Feature History - Meiji Restoration
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- Hello and welcome to Feature History, featuring Meiji Restoration, a fancy schmancy collab, and most likely too many bill wurtz references in the comments.
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Jeff Van Dyck - The Shoto
Jeff Van Dyck - Ona Hei
Jeff Van Dyck - Sonaiyo
Jeff Van Dyck - Now and Zen
Jeff Van Dyck - Fudo Myo March
Jeff Van Dyck - Rock and a Hard Place
Jeff Van Dyck - Winds of Fate
Jeff Van Dyck - Duty Calls
Jeff Van Dyck - Battle of Shinobue
Jeff Van Dyck - The Harvest
Jeff Van Dyck - Death Cures a Fool
Jeff Van Dyck - The Fall of the Samurai
Jeff Van Dyck - Stalemate
so the west invented hentai by forcing Japan to open?
Yes Japan was the school girl and the west was the tentacle monster
"tenticle"
sigh, always with the tentacle rape.
Nah, japanese weird hentai stuff were a thing even before the opening of the country. And I am not even joking, you can see some old Japanese artwork about women doing rather... questionable things with questionable things.
Yes
America: Hey Portugal...Japan is now open.
Portugal: My old friend?! How he is doing?
America: He...still has your muskets.
Portugal: what?! Those are over 200 years old!
Lmao
Fun fact: Japan alone in the 16th century had more firearms than the rest of the world combined.
50 years later: m.czcams.com/video/_tmTk9W3v3U/video.html
America: And he already converted all the Catholics back to Shintoism.
Portugal: Nooooooooo!
@@kinglouiev9530 "converted all" is a funny way to say "massacred many and intimidated the remaining". But I think historical experience showed us these are equivalent
"Anime was a mistake"
-- ghost of Emperor Meiji, circa 2019
"I didn't westernize my country for this"
zeng22 Nice comment but pls do not forget to add, one thing important. " but exluding Elfen Lied, the most excellent anime in the anime history!
Coleton Donaldson tbh at this point, saying “I hate anime” is pretty much a meme. Save for a few people, almost everyone says it as a joke, though sometimes it can be hard to tell who is being sarcastic and who isn’t.
You made a great point in defending anime, and I do agree with you. Anime as an art can be amazing, but as I’ve said in my first paragraph, you kind of missed the point of the joke. And I can’t believe I’m saying this, but...
r/woooosh
Coleton Donaldson tbh at this point, saying “I hate anime” is pretty much a meme. Save for a few people, almost everyone says it as a joke, though sometimes it can be hard to tell who is being sarcastic and who isn’t.
You made a great point in defending anime, and I do agree with you. Anime as an art can be amazing, but as I’ve said in my first paragraph, you kind of missed the point of the joke. And I can’t believe I’m saying this, but...
r/woooosh
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Industrialised Japan the real life fire nation
And today's south korea is united republic of nations with seoul as republic city
The fire nation was based off Japan
@@raidenstark315 No, they are based on US and United Nation. According to the LOK creator, United Republic of Nation was supposedly based on United Nation. Originally, United Republic of Nation was like a UN with a land and a standing army. United Republic of Nation originally govern by a Republic Council which it's member was a representative from the Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, Southern and Northen Water Tribe and also Air Acolyte until the Non-bender unrest turn it into an indenpendent country run by a president with it's position in the world stage resembling United State of America albeit without any state division and a firm control over it landmass.
@@Valencetheshireman927 Literally all the Avatar factions are based from Japan from its different stages
@@Selvariabell I think Earth kingdom is China
OPEN THE COUNTRY.
STOP HAVING IT BE CLOSED.
Knock knock, It's the United States. With huge boats, with guns. Gunboats.
Zekholgai opens the country and a huge amount of immigrants flow into the country.
Alexander Thompson They should have built a wall on the Japanese-European border.
when in the video?
+SuperFaroeIslands It's from bill wurtz's "history of japan" video, not this one.
Best intro 10/10.
Yes I agree it's really good
Dams it's the shogun 2 intro btw.
It sounds like the mini ninjas intro
shogun 2 fanboy detected
It's good tho'
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED
FACING 500 SAMURAI
SURROUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED
60 TO 1 THE SWORD FACE THE GUN
BUSHIDO DIGNIFIED
IT'S THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI
It's the nature of time that the old ways must give-in
It's the nature of time that the new ways come in sin
Sabaton!!!
SABATON
Japanese to the Portuguese: What did you bring us?
Portuguese : The word of God the Bible and love and peace
Japanese : What else did you bring?
Portuguese : Rifles to kill and conquer 😂
Portuguese: Tempura.
Hey we are just merchants do what you want with there them rifle
Japanese: Ok, we will take the guns, you can keep bible and religious stuff.
As many people did.
Otomo: Give me guns and God!
Oda: I'll take guns...
last time I was this early I could've H I R E D A S A M U R A I
stitch2k1 Who's Hireda Samurai?
.....Oh
Hired a Samurai
stitch2k1 *H O W B O U T I D O **_A N Y W A Y_*
stitch2k1 last time I was this early people didn't make these shitty "last time I was this early" jokes
H o w a b o u t s u n r i s e l a n d
A good historical comparison is Japan and China in the late-1800s. Both countries were "locked", both had their doors kicked open by the Western Powers, both were forced with unequal treaties, both adopted reforms to try to "catch up"...
But Japan went on to become an Asian Power equal to the West, and China ended up as "the Sick Man of the East" (and pretty much remained messed up af until the 1990s).
I'm Chinese myself and this period of history always fascinates me.
The 51st Division I wonder why the Qing government thought it could somehow stave off the monumental changes in every conceivable aspect happening around the world and in europe in perticular? I have read accounts that even after seeing a live artillery demonstration the imperial court shrugged it off like the artillery was just a toy. I also think that the meiji restoration was like a proxy war between Britain and France. It is still weird why the Chinese and Japanese acted so differently.
The 51st Division If only the Japanese weren't that crazy by betraying the Alliance and joining the Axis.
Well, China DID attempt to reform. You can look up the Self-Strengthening Movement, China's version of the Meiji Restoration. In fact, by the First Sino Japanese War in 1894 the Imperial Chinese Navy was technologically superior to the Japanese... but still lost the war. There were LOTS of different factors involved.
The more you delve into it the more complicated this shit gets.
It's tragic, really, how China became the Brits, Russians and Japanese's slave dog. But they're finally reclaiming the mantle of the giant of the East now.
I just think that when China started radical reforms in 1903 it was already too late. If they had acted earlier there wouldn't have been a revolution and probably leave the empreror in power but more Meiji like. If this happened there probably wouldn't even be the CPC in power today.
Iemitsu: Goood Netherlands gooood, now kill them, kill them now.
Netherlands: I shouldn't
Iemitsu: *_DO IT_*
lol
Dew it
Gooood goood
Reading this with Palpatine's voice. Hahahaha...
What is always overlooked about Japan becoming a modern nation in a short period of time due to the Meiji Restoration is the spread of Japan's urbanization and education in the Edo period. Even before Matthew Perry arrived, Edo, which is now Tokyo, was the largest city in the world and had the world's highest literacy rate due to the spread of private cram schools called terakoya. The legible public carried out various cultural activities, and the mass consumer society flourished. Each domain controlled by a feudal lord tried to promote local specialties and competed with each other, and handicraft industry developed at the highest level. Under such circumstances, modern political systems and the machinery industry were imported from the West, and Japan succeeded in modernization at once.
*The legible public* (?) It's _literate_ public, unless they started mass-printing Hiragana characters on everybody in washable ink.
@@stephenwright8824 meanwhile indians sighing at this comment with condescension
@@killermakd2015 indeed
I not doubting you, but do you have any books / sources about this ? I'm just beginning to study Meji Japan at University and would like to look into this.
Qing china likewise had a male literacy rate of 30-45% in the 19th century
Nice choice with the Shogun 2 music
Yeah even the Intro cinematics first part.
TorchedKiwi he even used Winds of Fate. I think he's played the game.
And the samurai head emblem at the end of the game
I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one to notice all these ahahah
Choshu and Satsuma : "that sucks. this sucks!!"
and 'very little' help they overthow the goverment
and somehow makes the emperor emperor again
and moved him to Edo, which they renamed eastern capital (Tokyo).
SpoodyPie woah, mind that edge
"But it also paved the way for anime, so clearly a great mistake has been made". That made me LOL.
Now it's much too late.
@@Cecilia-ky3uw Anime is a mistake for the most part, the best mistake Japan has made
So you would rather have the warmonger Japanese than otakus, wow what kind of logic is that
Its true tho
But for present society is literally legit one
Imagine if Japan never had Meiji restoration. They would've been colonized by european and divided like korea, china, and vietnam.
It was good for Japan but then the Pacific War wouldn’t have happened and atomic bombs would never have been used so I guess it evens out.
@@Valencetheshireman927 perhaps they would've rebelled and unified themselves, starting an alternate Pacific War leading to their demise with the dropping of alternate atomic bombs
@@kiwuuspurr1927 so ur saying that japan had fate of the atomic bombs one way or another
@@xerozyte1012 no, i'm saying anything is a possibility
perhaps in some random dimension USA decided to make 37 nukes and drop it all on tokyo for some reason
@@kiwuuspurr1927ok
KNOCK KNOCK ITS US WITH BOATS
WITH GUNS
GUNBOATS
*OPEN THE COUNTRY*
*STOP HAVING IT BE CLOSED*
THANKYOU!!! i thought i was alone.
There's really nothing they could do so they signed a contract that lets the United Stated, Britain and Russia visit Japan anytime they want.
Choshu and Satsuma hated this.
"That sucks." they said.
"This sucks!!!"
knock knock it's the United States. huge baots (with guns) (gunboats) ''open the country. stop having it be closed.''
*Bill wurtz refernce*
900bot *OPEN THE COUNTRY,
STOP HAVING IT BE CLOSED* does that ring a bell
*Shogun 2 reference*
The sun is a deadly laser
is love fruit
TheCandianGuy Who's below the Artisans?
MERCHENTS PROBERBLY
In an alternate reality, Japan nuked the US so they would allow the importation of Boku no Pico under unfavourable treaties.
Noooooooooo
The true horror of war
HALT
Oh god I’ve completely forgot about that dammed thing you brought it back up in my mind now
shit.... i think we just found the darkest dark timeline
I’m noticing a lot of Shogun 2 total war music in this. Nice.
And all the images
So you're telling me that the British supported Japanese beat the French supported Japanese?
*Carefully draws another mark on the tally of British victories against the frogs.
because they eat frog legs I think
Wanderer628 Why do you think these two powees supported the Japanese in tge first place? To add to that tally of yours.
I laughed to hard when I seen this
You might want to dig a little deeper if you're looking at it as "British" and "French" support. Ask yourself "where is this money coming from? Where is the economic motive?" And then you will see who the real parties in play are
America technically won Japan over twice though so it's one to the British and twice to the French
"Must get back, back to the past. Samurai Jack."
watch out!
*gotta get back
Japanese children enjoyed the Mutant Turtles and the Samurai Jack
But it is a work that misunderstands Japanese culture
The culture of Asia is mixed and it becomes American style
Kenshin Himura: “am I a joke to you?”
Samurai X / Rurouni Kenshin ❤
Not his real name btw
The legendary battosai
I really started watching this video to try and understand the history behind kenshin himura
@@Victoria-cx9oh literally me too lol
"I am not fair sign pls" I am cryING. On that note, thanks a lot. This helped me revised for my exam, I was completely overwhelmed.
Everyone that comments first is a filthy weeb
Feature History So...First?
Feature History Hey Feature, you're a weeb. Also, nice video I guess.
Feature History can you make Bulgarian history
...first
first
Shamefur Dispray!!!
dang you got me lol
ben5056 END OF RINE
--------RINE END HERE
THE ENEMY GENERUL RICE DEAD!!!
ben5056 our men are running for the Battlefield!!!
ON THE RIINE SERRR!
Very preface explanation. In 1780s, Japan made super correct map of Japan by Ino,Tadataka.
Captain Mathew Perry was amazed for the map which he bought from Von Sievolt who was German proffesor. When Perry surveyed on Edo bay with Ino's map, it was really correct.
The INO's map had been used until 1940s.
I just realized at 4:45, there are only 48 stars. Which means Hawaii and Alaska aren't part of the Union yet at this time which is historically accurate. Nice attention to detail 👌
same i also noiticed
There are 33 at that timestamp tho... accurate for the time yes but you miscounted
It's the nature of time the the old ways must give in. It's the nature of time that new ways comes in sin.
WHEN THE NEW MEETS THE OLD IT ALWAYS ENDS THE ANCIENT WAYS
And as history told: The old ways go out in a blaze!
Encircled by a vulture. The end of ancient culture.
Tachanka-chan The dawn of Destiny draws near.
Imperial force defiled facing 500 Samurai!
SURROUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED 60 TO 1 THE SWORD FACE THE GUN BUSHIDO DIGNIFIED ITS THE LAST STAND OF THE SAMURAI
BlitzNexus as the new age give in, the way of the warrior come to an end
As a new age begins, The ways of the old must apprehend
When the new meets the old it always ends the ancient ways
cringe
They ran out of bullets.
Loving your videos, and the history is so interesting to watch!!! Keep up the great work!!!
Just discovered your channel, love the artwork, the presentation, everything.
Learned all this from Total War: Shogun 2
ikr, such a great game. I read if not but maybe all of the history descriptions of units, tech trees, buildings, etc
This is a shamfur display
Shiroyama in a nutshell:
The Imperial force was defied. They were facing 500 samurai. Surrounded and outnumbered, 60-1 the sword faced the gun. Bushido was dignified. It was the last stand of the samurai. Surrounded and outnumbered, 60-1 facing the gun. 60-1, culture undone.
An offer of surrender, Saigo ignored contender.
Prefectures too textured and there we are, with navy and rifle that come from afar.
Cervan Dante yeah ever heard of "battle of Sarigarhi"?
Bump
But til the dawn they held on, only 40 were left at the end.
I thank you dearly for this video, for it proved to be a pivotal source for my history presentation. And also just an a great video in general as I show interest towards Japan :)
"Ruimte en spullen" aka "space and stuff" legendary video! The small puns in between make your video's the most entertaining 'spullen' I've seen on CZcams in a long time
Dude. This... more of this. More. My appetite for your videos is something you need to address. kthanksbye
yo bby grl, make a history video on Italy! And what animation software do you use?
Suibhne Nice channel
Pls Hurry up on your videos (I am too late)
Suibhne a
my father
"To study barbarian technology"
Italy, it's time to shine!
Okay. First, I loved this. Informative and fun.
Giving your patrons Hell at the end was hilarious. Thank you for that.
The period of the Meiji Restoration has such an unique aesthetic, very much love it.
Yeah, the Victorian Era Japanese aesthetic.
No mention of Tom Cruise or Kenshin Himura?
Dolan Trimp
Or TENCHU
Hitten mitsurugi ryu creates an era
What if kenshin himura or hitokiri isn't exist? Maybe Meiji restoration are doomed?
Shinsengumi pls
Kawakami gensai should be included.
Beauty and Harmony
Governed by one Eternal law.
All that begins must end.
The reign of the old shogunate is over!!!
Excuse me sir, you spell OVAAAAAH wrong
Our men ran from the battlefield! Shameful display!
Wow! Impressing, I'm working for a school work and this is so helpful! Love the channel, thanks a lot.
You saved me... I am cramming for an AP test XD. Thanks man! Its not the first time I used your channel for tests, but this time I would have been really screwed without this video lol. My student account for my textbook stopped working and I have no form of review except this video.
*sigh*
Start up Shogun 2 total war Fall of samurai
Haha was looking for this
I've played two games of Victoria II (set from 1836 to 1936) as Japan, with the Pop Demand Mod, which changes a lot about Japan to make it more historical. It's a very interesting time period.
Christopher Johnson have you played eu4? Japan is modeled as a network of vassals of one shogun nation
NathanLucas5 I definitely have; I had an EU3 Death and Taxes playthrough with Japan as well, and if I can get M&T 2.0 to work on my computer, I may try to play either as Japan or China (I have some tricks up my sleeve with China...)
NathanLucas5 One nice thing would be if they changed the tech/westernization system, in a similar way to what I espoused here (for both games, largely): www.reddit.com/r/eu4/comments/6cifsz/some_incomplete_ideas_regarding_how_to_change/
Christopher Johnson But they did change it, it's now replaced by the institution system
StardustNotHötzendorf yeah, the post calls for further change including an education or literacy level affecting institution spread, kinda like Victoria 2
It's fun learning from your videos. Love it
Much more completed than that one video with 60 minutes in it. Thanks, mate.
Brilliant editing, the visuals and sounds make these series one of the most interesting history series on CZcams. Keep it up!
I can understand Japans stance on immigration now, and why it's ingrained in their culture to preserve it
Indeed. they dont wanna end up like Sweden. Long Live Japan
@@broccolinyu911 Once again, people greatly exaggerating Sweden's situation.
no its not exaggerated , i recently visited sweden and got robbed by an afgani . open your eyes dude.
@@ricardolindo975 and the left would sooner deem everything as "Far right" typical
@@AR-gu2no What you say contains some grains of truth but is hightly exaggerated. First, these crimes have been known in Sweden for more than 5 years, they just became more widely known recently. Second, Erdogan is an Islamist who many Turks hate. Third, a Swedish guy in Quora said, that, he had some Muslim friends of immigrant background who lived in the worst areas and, that, they and their families didn't like the situation caused by ohter Muslim immigrants there and wanted action to end it, they even wanted it more than native Swedes because it was tarnishing the reputation of the whole Muslim immigrant community. So, not all of them are like that. I also doubt, that, it's daily.
Thank you for the entire prelude to fall of the samurai. Feels like a tribute :>
Great video sir, definitely going to share this vid and recommend this channel.
YOUR MEN R RUNIN FROM DUH BARTERFEEERD. WAT A SHAMEFUR DISPRAY
THIS IS A SHAMEFURRRR DISPRAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
this is the best video about meiji restoration I've seen so far! Keep going, your work is amazing
Sara Graziani
Agreed
Samurai were not completely removed. The Satcho alliance formed the backbone of the imperial military. The Choshu formed the heart and foundation of the Imperial Japanese Army, while the Satsuma formed the core of the Imperial Japanese Navy. These two clans were historical rivals for a thousand years, which made the Satcho alliance so unlikely and unthinkable before it happened. That rivalry continued for the entire imperial period, and significantly hampered prewar preparation and settling on doctrine before WWII. This led to a disjointed military that struggled to cooperate and held very different ideas for the future of japan.
I just watched the last samurai
Mr sandman of the land fantastic movie
Mr sandman of the land I just watched History of Japan
Mr sandman of the land Shit movie, false history.
Or as I'd call it "The First Weeaboo"
Ryan Origin not really. The only difference is Tom crusises character was French not American. People bitched because he was white but the historical figure in question was a white guy. He just wasn't American. A small change like that to make it more accessible to English speaking audiences is fine
Hey man just wanted to say you've got a great channel here; been really enjoying your videos.
I love that opening sequence. Bravo!
"Anime was a mistake." (Eyes narrow) ...You what m8?
open the country... stop having it be closed
and see how Japan is flooded by thousands of unskilled and uneducated inmigrants (like the US)? hell no, japan is fine as it is.
C Daddy jesus, it was a reference.
+niko 2064
He's still right though, entirely didn't get the reference but his words still stand.
They can go stand in the corner, they literally have no place here. Sometimes nobody needs to hear you speak your mind. Sometimes it's utterly irrelevant to the dialogue.
Fuzzy Dunlop Everyone wants to be a teacher 👨🏫
keep up the good work man! I've been subbed since around 1,000, and I can't think of someone who deserved to blow up like you did.
IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED!
FACING FIVE HUNDRED SAMURAI!
*Blasting Supercell at max volume*
"SORRY, WHAT WERE YOU SAYING ABOUT ANIME? I CAN'T QUITE HEAR YOU!"
It's the nature of time
That the old ways must give in
It's the nature of time
That the new ways comes in sin
When the new meets the old
It always ends the ancient ways
And as history told
The old ways go out in a blaze
Encircled by a vulture
The end of ancient culture
The dawn of destiny draws near
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
60 to 1, the sword face the gun
Bushido dignified
It's the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
As a new age begins
The way of the warrior comes to an end
As a new age begins
The ways of old must apprehend
It's the nature of time
That the old ways must give in
It's the nature of time
That the new ways comes in sin
An offer of surrender
Saigo ignore contender
The dawn of destiny is here
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
60 to 1, the sword face the gun
Bushido dignified
It's the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
Til the dawn they hold on
Only 40 are left at the end
None alive, none survive
Shiroyama
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
60 to 1, the sword face the gun
Bushido dignified
It's the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
60 to 1, facing the gun
60 to 1, culture undone
Sabaton
SOVIET FINNISH WAR Pls
Edit: pls also included the white death
The Finns did really well until they didn't.
> The Finns did really well until they didn't.
This...
The Wild Mew Soviets could throw thousands of troops, while little Finland's troops were exhausted from the fighting
Bubbles the Finnish tactics made it where it didn't matter how many troops the soviets threw at them. They were stuck on specific roads while the fins could move back and forth across the frozen forests at will.
The finns would even massacre soviet units and multilate the corpses. They'd leave the weapons and supplies though. This was to spread tales throughout the soviet forces of a beast that lurked in the forests that couldn't be killed and that was preying on soviet troops
They mind fucked a country known for mind fucking everyone else
TheBacknblack92 I'm a Finn. Be realistic. Finland couldn't replace troops well.
Love your videos man.
Saigo takamori's story truly shocked me. It wasn't only tragic hero, but tragic history... that's the cruel of politics
Nice presentation. This is my first viewing of your work. May I suggest: a presentation of the fall of the kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands and its absorption by the United States of America?
Radiyas 13 thats is very controversial. A lot of historians believe it was a crime for such act to be commited.
Alika Cripe EXACTLY . . . .
I mean, whether it was a crime or not is irrelevant. I think most people are curious about the internal politics of the kingdom and how its precarious position made it a target for literally every large power in the Pacific.
Fun fact: the kingdom of Hawaii sought help from the Japanese empire to avoid being annexed by the US. They thought an Asian empire would be more friendly than a Western power.
Another fun fact the Hawaiian Kingdom was overthrown by its own people. And secondly the reason why was the people were angry was that the last ruler of Hawaii Gueen Lili'uokalani wanted to be absorbed by Great Britain. Hence why Hawaii's flag has the union jack on it to this day.
"Nanban" means friend in Tamil 😂
That's true.
Yea i was thinking about that film
it's a chinese loanword,means barbarian from the south ,in chinese pronounce NanMan南蛮,while Japanese pronounce nanban
@Curin Tamilians are South Indians...........lol
Yean friend pole yaaru macha 😂
"It paved the way for anime, so clearly a grave mistake has been made."
I see you have chosen death, however, *omae wa mou shindeiru*
Love the use of the Shishi Red emblem at 6:45. Always nice to see Super Sentai get a nod every now and again
America: "hmmm we need more fuel for our undustrial revolution"
Rich whales: "I sense a disturbance..."
I'm sorta comfused. Is it actual whales or Wales as in the country.
James
Whale oil was used to power lamps before electricity came about.
Just remember none of this would have been possible without kenshin
Can't wait for the more faithful remake of Ruroini Kenshin to finish
It's truly amazing how far the Imperial Dynasty has come. Emperor Hirohito ruled during the 2nd World War and saw his country go from ruin to a Constitution and later to an Economic Power before his death in the 80s. His son Akihito continued the trend, evolving Japan into one of three Asain Super powers that today projects itself on the world stage.
Going forward with Naruhito on the Chrysanthemum Throne, who knows how far Japan can go.
I love Japan from Europe and the royal Families around the world Are fascinating to me 😍
From ancient to future for just a flip of a hand,japan is legend
Everybody gangsta till he says "But it also paved the way for anime, so clearly a great mistake has been made"
Part of the reason for the success of the Meiji Re-something was the devastation of China by the Taiping rebellion. The rebellion wrecked the Chinese silk industry, effectively giving Japan a monopoly on silk production. This monopoly financed much of the industrial projects.
Damn, I just found your channel through Yugoslavia and ended up here. Hope you're staying at it. This is wonderful.
lol the opening shivered me
*THE REIGN OF THE OLD SHOGUNATE, IS OVA!!!* there goes Takeda seiging Uesugi
the reign of the old shogunate IS OVER...SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON
So when did the WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVE?
I'm sorry.
Anyway, great video as always. If I wasn't a poor little shit I'd give you a bit of money. Can't wait for the Great Northern War video. (I'm hoping it happens.) And I hope you continue making these videos till your ground harness breaks and you fall into the sun.
Ace Phoenix no hussars but, its a nature of time that always most give in...
Лев Чусовитин I swear, Sabaton is a fucking drug
They came down from the sky in the name of god long before the Samurai could make their last stand
THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!
Ace Phoenix they didn't arrive, they were pushed back by the Ghost Division.
that last part. Omg I was not expecting it at all. Hilarious. talking about how amazing it was that japan became a nation and open to trade with everyone else. then in a voice of of long suffering saying "but it also paved the way for anime, so clearly a grave mistake has been made." Omg that sentence reminds me so much of my parents when they are talking about my generation obsessions. lol best thing ever.
Frankly speaking, my interest to know more about history of Meiji Restoration Period sparked because I read Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X) manga and watched its trilogy movies.
Let the Shogun 2 memes rain upon the shamefur disprayers .
"Creating for the first time a centualized Japan" I have to disagree, What about the Emperors of the Nara and Heian Period? They certainly tried to rule Japan as centralized autocrats based on the Tang and Silla model.
And I have to add, Meiji's Japan was by no means ruled directly under the Emperor, but rather, it was ruled by an oligarchical cabinet that had the young Emperor as a figurehead on top. A voice to carry out the small cabinet's wishes.
Such a great video! I wish people would delve into the Shinsengumi much more though.
thanks, this was a good primer before reading Spring Snow
I don’t know if you’ll see this, but do you still have access to your sources for this video? I’m writing a paper on the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and this was very useful :)
As soon as i head "like the french" i know the bakufu has lost .
This was a very interesting video. Thank you.
Brilliant work
In addition to the world's highest literacy and urbanization rates, Japan's rapid modernization is believed to have been achieved because of its redundant social systems compared to other Asian countries. The redundancy is the domain system and the existence of the emperor. Because of the domain system, there was a stronger decentralization system than other Asian countries, and there were many capable samurai under each local lord. Even after the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which was the central government, they were able to lead the modernization of the Meiji period using the emperor, who had no real power but only authority.
"200 years building up tension ready to explode" oh don't worry friend America has got you
was was that a Jojo's reference?
+Rockart9 I think he was referring to the political instability in the US
Bob Bobson wait whatttttt? Im lost now i get it but lost.....i guess im a weeaabooo nooww lol.
5yrs on the intro is still one in a million
Amazing video 🤘🏽
came for the Bill Wurtz comments
stayed for the detailed explanation of the meiji restoration
5:09
Iemochi became the Shogun in August 1858
The Perry expedition happened in 1853 and 1854, before Iemochi became a shogun. So Iemochi wasn't the one who signed the treaties. Hell, he was like 6 years old when Perry showed up
This video has allowed me to Understand so much about Japan
Thanks for this video . well done