grandfather) and his mother (great great grandmother)
There must be something in the water in Okinawa
Okinawa language -> Uchi na guchi, they say a dialectic, but Japanese treat us like Taiwan, we not part of Japan, but we are part of there territory... and very few peolple still use the origial langue or know about Okinawa culture, in Tokyo we like so little okinawa gin. Good times anyways nice to know someone talk about Okinawa.
I knew a baachan that spoke uchi na guchi. Its funny how different okinawajin look from mainland japanese. Thats not even mentioning the smaller islands like miyakojima, where i lived for 6 months
@@wynnhorton1208 cchhheeiiii.... racist, you went to a Black or hispanic i bet, because you think all we Okinawa people know each other, and there no ranks bettewn us, good to know in your youth you where judging a Okinaea SHŪ.
@Jacky Phantom well okinawan be like native americans in USA, not related to Europeans or Asians, even they look asian, but nah, they just think they there own shiee, that why uchinaguchi sounds so rare to Japanese, and nothing in common except writing to chinese, Hajimeteyatai, sound like Hajimemashite, but deferent meaning, in Okinawa Language It means Hello welcome had a good day... Hajimemashite is a way to introduce yourself,not greeting... kimonos are related, yeah, because it was a luxury from Shimazu, but for Okinawa regulars, they use something like a karate suit, but not that heavy and women usally naked of use like a bikini or long see threw clothe. Old times, miss them.
@@ああ-m5r9o ええ。。。 そですか？
Not sure about that, I got family over there, and they all seem to claim to be Japanese.. only the older people such as my Grandmother knows the Okinawan language... It is strange to have a younger (Japanese/Okinawan) cousin that is fluent in English and translate what other family/friends that only know Japanese to me.. but when it comes to the older generation Okinawan which sometimes would sing and play their sanshin, singing in Okinawan language, even the younger "native" Gen would also have NO idea what they are saying, which I found strange.. My cousin said to me in English, "I don't even know what he is saying, it is in Okinawan".. So for that moment we were all mostly in the same boat when It came to the language barrier.. strange feeling..
I was raised in the US but am half Okinawan on my mom's side and have been trying to reconnect with my culture, this video has been so helpful!
3rd Gen Okinawan here! My Grandmother was born there in 41' during the war.. Several of her older brothers died do to being in the middle of the conflict.. She met my US Grandfather there on the mid 60s.. he was a drill Sargent stationed there at the time.. They then married there and moved to a US base in Tokyo, where my Aunt and Dad were born.. Then out of all places they moved to Wisconsin in 68', where my Dad eventually met my mother in the 1980s, then in 1990 I was born, and here I am! I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the beautiful island and the people/family of Okinawa!
We share a similar story!!
I ended up in Kansas :^)
Okinawans hate the USA, don't you know it? They want to remove US bases in Okinawa to somewhere outside Okinawa. It's utterly funny your claim as if Okinawa beings to China or Taiwan.
@@Funica11Okinawans don't hate USA they just want their land back. After WWII many countries were given their lands back but not Okinawa instead 80% of all US bases (stationed in Japan) are on Okinawa. Many people don't realize Japan annexed Okinawa in late 1800's.
Edit: I wrote the wrong percentage.
@@taiyoutamaki1872
You’d better google “コザ暴動” and see how Okinawans hated the dominations by America, wanted to return to Japan. Tokyo has a problem yet it doesn’t mean Okinawa is China or Ryukyu. It’s sad that the riot in the police station two weeks ago by younger people in Koza, which is Okinawa city today, still reminds me of a huge scar and humiliation caused by the rule of America. Okinawa needs normalisation as a prefecture in Japan, not Ryukyu.
Ryukyu has a really interesting culture, their native culture is very distinctive and eventually closely adopted Confucian customs, their fashion and architecture's also really interesting. Their robes, food, and palaces almost look like a Chinese- Japanese fusion. Their tortouise tombs are also very fascinating, as it combines Confucian ancestor worship with local traditions.
Robes? You mean ushinchi bingata? I happen to own some myself, i love to wear them.
Ali Ay many of them were immigrants from Ming China, that’s why pre-Japanese occupation the ryukyan built tombs in Chinese Fujianese styles but during imperial Japanese invasion, hundreds of thousands of Ruyukyans were massacred, today, most “ryukyans” are actually Japanese migrants from modern eras.
Okinawan migrated from mainland japan in the around 6th or 7th century. The descendant of ming china also exist, but they are minority.
waterfox721 Pre-Japanese colonisation, the Japanese were the minorities on the islands of ryukyu. The Chinese migrants held power in the courts of ryukyu and were very influential.
@@hwasiaqhan8923 They are actually mixed, many famous Japanese artists such as Takeshi Kaneshiro，Kousuke Atari，Yui Aragaki，Yukie Nakama，Namie Amuro all have ryukyan blood.
Thank you for making this video.
I am half Okinawan and it is always a welcoming sight to see new media of Okinawa's culture and history.
there is no place name Okinawan, it is Ryukyu.
Nice vid on ryukyu islands. My father's family were from the islands. I remember he told me that the islands kingdom were heavily influenced by the chinese before japanese took over it. We still have some chinese looking artifacts that passed down from our ancestors.
没有地名冲绳，是琉球。
Okinawan were related to Austronesian people.
@@isaacbauman8174ok massage lady Ryukyu or Okinawa whatever
Fantastic video on Okinawa!
Out of all history channels, yours inspired me the most to start my own history channel!
I hope you don’t mind, but I loved your map intro presentation so much that I adopted it myself.
Thank you for all the terrific and extremely educational content! You’re by far my favorite channel! Keep up the great work!
Awesome man! Thanks
I will check out your channel tonight
Blessings for your endeavor! :) Just subscribed.
I think it's really cool that you made a video about Okinawa. I used to live there years ago because I'm from a military family and I miss the island so much. It's honestly the best place I've been to.
Dorvall Bedford you right homie- I had to end up moving back
Did you learn any Japanese while on Okinawa ?
there is no place name Okinawan, it is Ryukyu.
glad to see my home get some spotlight, thank you!
So this is where Mugen comes from.
was looking for this cmt
Right?? That's what I thought!
His tanned fair skin and wild hair gave it away for me. He was underrated, like the Ainu Archer from another episode
i dont get it anyone care to explain?
@rifqimujahid4907 sorry it took 2 years for you to get an explanation. Mugen is one of the main characters from the anime Samurai Champloo. His home islands are the Ryuku islands. According to him, it's a tropical island south of Japan's mainland that consists of fugitives and criminals.
I lived in okinawa for 2 years. Met an old lady whi knew uchinaguchi. The old language.was awesome
I’ve been living in Okinawa for the last two years & I love it here. Great video!
Thank you! Make sure to visit the ruined castles while you are there, they are pretty cool :)
Epimetheus absolutely! So much history here. I was able to see the rebuilt Shuri Castle before it burned down. But it’s slowly being rebuilt again!
Ryukyu Three Mountains Achievement!
*World conquest intensifies*
three mountains yes
I knew nothing of Okinawan history. Great topic!
My great grandma was Okinawan. She passed almost two years ago, I never understood why she didn’t like us saying we were Japanese. Now I understand
the ryukyuans sing high pitched music just like neighboring hokkien chinese music but they add a rural japanese feel to it
I wouldn't say they are "neighboring"
@@thomasliu7308 lol look at a map and the definition of "neighboring"
@@xXxSkyViperxXx If you're referring to the southern ryukyuan islands and Taiwan, yes
@@thomasliu7308 ur neighbors arent only directly adjacent to you...
America, Taiwan, China want to make it China, you always claim Okinawa is a part of China but Okinawans hate it, do you know it?
Thank you for another great video. Your handcrafted art and unique topics make your channel my favorite on RUclips.
Thank you Cory I appreciate it :)
My whole family comes from Okinawa, nice to see a video about it
Such a beautiful island!
I lived in Okinawa for 4 years and married an Okinawan. “History of an Island People” by Kerr really got it right. Such a beautiful place. Great video.
Ryukyu... the Kingdom I first learned about when I played Europa Universalis IV
Finally a good Okinawa video!
Should have used sanshin music in the background!
Brilliant video, thanks ! Dare I might add interesting additional info concerning China : after the Chinese Ming dynasty was overthrown (to which the Ryukyu Kingdom was a tributary state), the expanding Qing dynasty replaced it. It also demanded tribute from the Ryukyu kingdom, which was approved by the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to maintain good relations with China. The Ryukyu therefore technically stayed a tributary state to China until it was fully annexed by Japan.
Great work :)
Great comment :)
@Jacky Phantom stupid ass can't read nor think lol. Stuck with ur 200 years history in America LMAO
China is a vassal country of the Qing Dynasty.
@@권현운 Wasn't Korea as well? It goes unsaid but whenever China got fucked up by steppe nomads, it kinda meant that Korea did, too.
You might want to check your facts regarding whether the Qing empire “demanded” Ryukyu to be a tributary state, or whether that was voluntary due to a it being a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Your art is getting a lot better
I grew up in Okinawa in the 70s. for 2 years when my dad was in the Air Force. It was the best time of my life I want to return there someday. I will always have a part of Asian culture influence on my life because of Okinawa..I hope to visit it one day.
This is the exact same for me except I lived there for 4 years from 2012-2016. I am trying my best to study so I can live there once again.
@@fizzycube3 Have you learned any Japanese while lived in Okinawa ?
@@MT-qo6xl i learned some, just minimal conversation (I was a kid so I just wanted to play outside haha) but now I have learned much more
Ikue Asazaki song Obokuri piqued my interest in Okinawa/the Ryukyu Kingdom and learning the story behind them makes me enjoy the song all the more
Okinawan history is really interesting. I'm currently stationed on the island and have been wanting to learn more about Okinawan people and culture.
This is the best video on the history of Okinawa that I’ve seen. I love your narrative style. Happy to be a subscriber.
4:24
“As external threats diminished, internal strife increased.” Oh humanity... how did we last this long?
Through sheer stubbornness
Great video, but something was a bit lacking. You failed to mention:
-how they became the Daimyo of Japan,
-sailed to America by island hopping through Siberia,
-converted to the Aztec religion and reformed the said religion,
-made the Native Americans their shoguns (which confused Columbus that he had reached "Cipanggu"),
-and, finally, conquered the whole world.
I dont get the reference.
@@MrHanderson91 There's an achievement in the computer game Europa Universalis for conquering world as Ryukyu.
That’s true? I know the last part is an eu4 reference but did they covert to azted
Przemysław Lipiński eu4
@@welp4576 I remember that being the case. The Ryukyu would grab the land in central America, wait for the Spanish to arrive, and start westernising - getting technology like muskets etc. from their european neighbors. Nahuatl religion should help the war economy with morale boost for armies and loss of unrest.
Be advised, I've never done anything remotely similar to world conquest : )
I was just looking up the history of the Ryukyu kingdom in order to feed my fantasy of the Ancient Aztecs somehow getting a hold of Japanese military and weapons knowledge. The way this just happen to pop up on my feed as I was wrapping up my research is freighting and at the same time titillating.
Very interesting video! I lived there as a dependent kid, 1959-1962. I enjoyed our time there, and have always wanted to go back.
Ryukyu needs more provinces in EU4!
Hey man love your channel! I love this video because 1. It is a great video and 2. My mom is from the ryukyu islands so I am biased as well lol. The ryukyu islands has some pretty interesting history so I love it when it is talked about in depth.
Interesting how there is so much history in such tiny island. Also 1.5 million habitants is a lot.
Should make more of this kind of videos, but please don't forget ancient civilizations 😊 thank youu
My time spent on Okinawa will be a forever cherished memory
Good video! Great drawings! Did not know karate started there....
Mr. Miyagi in Karate Kid. WW2 Medal of Honor 442nd. US Army.
I’m currently living in Ishigaki island, Okinawa Pref. for working. I really love living here so far, the people are so friendly, the culture are so unique and exotic, the nature is so amazing and the foods are so incredibly yummy *I can’t even pick which one I like the most, they are just too delicious 😭❤️ I will return to my country in 2 weeks, I will definitely cry so hard at the airport 😭😭 there are so many good memories created in this island, I’m so falling in love and will definitely come back to this lovely place next time for sure! ❤️❤️
I got to visit there last year. Is a very beautiful place.
Epimetheus Yessss so beautiful and clean, it’s just as beautiful as the pics I saw on google about Ishigaki 😁❤️🇯🇵
@@papipumeow It's not Japan
@@user-tl1bw4wp1c It’s a part of Japan
@@papipumeow No, Ryukyu is Ryukyu and Japan is Japan. We are Ryukyu people not Japanese!
Just would like to point out I have a new video on the topic and it goes into a bit more detail. If anyone is interested in the topic stop by!
Thanks, got it. will have a look!😎✨
Great video!!! Our brand is Based here on Okinawa and Love exploring every inch this beautiful place has to offer.
I... I did not expect those ducks.
The Kingdom of Ryukyu will live forever in the 3 mountains and in the eternal pain that it caused to me. And we need more provinces to ryukyu.
My great grandmother was born on Okinawa in the late 1860’s. I remember her because of the tattoos she had. Married women had hand tattoos before the Japanese occupiers band the practice. My mother lost her father, three brothers and most of her nursing school classmates during the war.
This is an excellent history of Okinawa, Epimethius! Much that I didn’t even know!
I really hope you get to cover more islands.
I’d love to see videos on:
Hispaniola
Cuba
Malta
Crete
Cyprus
Zanzibar
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Hokkaido
The Aleutians
New Zealand
Hawaiian Islands
New Zealand?! That's where I am!
This was a really good and informative quick video.
Thank you :)
Wow I already knew some of the history with Ryukyu but rarely got an in depth knowledge about it.
Ryukyu independence!
This is Interesting, as i'm MC i am currently living in okinawa As a US-Citizen and me and my Brother have been studying There History!
Fun fact: In the Okinawan language (Uchinaanchu), "karate" is actually pronounced "kara-tee" like how many Americans _"mispronounce"_ it, ironically enough.
"Te" is hands in *_Japanese._* "Ti" is hands in Okinawan. People correcting me with "kara-te" always annoy me because of this. I'm Okinawan.
I was on Okinawa for parts of 1971 and 1972. I was a
Marine cannoneer on the 155 Howitzer stationed at Camp Hague. I was there during the transition from U.S. control to Japanese control of the island. The people of Okinawa are a proud and friendly people, and they were not happy to be transitioned to the Japanese government. I’m curious how they feel today, over 50 years have passed since the change.
American has no right to "transition" a country to Japan aka an enemy they nuked.
Thanks. I've been to Okinawa a bunch of times in my 20 year career with the Marine Corps.
If an east asian culture hasn't had a "multiple kingdoms period" is it even a real east asian culture ?
Preach
To be honest off topic but the majority of African history has been a “multiple kingdoms period”
@@長谷川恒男 bro you're gonna get censored if you keep speaking truth lmao
China ✓
Japan ✓
Korea ✓
Vietnam ✓
Ryukyu ✓
@@EricZu-r1y you forgoted mongolia
Nifee debiru(Thank you) for featuring Ryukyu Kingdom. The background music you used is unmistakably that of Japanese, not of Ryukyu Kingdom or Okinawa. There were a few more errors but, you did a darn good job researching otherwise!
Your videos cover such interesting topics, especially ones that aren’t always on the face of historical coverage. This was fantastic, thank you.
You forgot to mention the 1000 year war between Ryukyu and Ulm
Very interesting video, I knew nothing about the history of Okinawa
Great video! Do you know anything about the 5 men who arranged for a ship (or more) of pigs to be sent to Okinawa in the early 1900s to save the island's population from completely disappearing? My children's great-great grandfather was one of those 7 men. I understand they are celebrated every so often, with a descendant of each one in attendance each time. My husband's cousin went as the representative a few years ago.
I would love a video about the Emishi.
*Mononoke Princess intensifies*
I’m related to the royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom so this was great to find out the history. Thanks!
No, you don’t.
@@Funica11 man stfu u nobody. U don’t know if I am or not. If u don’t like what somebody said then leave
Japan's Hawaii, they have their own language too. Apparently a Stitch anime takes place there too
Yup. Yuna and Stitch.
Okinawa ...the place where you meet nice and cool people.. great awesome places..great food .... " OKINAWA truly a great and best place to stay!...
*Three Mountains intensify*
My dear man, could you ever possibly do a video on the Ikko Ikki?
As a Shorin Ryu karateka, I am especially interested in this island culture. If you look around, you can find an image of many students training at Shuri castle in times gone by.
And the viper is also called the Temple Viper, I believe.
Can you do the History of Jeju since it has a nearly simple independent history from Korea as Okinawa is to Japan?
Okinawa is just like Korea under Japanese imperialism.
They had a pretty cool looking flag
*Mugen was from Okinawa you know*
A I ohhh yesss 🥰
thats how i ended up here lol
whether Okinawa today should be a part of Japan, China, or become an independent nation is an issue that still has not been resolved. It will probably be revisited in the far future
Definitely not China, their culture is too different
it should be independent, just like the ainus. they should have a nation state
@@mitonaarea5856 why? without Japan where will their economy, standard of living, and resources come from?
@@NoCareBearsGiven Why this sounds like you're implying they are heavily relying on Japan?
@@cloudynguyen6527 that is exactly what im implying
My second home ❤
What is with all the Three Kingdoms periods in Eastern Asia?
With three kingdoms the power balance can be maintained over a long period, because when one of the three gets too powerful the other two will unite to fight back, the same military dynamics won't work with only two kingdoms, with multiple kingdoms more than three the most powerful one doesn't get as much attention to unite the rest of the kingdoms, so a balance is much harder to maintain
Very informative thank you! It would definitely help to add regional back ground music if you can find some but the visuals were good!
My father was stationed in Okinawa. So, i spent my junior and senior year of high school there. The island is beautiful. The people there are easy going, pleasant. Sr Class trip: Japan.
Three mountains
Good video.
Okinawa is technically the dispatching point of East Asia during times of war, which is why the US military bases still occupy parts of the island to this day.
Ryukyu is totally different country from Japan. Why is Japan still colonizing Ryukyu? It should be an independent country
I was born there and lived there for 5 years. My dad was stationed there when he met my mother
Literally the Welsh of the Pacific…
"I hail from the Ryukyu Islands."- Mugen
“Coz I’m from Ryukyus pal”- Mugen
aight guys ima go for Three Mountains, wish me luck
There are eight US military installations on Okinawa main island, not 32. Still, this comprises about a third of the total land area of the island.
Those Chinese who lived on Okinawa before Japanese occupation were descended from people of Fujian ethnic origin whose spoken language sounded very similar to Japanese.
I’m Hokkien and sorry Hokkien is not an ethnicity we are Han Chinese.
And yes, Hokkien and Japanese words have many similarities more so than mandarin.
Fujian has many dialect groups, those who had interaction with Okinawans were not southern min/Hokkiens but mostly the residents from northern part of of coastal fujian such as the eastern min and northern min speakers.
can you do history of sultanate of johor
Thought you was Alex the rambler
@@guddud4980 :-)
@@sasaikha7385 carry on and I'll shit the bed
gud dud big fans of RUclipsrs put their pfp the same
Or similar
Very interesting video
Wow that's interesting
Awesome video man, loved it! Can you do Hokkaido next?
would be cool if ryukyu was its own country today. very unique culture/kingdom
Okinawaaaa!!!Yeah!!!
I've read that karate was developed with the help of banned weapons. Do you know it was true whether karate was developed by the poor or was it mostly the rich noble people that learnt karate?
it was developed from parts of chinese kung fu/wing chun styles. the current name "karate" was an attempt by the imperial japanese government to hide that fact
I went there! If u haven't gone you need to! Truly a happier place.
I wish travel from North America was cheaper. I love to travel. Europeans can get roundtrip flights to other countries in europe for only $30-$50...
Please do a video on Taiwan sir! Thanks for the incredibly awesome and expertly researched content 🙏💚
You know, I have been watching your show for a long time, and seen everything you have made until now! You make videos nobody else is making about, and that is cool and speciell about you! But if you make videos about kingdom of Okinawa, kingdom of Armenia and so on, why did not you ever made video about kingdom of Georgia???
This is really minor, but the spelling of Philippines is incorrect at 0:52. Philippines is supposed to be spelled with one L and two Ps 😊
:)
As someone who found out through a DNA test that they are indigenous Japanese (ryukyun) this is exciting!!!
I always knew I was half Japanese, but my family didn’t even know that we are indigenous
The best island is Cuba, the comrade island. I have good ties with them
Epimetheus, can you please make a video on the Malacca Sultanate. Please accept my request.
Not just malacca, kedah also
Shah Rizal Let's see if Epimetheus will consider that.
There have been historical accounts of kidnappings and other forms of violence between China and the Ryukyu Kingdom (which included Okinawa) in the past, but the details and extent of these events can vary depending on the source.
One notable incident that is often cited is the invasion of Ryukyu by the Chinese pirate Cheng Chihan in 1555. Cheng Chihan kidnapped several hundred people and burned several castles in his attack on the Ryukyu Kingdom. However, it's worth noting that Cheng Chihan was not an official representative of the Chinese government, and his actions were considered a violation of Chinese law.
Additionally, there have been other instances of conflict and exchange between China and the Ryukyu Kingdom throughout history, and it's possible that some of these interactions may have involved violence or coercion. However, the specific details and impact of these events can be difficult to verify, and they should be understood within their historical and cultural contexts.
People forgot how important Hokkien Chinese and Austronesians in their civilization.