Japanese Reacts To "History of Japan" 【Reaction & Explanation】

hey guys it's R here today I'm going to react to the video called history of Japan this video has got more than 80 million views so far so in this video I want to review history of Japan with my knowledge let's get started Japan is an Island by the Sea filled with volcanoes and it's beautiful in the year negative a billion Japan might not have been here in the year negative 40,000 it was here and you could walk to it and some people walked to it then it got warmer some icebergs melted it became an island and now there lots of trees because it's warmer so now there's people on the island they're basically sort of hanging out in between the mountains eating nuts soft trees and using the latest technology like stones and bowls dingdong is the outside world and they have technology from the future like really good metal and crazy rice Farms now you can make a lot of rice really really quickly that means if you own the farm you own a lot of food which is something everybody needs to survive yeah so this is pretty important factor so before Rice farming they used to get food by hunting which was a nomadic lifestyle but after rice farming came into Japan they started to settle down in one place to take care of their rice fields and also rice has many calories so it was pretty good for them to survive so in short the rice farming has changed their Lifestyles so that makes you King rice you know of course that some rice fields are fertal and others are not so the gap between rich and poor appeared and and that's how they started to fight each other for their territories fing and race kingdoms spread across the land all the way to here the most important kingdoms were here here here here here here and here but this one was the most most important ruled by a super person or Emperor for short knock knock get the door it's religion the new Prince wants everyone to try this hot new religion from be please try this religion he said no said everybody try it he said no said everybody again quieter this time and so the religion was put into play so what I learned is that he adopted Buddhism because it was very suitable for controlling the country Buddhism back then reflected the idea about a hierarchical system like you should respect Pria people or something like that so it was not just religious purposes and all the rules that came with it then the government was taken over by another click and they made some reforms like making the government govern more and making the government more like China's government which is a government that governs more so at this point the government took away all the land that the people owned and they started to lend the same lands to the people and started to get taxes based on the lands I think it's easy to Guess that the people were not happy about that China they said hi said China can you call us something else other than said Japan like what said China how about Sunrise land so they called themselves Sunrise land and called China Sunset land this is pretty challenging right in Japanese we use the word nion as a translation of the word Japan you know Nong is made of s and tree no no no tree Nong is made of s and root and the sun rises in the East and Japan is located in the East compared to China Japan and they stole China's alphabet and wrote a book about themselves Kiki this is kind of Bible of Japan again this was also written to govern the country more easily by the story of a hierarchical society and the characters in this book appear in anime as well such as amas and then they made lots of poetry and art and another book about themselves then they stopped moving the capital every time the Emperor died and kept it in one place for a while right here and they conquered theth finally get that this why there Bor with modern Buddhism visits China and lears a better version which is more comes back reinvents the alphabet and causes art and literature to be for a long time and the Royal Palace turned into such a dream world of art that they really didn't give a about running the country so if you live outside the palace how are you supposed to protect your from criminals hire a samurai everyone started hiring Samurai do you remember that the land was taken away by the government and people had to pay tax for that so around this time people started giving up their land for not paying tax uh which is a big problem for the government so the government finally gave their lands back to the people which important people hired Samurai poor people who could not afford to hire Samurai did not hire samurai the samurai became organized the people had to defend their own lands from others and this is why they started hiring Samurai powerful more powerful than the government so they made their own military government here they let the emperor still be emperor but the Shogun is actually in control breaking news the Mongols have invaded China we've invaded China said the Mongols please respect us or else we might invade you as well okay said Japan so the Mongols came over Ready for War and died in a tornado but they tried again and had a nice time fighting with the Japanese but then died in a tornado then the emperor over so Mongolia was super strong and it was a big crisis for Japan and it was pretty lucky that the rainstorms happened twice to kill them and it's called kamaz in Japanese a tornado then the emperor overthrows the Shogun it then the Shogun it overthrows him back and moves to Kyoto and makes a new shogunate and the emperor can still dress like an emperor if he wants that's fine now there's more like painting with less colors collaborative poetry plays monkey fun tea parties tea parties te was quite a big move like the people were crazy about it even now we have lots of kissaten everywhere and anywhere in Japan the Kan in the center means key so the kissaten is a place where you can enjoy a relaxing time with tea that culture was quite powerful gardening architecture flowers it's time for who's going to be the next Shogun usually it's the shogun's kid but the Shogun doesn't have a kid so he tries to get his brother to quit being a monk and be the next Shogun he says okay but then the Shogun has a kid so now who's it going to be vote now on your phones and everyone voted so hard that the palace caught on fire and burned down the Shogun actually didn't care he was off somewhere doing poetry and the whole C you know this type of power struggles always happened in Japanese history broke into pieces everyone is fighting with each other for local power and it's anybody's game Knock Knock it's Europe no they're not here to take over they just want to sell some like clocks and guns and so that's cool but everyone's still fighting each other for control now with guns and wouldn't it be nice to control the capital which right now is puppets with no one controlling them this clan is ready to make a run for it but first they have to trample this smaller Clan which is in the way surprise the smaller Clan wins and the leader of that Clan steals the idea of invading theal invades the capital and it goes very well he's about halfway through conquering Japan someone who works for him kills him and then someone else who work so OD noaga was known as a very arrogant person and it said that because of that his subordinate killed him kills them and that guy finishes conquering Japan and then he confiscated everybody's swords and made some rules and now I'm going to invade Korea and then hopefully China he said and failed and also died but before he died he told these Five Guys to take care of his 5-year-old old son until he's old enough to be the next ruler of Japan and the Five Guys said yeah right it's not going to be this kid it's going to be one of us cuz we're grown-ups and it's probably going to be this guy who happens to be way more rich and powerful than the others a lot of people support him but a lot of people support not supporting him they have a fight and he wins and starts a new government right here and he still lets the emperor dress like an emperor and have very nice things but don't get confused this is the new government and they are very strict so strict they closed the country no one can leave and no one can come in except for the Dutch if they want to buy and sell but they have to do so what I learned is that the Dutch taugh Japanese people about other countries such as Spain and Portugal were trying to conquer Japan by bringing their own religion and no matter whether it was true or not Japan believed it and stopped trading with other countries and the purpose of the Dutch was to monopolize the trading with Japan so that worked right here now that the entire country was not at war with itself the population increased a lot business increased schools were built roads were built everyone learned to read books were published so in the Ed era it was peaceful for over 200 years poetry plays sexy times puppet shows and Dutch studies people started to study European science from books they bought from the Dutch we're talking geography skeletons physics chemistry astronomy and maybe even electricity in terms of Dutch studies I have a favorite story there was a guy named suak and he's a doctor and there was a Dutch book about human body and that book is called tah anatomia and he tried to translate that book into Japanese do you know how long it took to finish it took 4 years you know how convenient the current world is right over time the economic and cultural Prosperity began to gradually slow down knock knock it's the United States with huge boats with guns gun Box open the country stop having it be closed said the United States there was really nothing they could do so they signed a contract that lets United States Britain and Russia visit Japan anytime they want shushu and Satsuma hated this that sucks they said this sucks and with almost very little outside help they overthrew the Shogun it and somehow made the emperor the emperor again and moved him to Edo which they renamed Eastern Capital they made a new government which was a lot more Western they made a new Constitution that was pretty Western and a military that was pretty Western so they were in hurry not to get invaded by foreign countries and were trying to rebild the system of the government and do you know what else is Western that's right it's conquering stuff so what can we conquer Korea they conquer Korea taking it from its previous owner China and then go a little bit further and Russia rushes in out of nowhere and says stop no you can't take that we were going to build a railroad through here to try to get some warm water and Russia builds their railroad supervised by a ton of soldiers and then when the railroad was done they downgraded to a ton did I say downgrade and an upgrade and Japan says can you maybe chill and Russia says how about maybe you chill Japan is kind of scared of Russia you'll never guess who's also kind of scared of Russia Great Britain so Japan and Great Britain make an alliance together so they can be a little less scared of Russia feeling confident Japan goes to war against Russia just for a moment and then they both get tired and stop it's time for World War I the world is about to have a war because it's the 1900s and weapons are getting crazy and all these Empires are excited to try them out on each other meanwhile Japan has been enjoying conquering stuff and wants more and the next thing on their list is this part of China and lots of tiny islands all that stuff belongs to Germany which just had war declared on it by Britain because Britain was friends with Belgium which was being trespassed by Germany in order to get to France to kick France's ass because France is friends with Russia who was getting ready to kick Austria's ass because Austria was getting ready to kick Serbia's ass because someone from Serbia shot the leader of Austria's ass or actually shot him in the head and Britain is currently friends with Japan so you know what that means the Japan which they wanted to do anyway so they called Britain to sort of let them know and then they did it and they also helped Britain a little here and there with some errands and stuff now the war is over and congratulations Japan you technically fought in the War which means you get to sit at the negotiating table with the big dudes where they decided who owns what and yes Japan gets to keep all that they stole from Germany you so because of World War I Japan became Rich Japan exported so many products to Foreigners for their war and they got lots of money so get to join the postwar mega Alliance the League of Nations whose mission statement is to try not to take over the world the Great Depression is bad and Japan's economy is now crappy but the milit yeah so even after the war Japan still kept creating the product but exporting them was no longer needed so that's how the economy started to decrease is doing just fine and it invades menuria in the League of Nations it's like no don't do that if you're in the League of Nations you're not supposed to take over the world and Japan said how about I do anyway and Japan invaded more and more and more and more of China and was planning to invade the entire East You've Got Mail it's from Germany the new leader of Germany he has a cool mustache and he's trying to take over the world and needs friends this also got forwarded to Italy they all decided to be friends because they had so much in common it's time for World War I Germany is invading the neighbors then they invade the neighbors neighbors then the neighbors neighbors neighbors who happened to be Britain said holy and the United States started helping Britain because they are and started not helping Japan because they're friends and our friends are not friends plus they're planning on invading the entire ocean the United States is also working on a large very huge bomb bigger than any other bomb ever just in case but they still haven't joined the war war looks bad on TV and the United States is really starting to care about their image but then Japan spits on them in Hawaii and challenges them to war and they say yes and then Germany as a symbol of friendship declares war on the United States also so the United States goes to war in Europe and they help the gang Chase Germany back into Germany and they also start chasing Japan back into Japan and they haven't used the bomb yet and are curious to see if it works so they drop it on Japan they actually dropped two United States uh last month the movie Oppenheimer was published in Japan so I should watch it installed a new government inspired by the United States government with just the right ingredients for up econom miracle and Japan starts making TVs VCRs Automobiles and camc again also because of the war between the US and Russia we got rich by exporting like products to the US you know the sarcasm of the war as fast as they can and also better than everybody else they get rich and the economy goes wild and then the miracle wears off but everything still pretty cool I guess oh that's it so i' say the cre of this video is genius right uh do you remember the Edo ERA this era was pretty chill and peaceful and it lasted for over 200 years actually I've never thought that any War would happen in Japan in the future but you know it's just around 80 years since the end of the war in Japan I guess people in the Edo era also have never thought about the war in Japan but it happened so now I'm kind of scared of the War anyway uh thank you for watching my video I hope you could learn something from this on my channel I talk about various topics in Japan if you like this video uh please hit the good button and subscribe to my channel see you

Channel: Ryusei from Japan

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Length: 15min 13sec (913 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 14 2024