A day in the life of a teenage samurai - Constantine N. Vaporis
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- Follow young samurai in training Mori Banshirô as he studies the twin paths of literary learning and the martial arts.
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The year is 1800 in the castle town of Kôchi, Japan. It’s just after sunrise, and 16-year-old Mori Banshirô is already hard at work practicing drills with his long sword. He is an ambitious samurai in training, and today he must impress his teachers more than ever so he can travel to the capital city for martial and scholarly studies. Constantine N. Vaporis outlines a day in the life of a samurai.
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Kid: Being a samurai at age 16
Me: sitting down eating chips while watching Ted ed
Sreedevi Dhawalaghar same
OMG... I swear to God that one of these days you will get... um... schooled, I guess?
@@blabla-rg7ky hmm
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Banshiro may not realized at that time that he just learned the art of outsmarting by himself.
100th like
So you might say...he played himself
Ah, but I have outsmarted your outsmarting by dropping a like!
czcams.com/video/3VZ01FrCmTk/video.html
So many likes
Teenage me would've wanted to be master of the tea ceremony
LOL
😂😂😂lol
That's the barista of Ancient Japan before coffee was popular there. 😂😂😂
😂😂
Uncle Iroh would be proud
I'm blown away by the art illustrated in the video
Ikr
Omg u got a heart
I'm not
So was I (the writer). WOW-HOW studio is amazing (and great to work with)(
Ted is always being awesome in it's animation
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu
Do you think Sun Tzu or Zhuge Liang is a better Military Strategist?
Talk no Jutso
@@sweetcandysugaarmy8480 Actually Sun Tzu. Zhuge Liang is better as an administrator than as a strategist, and he have been outsmarted by Sima Yi, who with his methodical method to deconstruct and destroy the enemies's army in war, have the final laugh as his Sima clan became the final victor of the Three Kingdom war, as his clan take over the weakened kingdom and unified China once again.
Atrocité Phyiscale
“A strange game, the only way to win is not to play”.
First strike, or “MAD” Mutually assured destruction, “Tic-tac-toe”.
If any move you make is a losing move, then don’t move.
“The man who dose nothing leaves nothing undone”.
@Awoootism that is depressing
The poster with Musashi Miyamoto spells "ni-ten ichi-ryu" or "two skies, one style", which was Musashi personal school of fencing which used both swords at once.
Isn't ryu - school?
@@-daniel-2010 in context both means the same
Chris Bradford's Young Samurai anybody?
need to get back to Vagabond!
I like the way they tell us he venerates Musashi *directly after* the bit where they explain how the wakizashi was *only* used for ritual suicide.
TED-ED: *uploads video a day in the life*
Everyone: I am speed
KACHOW
Kachiga Kachiga!
Kaboom!
Pow pow
Zooom!
4:10 - 4:24
1800
"I'm going to be an artist!"
"No you'll be a swordsman"
Today
"I'm going to be an artist!"
"No you'll be a doctor"
Some things never change
That's kind of funny when you consider that those jobs are literally opposites
1900s:
-I'm going to be an artist!
-I'll punish you severely!
-Fine, I'll become Führer instead
Why can’t we just be both
don't matter you won't live to see your 30's anyhow.... yeah.. it very rare for people to get that old... unless they are somebody or a monk.. that why some nobody want to be monk since they do allow to get marry and had kid...
Very interesting that they chose to set it during the Edo period, as there weren't really any wars then, and the samurai were mostly administrators and nobleman, instead of active warriors. I'd love to see another video that about a samurai during the Warring States period where samurai were actively participating in large battles, in order to compare and contrast the two time periods.
It’s also interesting that they chose the time period they did - this would be just before Western influence and power started making itself well-known to Japan (and not just at Dejima in Kyushu) and before the Tokugawa initiated a crash modernization effort to counter the West. I rather liked the fact that the subject of the video showed more interests in the arts than in military practice, as this was an issue that had plagued the samurai ever since Sekigahara - what does one do with a military class when there are no wars to fight?
Though to be fair, some of the house codes from the Sengoku era do state that samurai should cultivate the fine arts (calligraphy, study of the Chinese classics, tea ceremony, and the like) in addition to the military arts.
@Kristopher Bruns I would also like to see TED do another video of that time period in this style of video.
@@Assassinus2 Your comment is the reason I read comments in some videos, thank you. Now to go find more comments on this fascinating topic and the people they're about.
aww yeah, the sengoku jidai. when the leader of buddhist faction have strength comparable if not stronger than the other warlord.
@@Assassinus2 I would add that Japan has not always had a warrior class this way. Japan used to have a militia army, where peasants were conscripted for labour by their lords, some of that time would be in the military, and then they would simply disband after the war. Very few countries had a standing military of any significant size before the industrial revolution, and few kept them for significant periods of time as these armies tended to overthrow governments or become corrupt.
Evry one : samurai would be great warrior
Meanwhile
Summurai: struggling hard to get his tea degree
It depends on what you mean by samurai. During the Sendoku period where there was constant warfare, the focus was entirely on battlefield tactics and weapons training in spears, polearms bows and guns which despite what Hollywood depictions were commonly used by samurai.
After Tokogawa unified Japan, he wanted his samurai to adopt his love of the arts.
@@64standardtrickyness smart guy that togokawa. I would have probably liked him in real life :)
imagine that
failing to graduate to be a samurai because you failed your tea course
64standardtrickyness The dual emphasis on the cultural and martial arts existed before the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. There are some house codes from the Sengoku period that emphasize that warriors should cultivate both literary and military skills,
The Samurai Archives website has an excerpt of the (later) Hojo house code from 1495 that states this, along with other house codes, if you’re interested in this.
@@64standardtrickyness *Tokugawa
Wow, I’m extremely impressed with the attention put into the video. Westerners put first name before last, and usually do the same with Japanese names.
Personally I don’t think it really matters, but tedx cared enough to know Japanese convention puts last name before first. I’m genuinely extremely impressed! I hope the writers understand how big a deal this small detail feels, at least to me
@Fleur Garden How do you know OP is not a weeb?
Thanks, Keita. (I'm a historian of Japan so details like that are important.)
To be fair, historians should and would know this. It's not like some random person on the street wrote this. And Fleur is correct, just about anyone into Anime/Manga will be aware of this as well; which is quite a few kids and young-mid adults these days in America.
Not a Japanese convention technically. It's more of a Chinese-influenced Greater Asian Sphere. This cultural convention spans the width of Asia and beyond to Europe in Turkey.
Are people really trying to school me on my own language? Wow
I love how, no matter the culture, the narrator always makes sure to pronounce all of the names flawlessly
If you’re gunna make informative videos about different cultures ya better get the phonetics right. Ted-Ed are the GOAT
He was my professor at UMBC!
I find this to be a more recent development with TedEd, but it shows they've been reading the comments and reviewing what the viewers have been pointing out. I'm also really pleased about this :)
We worked with the narrator to get it right. He has such an excellent voice; it would have been a shame not to have Japanese words pronounced correctly.
You say that, but I literally came to the comments because I was frustrated by how badly he was mispronouncing Edo :(
I'd like to imagine bashiro made the art of this video.
hehe, that'd be... cool?
Me too
That’d be meta.
In an epic way
that would be cool neglecting the fact that he died a few hundred years ago
@@nishantray3207 Thats why I said imagine!🌈
Now this is the content I want during quarantine
Correct
こんにちは🌞
This was so beautifully done, TED. Would love to hear more about samurai
Yo it's the real turtle
Real turtle
Dayum real turtle!!!
Whoa nice to see u here
Great comment and all.. But what if I built a time machine to see this in action?
when dads 200 years later still care more about their sons being good at sports instead of reading
So true
"And today he must impress his teachers more then ever"
Me: *What kind of sorcery is that?*
My college in a nutshell
Yeah, that rare occasion when you go gladly to school to actually learn something and respect your teacher because he teaches well and takes time to care for each student instead of treating class like the most boring chore and his students like packages on a conveyor belt 🙄😒📦
*than
Yeah, it requires hard work and determination.
FOCUSING ON THE TASK AT HAND WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND WITHOUT ANY OUTSIDE THOUGHTS.
the part where he was convincing his father to let him go was so funny to me - I love how relatable it is. It's literally the same as telling your parents you want to go on a field trip for "educational purposes" when you really just want to hang out with your friends or something... I guess being a teenager doesn't change all that much, no matter how many centuries pass
I would love to see a day in the life of a Geisha or an Oiran.
*yes yes yes!*
This!! 🙏🏻👌🏻
I personally would like to see a Day in the Life of a Shinobi, but that's probably just me wondering if they have any new information I haven't heard of yet regarding the ancient spies and assassins of Japan.
分かるわ〜
@@xellanchaos5386 because they're not really like current media tell us. They simply peasants
1:38 The Wakizashi was also intended to be used indoors when the Katana was meant to be left outside
Truth. The Tanto was used for seppuku. Wakizashi was a short sword, used for short sword tasks.
@@blessedlunatic733 in ghost of tsushima game, tanto was used for assasinations
Wakizashi was probably also used like the Knights daggers, primarily used during combat to go into the holes of armor
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They already had weapons suited for that. The wakizashi was still too long. From what I saw, the warriors would wrestle it out before they pull out their tantos and stab in the gaps or use a tool to peel back the armor and stab them through the helmet.
Hearing him pronouncing Japanese name respectfully and on point is such a blessing to the ears.
The stress fall on the right syllabels, the "a" doesn't become an "uh". And most impressive is how it blends with the pace. It definetely doesn't sound like he stop just to read the name every two seconds.
(I'm not Japanese, I know the language, still, kudos to the narrator!)
Thank you for noticing this, Kaze. I worked hard with the narrator to get the pronunciation correct. Too many times there's no effort made in the public media to learn the correct pronunciation.
I absolutely love this style of animation. It’s like a mix of manga and traditional Japanese art that I am obsessing over 😆
I’m a Japanese university student.I’m glad to see someone interested in Japanese history.Thank you for making a good movie！
Movie
@@Robin-xh2py Movie
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Movie
Film
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Film
I like how Musashi's twin swords style is also referenced in the video.
What?
Nani?
Ah yes niten ichi-ryu
@@agenti4734 masamoto sama
16 yo in 1800: a samurai
16 yo in 2020: an otaku
You misspelled weeaboo
This made me suicidal bc of how true it is. Lmao
I hate the modern age.
water flows from high to low.
a day in the life of an otaku
"His father believes that martial arts are important than literary arts"
Funny how years later that hasn't changed, except instead of martial arts, it's usually science, engineering, medicine or law now.
Anything for living only
It depends though? My dad wanted me to get into either engineering or laws (for having obvious career track) but I really liked the fundamental sciences and had to fight nail and tooth.
But mathematics rule them all
That's kinda true though
@@G0dlol You just confirmed what the OP said
The fact that the kid wants to be an artists goes hand in hand with the fact that the animation art is absolutely amazing!
my boy banshiro coulda screwed up on one of dem daily routines/lessons and this episode of ted ed woulda had a much darker ending smh
What? English?
@@flyingsky1559 Had our protagonist Banshiro failed to impress on his daily routine this episode would have had a darker ending. I now shake my head in shame and perform sudoku.
charlie brownies "perform Sudoku" lol
@@flyingsky1559 was i speak chigganese? im sorry friend, I'll make sure to speak your dialect next time 🙄
@@charliebrownies4585 perform "sudoku" xD. U smart.
Always a good day when TED-Ed uploads.
Agreed!!!
Tru
I love this one because it creates a character that is human. Banshirô has ambitions, determination and fears, he acts like a normal everyday person would in his place, when he doesn't mention his artistic interest to his father for example. Great story as always.
It's funny to see the differences between european and japanese medieval life
@@mohitshetty8767 Is this video not precisely about Japan?
this isn't medieval, this is the 1800s
Europe is a continent which has it's own diversity whereas Japan is an country. Yes the video was about Japan...but apart from the sword, I found a lot of things common to Vedic practices..
Your name is a problem.
@@learniteasy8146 The problem is you not clicking on it
Can we take a moment to appreciate the animator, truly amazing.
Agreed. The animation team was awesome (and wonderful to work with). They spared no effort, either, to get the details right.
Little correction: The wakizashi isn't just a suicide sword. It's also used as backup weapon. I loved the video!
This is why I LOVE these episodes in 'A Day in the Life'. You guys don't just give a view into the past, you don't just teach it to us, you present it in a way that tells a STORY. A story of a person who may very ell have truly lived in that day and age, learning their hopes and dreams and daily lives. You make learning genuinely FUN in a way I've only seen matched by Extra Credits, Extra History and Cracked. You guys are awesome!!!!
"For 200 hundred years Japan was at peace"
*Untill the Fire Nation attacked*
Huge boats with guns
gunboats
Funny how in actuality, the creators based the Fire Nation on Imperial Japan.
And the Godzilla come along. Punishing the country which Dr. Daisuke Serizawa agrees. But! Emiko Yamane persuades him to use the Oxygen Destroyer against Godzilla.
No. Until Amanto attack
Some 200 years later:
Me trying to convince my father to let me enroll in drawing course saying it would help me go to architecture while in reality I wanted to be accepted in art and visual design.
Ted ed uploads. Just click on it. No questions asked.
YASSSSSSSSSSSSS
are you sheep?
bla bla No. We are Ted. W E A R E A L L T E D.
While the video has some historical facts, I can't help but feel that you're feeding on people's fantasy of Japanese samurai.
Seppuku was performed with a wakizashi, but it's absurd to suggest it as the sword's primary purpose. You're saying that they carried an extra sword all the time just to be prepared for the very rare occasion that one's lord would command a suicide. Carrying two swords was more of a social convention for a samurai passed down from Sengoku period, just like their hairstyle. It was also a useful and necessary sidearm, given the weakness of Japanese steel at the time.
Idolizing Miyamoto Musashi as a legendary samurai made me roll my eyes. While he is extremely popular in pop culture and was likely a respectable swordsman, he was not recognized in his time and was never employed by the lords like other renowned samurais. At best, he was a guest to one lord and received a relatively small amount of income. The fame of Miyamoto Musashi is largely contributed to the modern novels written much later. Yagyu might have been a better candidate, but it seems you just had to take advantage of Musashi's popularity.
Well said.
nice insight.
I'd love to see "A Day in the life of a Geisha"
What’s a Geisha?
@@ipsitaparida4471 female japanese entertainers, doing traditional dances and singing
@@vultschlange Hai!
Dr. Vaporis was my minor advisor at UMBC. I took his "From Samurai to Salaryman - Japanese History through Film and Literature" class as an elective and signed up for the East Asian History minor because he was such a good teacher.
I love the “a day in the life” videos!
This video: *exists*
Weebs: *hmm yes just like the simulations*
Damn really dint have to go there but ok
japan 200 years ago: today I killed two bears and now i am going to fight for my country
japan today: UwU
man..XDD
🤣🤣🤣
They evolved with time and changed their thoughts according to the needs of the modern world unlike some people.
China's rulers 200 years ago: i am the son of the sky and i will help korea fight japan.
China's rulers now: wahh ppl call me winnie the pooh
Bears are extinct.
Usually I read the comments along with watching the video but the graphics and the bgm the narration everything is top tier here I didn't lose my attention for even a second.
Me:Proceeds to do 3 assignments equal to the size of Mount Everest each
Ted-Ed:Uploads
Me:Goodbye assignments I’ve important things to do
Okay, his life needs to be a movie or an anime like, it would be so interesting.
Jesus now i need to watch samurai champloo again...
Agree
Lima Zulu
Or Rurouni Kenshin, however that series is about the saddening end of the Jidal Genki era (ninjas and samurai).
@@limazulu6192 No surprise, I too am a huge fan!
This is the first time that I am watching CZcams and actually learning something worthwhile
I was so into this video that I was hoping we got to learn more about this kid & his journey with his father. Amazing job!
I love the comic book style animations!
same
Ha
I love how westerners are fascinated about the samurai
The samurai are cool but i find it odd that they existed from the 12th century onward. That's like yesterday. Basically Japanese knights.
I’m a Japanese people and I learned that samurai must introduce themselves on the horses before they start to fight.So when they had fights with foreign people,samurai were killed during the introductions. I think samurai has cool side and clumsy side
@@anonymous-xk3ex Samurai *shoots an arrow into the head of a foreign warrior, killing him. A letter containing the Samurai's introduction is attached to the arrow.* "Hey, I did introduce myself. Right? It's just a different delivery method!" 😁
@@anonymous-xk3ex Aw that's kinda sad lol
OMG! The artstyle of this video is amazing. Thats why i love TED-Ed's videos ,it has so much diversity in art as well as in knowlegde.
The art in this video is AMAZING! Wow. TedEd videos are always really good, but the art and design this time are just extra special. Thank you!
Whoa, this art style and animation are mind blowing.
Oh and learning anything about Japan is always nice.
I think its very interesting that every time samurais draw their swords they have to use it, they can't just take it our for no reason or to threaten people. I think it gives a clear idea of how dangerous weapons can be and that we need to use them with caution, especially samurai's swords, they say that even if you only touch the sword it can still break through your skin and make you bleed.
I truly love these Day in the Life narratives! they feel so personal and informative.
I am so happy for this upload! This and the poetry are my favorite series.
I love the animations in this, and the focus on one perspective makes it easy to follow. Thank you ted ed
The amazing art actually made me go back 200 yrs in Japan.I will be interested in more videos pertaining to history :)
This is the first time I am so early
Love from INDIA...❤❤❤❤
I'm a Lil late...
Aur bhai
This art is so aesthetically pleasing, I love it!
The animation and sound effects feel like I have started my training as samurai. Amazing, as always -Ted-ed.
I swear to God I would loooooove to read full-fledged novels on the characters you follow in this series!!!
I've been watching Ted-Ed for a while. I liked their videos. That is why I decided to create my own Channel. 👍🙂
Got it
This short video is a masterpiece, no doubt
The animation style is gorgeous.
Ted-ed: "Miyamoto"
Me: "Oh that person from nintendo?"
No, an ancient Japanese troll
XD
I'm no Japanese. But I wish to learn more about their routine in being a swordsman and learning literary arts cuz I found it fascinating.
Illustrations were incredible. Please do this as a series !
I love these days in the life videos. It give me lots of perspective.
Teenagers then: I must become a warrior so my father can retire proudly
Teenagers now: I am sad and deep
Well he actually want to be an artist like his hero, Miyamoto Musashi
He didnt care about his dad or taking his place home boi wanted to make art
Adults then: I must train to serve my country
Adults now: Karen took my kids so now I'm an alcoholic
*im sad and sleep
TopazDarkBlue , Sounds like a friend I had in high school
Samurai: Trains rigorously his whole life.
Normal People: Real-life Fruit Ninja
Me 😂
This was beautiful, thank you!
Chef kiss on TED-Ed's art styles, they always find ways to animate with the art style of the culture or topic in the video
The wakizashi was not only for ritual suicide. It was permitted to be carried indoors while the katana was left at the door. Additionally, Miyamoto Musashi was known to use both his katana and wakizashi in tandem.
This is by far my most favourite series by Ted-Ed!
Amazing video as always. I love these. Thank you very much, ted-ed team!
Ah yes, when Samurai Jack and MLAATR have a crossovers.
_My Life as a Teenage Samurai_
Dude you are everywhere
Yup
I was thinking the exact same thing 👌
this is really interesting!
Whoever thought and illustrated about this art style should have a pay raise.
Great art in the video, its great how you guys convey the visual representation along with the fantastic story telling. Keep it up!
I could watch this as an anime
The way he pronounced Awkward Japanese name.... just love it
Banshiro is epic man, I would love to watch more of his journey to be a painter.
TED Ed is Awesome! Always Makes Me Feel Good.
TED-Ed really got me out here cheering out loud when Banshirô convinced his father to let him go heck yeah Banshirô get that education !!!
Could you please do an episode centred around Indigenous Australian culture? I love this series and I think that would be really cool
I'd like to thank ted-ed for posting all of the videos which is an amazing work .
Wow, I want to see what happens next! thanks for always making viewers wanting to learn more :)
Next time: A day in the life of a teenage mutant ninja turtle
Europe at 1800 : Industrial revolution
Japan at 1800 : Samurai everywhere
Yes
That's actually really interesting! Nice video!!!
Once again, fantastic narration, story, and artwork!
Yeah, teenager me was playing minecraft, while Banshirô was dreaming to learn the arts, in the same time going through all that training and studying to become a samurai.
Really puts the Japanese culture in the perspective, huh.
Two very different time periods.
I'm sure modern Japanese 16 year olds play Minecraft too lol.
Japan year 1800, 200 years of uninterrupted peace,
a samurai who's never been in a battle
is like a green beret who never went to war.
Better be a warrior in the garden than a gardener in war ;)
These videos never fail to leave me smiling ♥️
Wow this art style is so beautiful.
They basically thought every necessary skills to them. We need this kinda education in the current era too
I need a sword class asap
Me when I was 10: I'm going to become the greatest samurai in the world
Me now: eating chips and watching this video
Wow every frame of this video is ART. And i'm feeling like a samurai now.
Well done and narrated, simply beautiful.