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There's an old saying: If your enemy comes to duel you carrying a sword, he intends to hurt you. But if your enemy comes to duel you carrying a flute, he intends to kill you.
Some ronin turned to the monk life after losing their Lords or after deserting. So maybe the bandits actually found their match instead of a quick buck.
Shakuhachi is a bamboo flute in Japan that has a history of over 1,300 years in Japan. It’s a very simple instrument with just 5 holes in bamboo, but what is bumpy stuff on the end? This is actually the root of the bamboo, but why did they always use this part? One theory says that it might have been because people used the Shakuhachi as a weapon. During the Edo period, there was a Buddhism sect that used the Shakuhachi for their training. They would wear a basket over their face to hide their ego, and travel everywhere as they collected donations from the people. But because they would sometimes go through dangerous places they had a chance of being attacked by bandits. In such a situation, they would use the bumpy end of the Shakuhachi to fight. Yeah, I guess it would hurt a lot if you were hit by this. If you’d like to learn more about Japanese traditional culture, Kyoto, and social problems in Japan, please check out my channel & subscribe! *The content is based on personal studies and experience There is no intention of denying other theories and cultural aspects
Komuso!! I was thinking about him too. Gosh, I LOVED seeing him in different places across the world. It's so awesome to see an explanation over a decade later of something I had previously been too young to fully grasp.
I bet if I go through the game after playing it more than several years ago, I’ll understand more about Ōkami. That feeling of satisfaction when you finally get smaller details is great.
In Sekiro there is also a woman that wears a basket over her head in an ancient village. Altough she plays shamisen instead of shakuhachi. To put into context the setting of the story takes place during late 1500s of Sengoku era.
Fun fact: the thin rooty stalk of a bamboo is called rattan, and it's a popular material to use for both shakuhachi and eskrima sticks. They are very durable and tough. So Buddhist monks essentially have a musical fighting stick. One that can actually crack a skull.
Rattan is a climbing palm, not a part of bamboo. The outer appearance looks superficially similar, as does the grain structure, but they are very different plants.
In some versions they where actually bandits passing as travelers monks, hence why sometimes you can see them as enemies in videogames like Muramasa: The Demon Blade.
At that time the government was heavily restricting travel. These monks were one of the few group allowed mostly free travel because Buddhism. Many different groups would don that disguise so they could move from one place to another. There is one story that this practice became common enough that if the military saw you they would ask you to play a few tunes on the flute. If you couldnt they would execute you as a spy.
So just like the Irish Shillelagh blackthorn walking stick that has this hard knob at the end that they hit attackers with Awesome seeing that practical elements in weapons appear in opposite sides of the planet
I've subscribed to you yesterday not only because I was interested in not only the Japanese folklore but as well as culture and history behind these equipments.
That makes a lot of sense--bamboo Is really light and durable. I am confused about one thing: the name, "shakuhachi" ...does this mean "eight shaku"? if so, what is a shaku? EDIT: Okay I just did the math, and with 5 holes, that means a shakuhachi musician can play 32 possible notes (2^5) OR... use 3 holes for 8 possible "chords" and 2 holes for 4 possible notes within each chord This is just a guess though
the name is actually a reference to its length! 1 shaku is an archaic measurement equivalent to 30.3 cm, or just barely under 1 foot. the 'hachi' refers to an extra eight-tenths of a shaku in length, thus the standard instrument is about 1.8 shaku long. hope this helps!
Man if you were passing through a dangerous area with a basket over your head, having an improvised weapon probably would not make much of a difference
I feel like no one ever talks about bandits. There's always talk throughout the millennia/around the world of paths being dangerous by no one ever talks about bandits. Were they just really poor people? Rich criminals? Did they live in the wilderness? Would they camp along the trail?
They do in fact hurt quite a bit as my brother managed to obtain one when he was in Japan with the us navy. And well as brothers do he clonk me on the head
Reminds me of a less blatantly weaponized version of the Mandalorian Bes'bev; A flute forged out of Mandalorian iron with one end being sharpened to a point.
Never understood the reference until now. Just thought Law was trying to hide his identity from the Beast Pirates. Turns out he was playing a musician with out his flute.
I legit used this hat as soon as I got in a ghosts of tsushima this is awesome to learn some backstory of it, it reminded me of all the buckets I used in skyrim to cover guards heads 😂
Video game called Samurai Warriors introduced me to the Monk with a basket for a helmet and I thought they were cool and the basket looked like more protection then the farmers with loin cloth bare chested and only a piece of wood held on their heads by either cloth wrap or the persons long hair as the only armor they wore... Courageous just pure courage...
bamboo can also be toxic to humans, if you're cut with/by it and the wounds are not cleaned, there's a chance it could be fatal. as there is cyanide in bamboo.
Those violent Buddhists keeps flying in the forest and keeps breathing fire but I would just rotate my sword like a kid and hit them. The princess awaits. - Kage
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I am a sumie artist. The story heard was samurai would disguise as monks and use the flute as a weapon.
Check out, if you haven't already, Ghost of Tsushima.
Imagine going back to your crew all lumped up and having to explain that you got beat up by a band of monks with bamboo flutes.
You would just be dead, dude. If the root end of this hits you at speed in the face or ribs, you're probably just dead.
Wearing baskets on their heads to boot
@@mook_butt8037 What a hoot
There's nothing more reliable in human history than a stick.
😂
Sticks and rocks, the broke man's weapon
Pointy sticks are the ultimate weapons.
@@dcard228 affix a sharpened piece of metal to the end and you have a halberd!
Big rock and big stick
Man's most versatile weapons
"may the Buddha have mercy on you, but i'm not the Buddha."
😂
"May Buddha have mercy on you, because I won't!" - Buddhist Monk before he goes killin' again.
"May the Buddha have mercy on you, but I will not have mercy on you, as for I am not the buddha" - Buddhist monk stealing some guys quote
Yo Salvatore Ganacci nice
doom music starts playing
This type of Monk was also one of the Seven Jobs Shinobi used as a disguise for infiltration.
They could use any job at all
Hey guys gaijin goomba here
@@jestfullgremblim8002 these monks were especially popular, because of the hidden face aspect.
Would be cool if ever they reach a target they cover up the holes and turn the flute into a blowgun and poison them
@@traphimawari7760 Real ninja wear blue
Imagine being a feared ronin after you turned to banditry, you try to rob some monk and he murks you with a flute.
There's an old saying: If your enemy comes to duel you carrying a sword, he intends to hurt you. But if your enemy comes to duel you carrying a flute, he intends to kill you.
Floot
@@rachelgohlman3582 that means whistled
Skill issue.
Some ronin turned to the monk life after losing their Lords or after deserting. So maybe the bandits actually found their match instead of a quick buck.
Shakuhachi is a bamboo flute in Japan that has a history of over 1,300 years in Japan. It’s a very simple instrument with just 5 holes in bamboo, but what is bumpy stuff on the end? This is actually the root of the bamboo, but why did they always use this part?
One theory says that it might have been because people used the Shakuhachi as a weapon. During the Edo period, there was a Buddhism sect that used the Shakuhachi for their training. They would wear a basket over their face to hide their ego, and travel everywhere as they collected donations from the people. But because they would sometimes go through dangerous places they had a chance of being attacked by bandits. In such a situation, they would use the bumpy end of the Shakuhachi to fight.
Yeah, I guess it would hurt a lot if you were hit by this.
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My thougths...
Attacking Monks is a bad idea..
So... Technically...
Its a divine punishment... by bamboo
Conclusion: Dont dare to attack Monks
来自中国的文化，我感谢他们的传承与发展，但是我铭记他们的野蛮入侵。
There's a shakuhachi-playing guy in Okami who wears a basket over his head and I always wanted to know why. Thank you!
Me too! I was having deja vu when I saw the monk wearing a basket over his head.
Komuso!! I was thinking about him too. Gosh, I LOVED seeing him in different places across the world. It's so awesome to see an explanation over a decade later of something I had previously been too young to fully grasp.
I bet if I go through the game after playing it more than several years ago, I’ll understand more about Ōkami. That feeling of satisfaction when you finally get smaller details is great.
Such a beautiful masterpiece of a game!!🥰
In Sekiro there is also a woman that wears a basket over her head in an ancient village. Altough she plays shamisen instead of shakuhachi. To put into context the setting of the story takes place during late 1500s of Sengoku era.
Fun fact: the thin rooty stalk of a bamboo is called rattan, and it's a popular material to use for both shakuhachi and eskrima sticks. They are very durable and tough.
So Buddhist monks essentially have a musical fighting stick. One that can actually crack a skull.
Rattan is a climbing palm, not a part of bamboo. The outer appearance looks superficially similar, as does the grain structure, but they are very different plants.
Perhaps the thin rooty stalk of a bamboo should simply be called PAIN.
The best thing about this is that you can use it to change the weather.
Jin Sakai for life!
Got refrence
In some versions they where actually bandits passing as travelers monks, hence why sometimes you can see them as enemies in videogames like Muramasa: The Demon Blade.
At that time the government was heavily restricting travel. These monks were one of the few group allowed mostly free travel because Buddhism. Many different groups would don that disguise so they could move from one place to another. There is one story that this practice became common enough that if the military saw you they would ask you to play a few tunes on the flute. If you couldnt they would execute you as a spy.
Vanillaware make such beautiful games
I have a root-end shakuhachi and yes they are quite robust. The root end can not only bludgeon but inflict cuts.
Me: "Oh these flutes might have had a method of firing blow darts or something"
Shogo: "bumpy stick go *brrrrrrrr*"
The amount of things that also serves as a weapon in Japanese culture is insane
Anything is a weapon in the hands of the desperate or skilled. John Wick or Jason Borne and a pencil.
But a katana isn't a weapon tho
@@Olsukan You are not a weapon
@@whome9842 your body is literally a weapon, the tools you decide to use are merely an extension of you and your capabilities
@@RK36_ it was a joke on the Keanu "you are breathtaking"
sometimes we charcoal burn the root end part and douse them with varnish. they can literally break a pig's bone when hit with force.
Ah yes. The Battle Bard build.
Anything can be a weapon if you're brave enough.
Wait, I don't think that quote is- nevermind.
So just like the Irish Shillelagh blackthorn walking stick that has this hard knob at the end that they hit attackers with
Awesome seeing that practical elements in weapons appear in opposite sides of the planet
Not exactly hard to figure out "hit 'em with the hard stick" now is it lad?
The basket wearing monks fascinate me. It’s a unique look but it doesn’t look bad.
Pro tip: if You are a bandit and see a monk with a basket in its head You have 7 min...err seconds to run
You mean...
7 seconds to run or 7 minutes to live
@@karuzozweihander3218 both
@@jadearrieta5409
Fair enough...
I've subscribed to you yesterday not only because I was interested in not only the Japanese folklore but as well as culture and history behind these equipments.
"What weapon did you choose?"
"The flute"
"I said weapon-"
*Beats friend in flute*
Huh, so it's like a Shillelagh stick except Japanese. Cool.👍
The Irish and Scottish never thought to use bagpipe chanters as detachable shillelaghs as far as I know, would have been smart
Anyone else thought they were going to use the bamboo flute as blowing darts?
I can even understand the “Japanese traditional culture” in his outro anymore…
That part of the bamboo stalk is the hardest part. You can easily crack someone's skull open with it.
That makes a lot of sense--bamboo Is really light and durable.
I am confused about one thing:
the name, "shakuhachi"
...does this mean "eight shaku"?
if so, what is a shaku?
EDIT:
Okay I just did the math, and with 5 holes, that means a shakuhachi musician can play 32 possible notes (2^5)
OR... use 3 holes for 8 possible "chords" and 2 holes for 4 possible notes within each chord
This is just a guess though
the name is actually a reference to its length! 1 shaku is an archaic measurement equivalent to 30.3 cm, or just barely under 1 foot. the 'hachi' refers to an extra eight-tenths of a shaku in length, thus the standard instrument is about 1.8 shaku long. hope this helps!
@@yaboibingus8626 how fascinating! Thank you for explaining!
Me: Ooh we're gonna learn about flutes today!
Shogo: "back in the edo period..."
Reminds me of a old school shillelagh, made of wood specifically with knots from blackthorn to be used as a safety weapon when walking.
I thought it was the thing where poison darts are shot out of it 😂😅
Before watching this video I was expecting the flute would have been modified to blow poison darts at people by shinobi dressed up as a monk.
Love shakuhachi 🤗 Such a cool sound. I know a martial arts instructor (Shotokan) that also makes and play shakuhachi.
Not what I expected when you said secret weapon, but that works too.
Now imagine if its made in America, they'd just put a flute with one bullet in it and turned into a conceal weapon.
So these are the guys that backup Ryoma while singing Bakamitai
I remember first seeing this in the Shinobi 3 games in the 90's and I always thought the flute doubled as a blowpipe for ninjas.
This sounds like an Elden Ring NPC, friendly unless attacked.
When the bard is too chaste to seduce enemies, this is what happens.
Bard-monk multiclass
The guys with the baskets on their head look like those pro invaders in any given souls game
Bamboo flutes are no joke, the only instrument that can also be used as a weapon.
Fun fact: ninjas used to disguise as these monks, and kill their target with said shakuhachi
The segment nearest to the roots is always going to be the densest,strongest part of a plant,any plant bamboo,trees,shrubs etc
I remember playing a ninja stealth action game where the monks used these as blowguns
"One of the five teachings on the Buddha is to not kill. Thankfully for you, this will only cripple you for life" _- Shaolin Monks_
when he said " hit by bamboo flute"
my thoughts thinking there must be a hidden needle
and shoot at bandits 😅😅😅😅😅
I love shakuhachi music
Now I need to see someone test how well this would work as a weapon
“The real mastery starts where the ego ends”
When you multi-class as a bard and a monk
Every tool is a hammer, therefore every instrument is a weapon.
Am I the only one who thought that the monks would blow a poisonous needle through the flute?
If I can recall correctly they're Komusō monks. Very cool!
The bamboo near the root is very dense.
Man if you were passing through a dangerous area with a basket over your head, having an improvised weapon probably would not make much of a difference
I feel like no one ever talks about bandits. There's always talk throughout the millennia/around the world of paths being dangerous by no one ever talks about bandits. Were they just really poor people? Rich criminals? Did they live in the wilderness? Would they camp along the trail?
Imagine trying a monk and laying beaten in the road as he plays a cheerful tune
i thought you were gonna say that some were made to be blowdarts haha
So same logic as a sheleighly. "What weapons? All I've got are my walking stick and flute." Welp I've got my next dnd character.
Bandit that uses gun: am I joke to you?
That Kaminaga Daisuke, i think he's the flutist in Wagakki Band. They're fusion of traditional folk music and modern rock
I was thinking more like blow darts...
"This is great but Can we have like a curtain in front of my face while we're playing?"
"What?"
"You know, just so nobody sees my face."
Wow this was really fascinating 😯 there is always so much history involved with instruments!
...suddenly Cornelius Boots came into mind
I've always wanted to live like these monks- from what I hear it doesn't sound half bad.
They do in fact hurt quite a bit as my brother managed to obtain one when he was in Japan with the us navy. And well as brothers do he clonk me on the head
Reminds me of a less blatantly weaponized version of the Mandalorian Bes'bev; A flute forged out of Mandalorian iron with one end being sharpened to a point.
This explains basket head from okami much more clearly
clearly someone is trying to steal from these flute players without them seeing
Never understood the reference until now. Just thought Law was trying to hide his identity from the Beast Pirates. Turns out he was playing a musician with out his flute.
it don't take much to break a bone. and bamboo lumps are hard as rock
I instantly said, "blow gun"
And you could cover all 5 holes and use it as a blow gun! I don't know if that would've been common at all, but it definitely isn't impossible.
Considering a smoking pipe is sometimed turned into a improvised self defense weapon not completely surprised if a flute is too
Doot-doot Basket heads would make a sick darksouls enemy
I legit used this hat as soon as I got in a ghosts of tsushima this is awesome to learn some backstory of it, it reminded me of all the buckets I used in skyrim to cover guards heads 😂
Here there be ninjas.
Y'know, I thought small needles were gonna just fly from the root. Don't know why I did, or how that would work, but I did.
Everyone's a ronin until they hear a Shakuhachi flute.
i was expecting a sword coming out of the bamboo XD
that's some next level elden ring cosplay
Kyoshin in for honor with the basket hat mask 😂
I was expecting they used the flute as a blow dart but a club works better
really giving me Samurais vs Zombies Defense vibes
Video game called
Samurai Warriors
introduced me to the Monk with a basket for a helmet and I thought they were cool and the basket looked like more protection then the farmers with loin cloth bare chested and only a piece of wood held on their heads by either cloth wrap or the persons long hair as the only armor they wore...
Courageous just pure courage...
Ohhhhh so that's where that dude with the basket on his head from Ōkami originated from
it mightve been the cheapest segment of processed bamboo tho, if not trash from before processing
I remember this from Batman: Ninja where Red Hood was one of these monks
bamboo can also be toxic to humans, if you're cut with/by it and the wounds are not cleaned, there's a chance it could be fatal. as there is cyanide in bamboo.
Flute based boss music during a mugging
This video gave me Mini Ninja PTSD
Now I can relate Zhen Ji being a formidae flute user/attacker 😅
Wow, interesting history! Thank you.
There is an enemy in mini Ninjas that is styled after the monks and the music attacks used to drive me crazyyyy
Expecting you to say they use poison darts, which would’ve been cooler but reality isn’t too cool itself.
The bonking monk
In Way of the samurai 2 on PS2 this guy scared TF outta me
Those violent Buddhists keeps flying in the forest and keeps breathing fire but I would just rotate my sword like a kid and hit them. The princess awaits. - Kage
Reminds Me Of Afro Samurai
I expected some poison darts