First Japanese Visitor After Sakoku Describes European Life // 1862 Tokugawa Embassy Primary Source

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More from Japanese national icon Fukuzawa Yukichi. After his groundbreaking trip to America, here we have the first detailed Japanese perspective of Europe, after the Sakoku period of isolation. England, France, Holland and Russia.
Extract from The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi translated by Eiichi Kiyooka, 1934 edition.
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@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Hello! So, continuing the adventures of Fukuzawa Yukichi. Here he is as part of the first Japanese embassy to Europe after the Sakoku period of isolation. Hope you enjoy it! Let me know if you would like to see a third and final part...because it's coming Saturday!

@yodef6828 4 жыл бұрын

Good video

@MAGICOmagique 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating.

@henryasselin123 4 жыл бұрын

You should do like an hour video just about this guy this is gold

@fraserhenderson7839 4 жыл бұрын

What a ride! I am Completely Engaged in this character. Thank you! This gentleman has his head screwed on correctly. He is a kind of Marco Polo in a different setting and with higher morals. He exhibits such grace and wisdom. I ache that there is no video record of this man. Those living today will never experience the cultural divides this adventurous soul worked so hard to bridge. We know now about each other's peculiarities because of him and those of his mindset. His manner of thinking and action brings the world closer together wherever it happens.

@killerkonnat 4 жыл бұрын

Is there more to his story, or was this the end? This and the first European visitors to Japan have been my favourite stories so far.

@Pedro-et2pu 4 жыл бұрын

"Nearly all the people I've talked to were eager to come to Japan " Them OG weeabos

@nuralibolataev4474 4 жыл бұрын

I don't wanna be "that guy" but...eager, sorry.

@Pedro-et2pu 4 жыл бұрын

@@nuralibolataev4474 lul

@tonytomato100 4 жыл бұрын

@@nuralibolataev4474 he's typing in accents

@honkeyhoohaa9307 4 жыл бұрын

Sweetbutter Cupcakes Lol atleast they cared about Japanese traditional culture. Cant say the same about Weebs.

@mhikosale7233 4 жыл бұрын

Wait so the whole weabo thing was heridetary all along

@Growmetheus 3 жыл бұрын

Dude went from “can i buy a house” to “I WILL CONQUER HOLLAND” way too fast.

@rider8751 3 жыл бұрын

it is never too fast

@heliotropezzz333 3 жыл бұрын

And the Dutch only understood the question in terms of trade (merchants). They used to have a saying 'God is good, but trade is better'.

@DutchmanDavid 3 жыл бұрын

@@heliotropezzz333 welk gezegde is dat?

@swamidude2214 3 жыл бұрын

Basically what we did in other countries, buy land from the locals, then build a fortress on it xd

@heliotropezzz333 3 жыл бұрын

@@DutchmanDavid It's the saying I quoted. 'God is good but trade is better'. I'm not sure who said it. I'll have to check. I can't find it on google but my husband told me of it. P.S. Apparently it is a Dutch proverb.

@ginochristiano1397 4 жыл бұрын

"Prussia...spreading like a rising sun." *foreshadowing*

@semiperfekt 4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@buzzyinurface 4 жыл бұрын

Only a few years later Germany was formed when Prussia steamrolled France in the Franco Prussian war

@fumomofumosarum5893 4 жыл бұрын

yet, he didn't even visit it apparently : (

@michaelbalfour3170 4 жыл бұрын

Literally paused the video to find such a comment. Was not disappointed lol

@kissarococo2459 3 жыл бұрын

Claiming to be a prussian today is a revolutionary act.

@B0XMATTER 4 жыл бұрын

3:45 Just imagine for a moment. Walking to get a cup of coffee to you and your companion waiting for you in your hotel room. Suddenly, a group of no less than ten samurai, confused and lost, face you in the hallway, swords, ponytails and all. Must have been quite a sight indeed.

@rogerr.8507 3 жыл бұрын

damn my revolver only has 6 shots, i guess ill have to shoot the chandelier!

@futavadumnezo 3 жыл бұрын

It's crazy today not to mention back then. Japan was and always be that awkward and weird cousin of the World.

@Xandros999 3 жыл бұрын

The Lost Samurai, sequel to The Lost Vikings.

@ShonaMcCarthy 3 жыл бұрын

None of them were samurai. All of them were diplomats.

@basedeltazero714 3 жыл бұрын

@@ShonaMcCarthy Those are not mutually exclusive. At all, and while they weren't all samurai, a significant number including Fukuzawa Yukichi were.

@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 4 жыл бұрын

The stories of these diplomats honestly feel like period fiction, the fact that they're real makes it so wholesome

@Mnnvint 4 жыл бұрын

Remember it was written down considerably later, at a time everyone had a much better understanding of what was going on.

@shen1801 4 жыл бұрын

Gives you a really nice perspective on how things used to be like 100 years ago

@growingmelancholy8374 4 жыл бұрын

Who said it's real?

@RefinedRetroReviews 4 жыл бұрын

@@growingmelancholy8374 that sir is by nature what calling something a primary source is. A historian is arguing that it can at least be used as source of what one person's view of the past was.

@jed-henrywitkowski6470 4 жыл бұрын

He mentioned an observing an arrogant Brit... I, an American have something in common with this long-dead Japanese man. And his surname is Alcock, to boot! I was a salesperson in a mall once, when I observed two English service members walking in step, with one another. Their demeanor was saying, we are English troops back on American soil, and there is nothing any of you Yanks can do about it. If I had not been on company time, I likely have approached the whole situation, rather differently.

@caesar4237 4 жыл бұрын

What a humble fellow. When he receives his salary the first thing he does is give it to his parents instead of blowing it on something.

@GiveMeBackMyUsernameYouTube 4 жыл бұрын

It astounds and disgusts me the amount of millionaire footballers today whose parents are left dirt poor because their own child doesn't see fit to give back to those that raised them. Honestly, I don't want much in the way of material possessions, I have pretty much everything I want or need, but if I ever became rich I can think of so many things I could do to make my parents' lives better. A new leg so my mother wouldn't be stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of her life would be a good start.

@juanzulu1318 4 жыл бұрын

@@GiveMeBackMyUsernameKZfaq honoring the older is a cultural thing. We in the West seem to have lost it or maybe never had.

@Pittigpiertje 4 жыл бұрын

@@GiveMeBackMyUsernameKZfaq do you have examples? i have big doubts about your claim

@M4gl4d 4 жыл бұрын

@@GiveMeBackMyUsernameKZfaq On the ther hand, consider the huge number of child actors whose education was destroyed because their parents wanted to make money off their children's talent, and were thus raised as penyless and uneducated adults because their parents did not give them ANY education, and got all the money from their children's contracts.

@Aiveq 4 жыл бұрын

that like... what many of us would do. think if you suddenly received 1 mil of local currency, wouldnt you share some of it with close ones? yes, many would

@lightzpy8049 3 жыл бұрын

Japanese people in Paris: "Too many alleyways and doors" Japan Tokyo in 21st century: *HOLD MY BEER*

@TheSuperKiwy 3 жыл бұрын

Guess they had to compensate

@hhero4841 3 жыл бұрын

@Pikora Animation hold my ochinchin

@staycgirlsitsgoingdown4745 3 жыл бұрын

@@hhero4841 👁️👄👁️

@hhero4841 3 жыл бұрын

@hij hold my unko kek

@arb985 3 жыл бұрын

Hold my biiru

@n0isyturtle 3 жыл бұрын

"We were overburdened by the useless gear we brought so we shoved it off onto some poor sap and acted like it was a gift." and thus the rumors of Japanese being great gift givers began...

@jonathanwells223 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like half of the MMO players I know

@nopingengie2102 3 жыл бұрын

Selling off common quality items

@AbsolXGuardian 3 жыл бұрын

I mean if he meant a servant by a lesser member of the welcoming committee, it would legimately be a nice gift for his family and community.

@dans9097 3 жыл бұрын

@@AbsolXGuardian Seriously though, a diplomatic envoy's supply of food is probably pretty substantial, and given it's rice it could store well. Being suddenly given your family's grocery budget in a year, alongside trinkets that in Europe might sell for their novelty alone, that's quite the gift. Food and general goods are cheap in much of the modern world, but most don't appreciate that barely a century or two ago, even a full set of cutlery might be a luxury.

@idot3331 4 жыл бұрын

I like how the most confusing thing for him was understanding two-party politics and parliament. Watch a video from the house of commons today and it's still just a bunch of people yelling at each other.

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

Ooordah, oooordah!

@juanzulu1318 4 жыл бұрын

I find it interesting that it was hard for him to see the difference between fighting with words and fighting wirh weapons.

@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 4 жыл бұрын

While the presiding officer is screaming "Order!" in the most British manner possible and being a pompous git about...

@HeriSuranegara 4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisAldamiz oh.. i know that reference

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

@@juanzulu1318 - True. I guess that Japan was (and to some extent still is) such a hierarchical society that divergence of opinion within a common (national) framework was not conceived: either you agree with the Emperor or you agree with the Emperor, there's no choice.

@DevonPalmer98 4 жыл бұрын

This guy’s life was super rad, can’t believe I never heard of him before this series

@thekhans2823 4 жыл бұрын

@ Devon Palmer , Well you have now

@ConstantinKlose-sj4mb 4 жыл бұрын

That's the thing right? We never hear of non-western travellers (or even other important people besides the occasional Genghis Khan). We always see the world through the perspective of the Westerner discovering things.

@DevonPalmer98 4 жыл бұрын

天龍 Surprised only one movie has been made about him in the 90’s, this would be the perfect story to adapt. A reverse on the usual western traveler cliche would be nice to see

@scorpixel1866 4 жыл бұрын

@@ConstantinKlose-sj4mb No, we flat out don't hear anything beside the most known ones and our own national figures, do you know about commandant Cousteau? He's reputed for his immense contribution to marine life research here in France, what about General Leclerc or Jean Moulin, the second and third most important leaders of the résistance, Moulin is even a martyr as he died from torture in the hands of the germans. And i couldn't get the name of any non pre-germany important figure, because i'm not German and i would have to actively search instead of opening school manuals (as far as what's asked in university) to know about it. There's no worldwide bias toward "westerners" there's bias toward our own ones and the ones that shaped history on the front scene.

@brianlav1 4 жыл бұрын

@@scorpixel1866 I thought everyone knew about Jacques-Yves Cousteau. He did an English documentary series. He is probably less familiar with the younger generations. I loved his show and inspired by him.

@tobiasglendenning7966 4 жыл бұрын

I have absolutely fallen in love with Fukuzama Yukichi's writings. He feels so human, it really humanises the past.

@iancanavan2324 3 жыл бұрын

I agree Tobias. I wonder how he would feel about us now in the future. It’s a very interesting listen.

@ayymao1017 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, because going by progressiveness it was impossible that humans existed before 2008- I mean before we abolish all cops. Everything was just evil and demon and misery.

@kwj_nekko_6320 3 жыл бұрын

Go to your local bank (better if it's specialized for foreign exchanges), pay approximately $100 and boom! You have your own Fukuzawa Yukichi portrait in handheld size!!!

@jceepf 3 жыл бұрын

But he is detested by the other Asians as you can imagine. In part, because he realized rapidly that neither China nor Korea could modernize. Thus Japan had to become like the West, ultimately imperialist. It is hard to blame 100% the Japanese for that reaction to Korean and Chinese arrogance.

@user-si7so1kb5j 2 жыл бұрын

@@jceepf huh? Japan helped modernize China and South Korea because of the fear that Asia would become a prey to Europe. But it turned into a wrong choice when it could be done by colonization.

@Metaphix 4 жыл бұрын

lol his synopsis could've been "The people are nice, governments are annoying tho" Perfect description of Europe

@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect example of the whole world honestly.

@napoleon8017 4 жыл бұрын

@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge not america

@vincentcabezas7147 4 жыл бұрын

@@dr282 nah not america

@vincentcabezas7147 4 жыл бұрын

@@dr282 thats true, but not the part about "people are nice"

@automnejoy5308 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, democracy does tend to be petty and annoying because you actually have to let people voice opinions. Imagine that.

@DsfgrdLzrd 4 жыл бұрын

Russian Evoys said they could claim the world by painting it red? They were truely ahead of their time xD

@DennisTrovato 4 жыл бұрын

They were obviously bluffing. There is no way they actually had that amount of red paint.

@slavj 4 жыл бұрын

@@DennisTrovato Arghm... Soviet... *Cough*

@Cd5ssmffan 4 жыл бұрын

@@slavj no shit

@houstonhelicoptertours1006 4 жыл бұрын

But instead: communism and breadlines :^)

@CleversonSantos 4 жыл бұрын

Lol...trully

@anonimosu7425 4 жыл бұрын

*will it be fine for a foreigner to buy a piece of land to build a fortress*

@Balajohn_ 4 жыл бұрын

Asking for a friend

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

As long as it is an unarmed fortress...

@-gemberkoekje-5547 4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisAldamiz I geuss that does make sense. Just, allow them to build whatever they want, but make it illegal to station any troops there.

@josefstalin4532 4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisAldamiz Not really, firearms were pretty much as unregulated as they were in the United States until roughly the 1890s

@shudheshvelusamy7644 4 жыл бұрын

I think one of the reasons he asked that question was that in many colonies of European countries, many Europeans bought land then built fortresses on them, which sometimes caused conflicts.

@connormcsweeney9489 3 жыл бұрын

“Napoleon III was the greatest statesmen of his time” Otto Von Bismarck: Halte mein bier

@emilnarud5955 3 жыл бұрын

Life comes at you fast

@northwestpassage6234 3 жыл бұрын

German laughing*

@e.s.6275 3 жыл бұрын

@@northwestpassage6234 ein Volk! ein Kanzlerin! ein Rei... errr... Euro!

@northwestpassage6234 3 жыл бұрын

@@e.s.6275 woah man, did you come up with that yourself? What a profound take man, it’s like, the EU, is like totally the 4th reich man. Like it’s pretty much, like, the exact same thing as the third reich, man. Shut up, boomer.

@SiriusSphynx 2 жыл бұрын

@@northwestpassage6234 you're cringe

@stumilesyt 4 жыл бұрын

I actually read this book when I studied at Hokkaido Uni for a year, it was so expensive you weren't allowed to take it out the library! Amazing read though, Fukuzawa is pretty funny even if he wouldn't admit it himself! Thanks for doing it justice

@simtak89 3 жыл бұрын

Keio Uni has a free pdf of the original book on their website now!

@Ennocb 3 жыл бұрын

Tak Oshima Oh what! Where? I wanna read it! Gonna search for it rn

@Ennocb 3 жыл бұрын

Found it!

@jasonchen6840 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ennocb can you give a link?

@moritamikamikara3879 3 жыл бұрын

@@simtak89 Link pls

@fledadmiral8826 4 жыл бұрын

Today Yukichi travels everywhere in this world as a paper currency

@gogl0l386 4 жыл бұрын

Ey that's a beautiful poetic point

@antikokalis 4 жыл бұрын

That was beautiful. Thank you

@darthcheney7447 4 жыл бұрын

Very fitting that he should be on the currency

@ulutiu 4 жыл бұрын

He's the guy on 10,000 yen notes

@samuraijaydee 4 жыл бұрын

Which note is he on?

@balazskiss3695 4 жыл бұрын

The Japanese: *arrived to Russia* The Russians: Hey, wanna see me yank a stone out of this guy's kidney?

@KHtrinity1 4 жыл бұрын

@Buddha Buddha How does "Masculine" have any relevance?

@jimbob3332 4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, the Japanese physicians seemed all for it.

@Typhy7 4 жыл бұрын

@@KHtrinity1 Come on. Don't be a pathetic SJW.

@KHtrinity1 4 жыл бұрын

@@Typhy7 it's a valid question

@LoGStein 4 жыл бұрын

@@Typhy7 How is it pathetic to ask what a surgery has to do with masculinity. It's a matter of science and research, completely unrelated to gender. So the question is valid.

@flintyleader7168 3 жыл бұрын

France: Bonjour Misure, enjoy your stay at our one of our greatest hotels and sample our fine foods Britain: Greetings sirs, let us debate political theory Holland: Hallo our friends from the east, make yourselves comfortable Russia: Hey kids wanna see a dead body

@Terminatror43 3 жыл бұрын

*Monsieur

@fatitankeris6327 3 жыл бұрын

An operated body isn't always dead I thought...

@warlock5718 3 жыл бұрын

@@fatitankeris6327 just go with the joke, comrade.

@sunhoodednomadranger 3 жыл бұрын

Ancient Greek Philosophers: " too bad we never meet those japanese embassy to ask them deep ass question's : ( "

@psiFellow 3 жыл бұрын

@Longface John Don't comment in English when you have nothing

@gibbethoskins8621 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine walking around London at that time dressed like that and casually carrying... two Samurai swords 😆

@jamiej5229 3 жыл бұрын

dont forget they are trained in swords, they must have felt pretty save ;)

@TheDemons2011 3 жыл бұрын

Jamie J in a country that had guns? Yeah no.

@michaelsrite822 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the blks in london now.... Except our "diverse" people carry machetes instead. "Diversity is our strength" and all that bullshit.

@carolesmith4864 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelsrite822 Yeah, and the English people have no guns. Or butter knives.

@Wiktorino1984 3 жыл бұрын

In that times people walk with sabre.

@wyattrivers700 4 жыл бұрын

I like the inclusion of the anecdote at 7:55 This confusion was reflective of all Japanese attitudes at the time. The concept of public speaking and debate were utterly foreign to Japan. A feudal society doesn't have need for debate after all; one is expected to follow one's master without question. In order to try to explain this concept of public speaking, Fukuzawa had to invent an entirely new word, _enzetsu_ (演説). When Fukuzawa returned to Japan, he wrote a series of books called _Seiyo Jijo_ (Conditions in the West) describing how Western people lived. These were written in plain Japanese vernacular, as opposed to scholarly Chinese, allowing the common people of Japan to learn about these foreign lands. It was immensely popular.

@Ruhrpottpatriot 4 жыл бұрын

Not quite. In a feudal society (as opposed to an absolutist one), there's lots of debate. Yes, you owe your allegienace to a lord, but the lord owes you equivalent amounts back in protection, it's a symbiotic relationship, in theory at least. No feudal society was entirely feudal, no absolutist society was entirely absolutist. Sparse public speaking and debate is a distintively asian trait, however.

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

Most interesting. I thought something on the line you say but you explain it better than I could.

@wyattrivers700 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ruhrpottpatriot That's perhaps a better way to put it; it's the strict hierarchy of Japanese society that was responsible for the lack of public speaking and debate, not its feudal system.

@whyuhatan 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the members of the anti-foreigner movement for not happy about that

@kirgan1000 4 жыл бұрын

What do "enzetsu" translate to? Public argumentation?

@scrambled5948 4 жыл бұрын

There should be a movie based on this guy

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

Not enough action, it'd be "nouvelle vague".

@griffca4814 4 жыл бұрын

I think there is. An old Japanese movie

@jamesmeyer6081 4 жыл бұрын

I think you misspelled 5 Season Television Series

@rokkfel4999 4 жыл бұрын

James Meyer the story of yukichis journeys or the Japanese diplomat either one works

@brachiator1 4 жыл бұрын

A movie would be very cool. Of course, you would have to add a love interest. ;) I am curious, though, as to whether he met or had opinions about European women.

@AC39942 3 жыл бұрын

Japanese: Arrive in Europe Also Japanese: Where can I cook my rice?

@risasb 3 жыл бұрын

What, did you forget to bring your Zojirushi?

@ChlnkGuuk 3 жыл бұрын

In Spain

@ChlnkGuuk 3 жыл бұрын

@@erent7455 We do care as much as Americans eat Burgers ;-)

@jinhunterslay1638 3 жыл бұрын

I’m from Taiwan, and I might the only Asian student around my campus who don’t use a rice cooker because I learned to use my cooking pot to cook rice (WAY more difficult compared to a rice cooker though)

@drfye 3 жыл бұрын

@@erent7455 couldn't they just cook it in a pot with boiling water? or microwave?

@marcolin7721 4 жыл бұрын

"The country in Europe which gave us the kindest welcome, was Holland." Mooi!

@robertdegroot8302 4 жыл бұрын

It's because we used to be the only country (apart from China) that was allowed to trade with Japan for 250 years before that point. See William Adams' fascinating story.

@appleslover 4 жыл бұрын

Just makes me love the dutch even more

@AdmiralVortex 4 жыл бұрын

"We don't want any foreigners!" "... except the Dutch. You gotta love those guys!"

@yvonnecampbell7036 4 жыл бұрын

Gelukkig ja ;)

@maximus4375 3 жыл бұрын

apple's lover, wait. Is that a person who actually likes The Netherlands? Woah, don’t see much of those on the internet

@2012escapee1 4 жыл бұрын

I like this guy. He has an open spirit of adventure.

@chiefpurrfect8389 4 жыл бұрын

Sending his money to his mom, being embarrassed on his friend's behalf for not knowing european bathroom etiquette, dancing around admitting blood/gore scares him clearly being embarrassed about it... Dude was a cinnamon roll.

@More_Row 4 жыл бұрын

Chief Purrfect Hes A decent thinking human, unsure what you mean by cinnamon roll but I’m guessing you’re calling him a pussy or something?

@KipTM 4 жыл бұрын

Moriarty Vivaldi more so seems like infantilzation than that

@diablo.the.cheater 4 жыл бұрын

@@More_Row I am not sure, but I think saying someone is a "cinnamon roll" is praise, like saying cute or heartwarming.

@dragonbane4577 4 жыл бұрын

@@More_Row it means hes sweet and likeably

@checkmate9099 4 жыл бұрын

its kinda weird to hear a wholesome story of travelling in the past. Most stories that we hear(or that we remember most) are the ones of anger/hate/violence/wars. Here? Just some guys stepping into a world they have heard so much about, yet never experienced.

@Tanerion 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, people forget that life back then was mostly peaceful for normal people. Exploration and adventure were some of the few things they had to keep themselves from getting bored. Most young men in my country wanted to go sailing and see the world. Too many people only know about history from movies and documentaries and everyday life isn't prominently featured in those.

@checkmate9099 4 жыл бұрын

Percival Hans , I disagree All it takes to change the world, is the will of a single man. Nelson Mandela, Ghandi, Napoleon.(they changed the world, for better or for worse)

@Neion8 4 жыл бұрын

@@checkmate9099 Yet those men would've been as nothing without those that took up their will and stood beside them. Leaders can only lead when followers follow.

@DBT1007 4 жыл бұрын

It's you that read less. Know about ibnu battuta? He's the most famous world adventurer.

@checkmate9099 4 жыл бұрын

Neion8, true But that still means that a single man can be a threat. Enough to change History, change the world. Butterfly effect.

@mysteriousdude280 4 жыл бұрын

Pride in his culture, respect for others, humble, high self drive, love of his country and a great desire and dedication of learning new things and everything. Makes you understand why and how Japan was able to make such a big leap in a very short time

@eamon5468 4 жыл бұрын

This guy was the man. Haters gone hate he just wants to do his thing and take care of momma, class act.

@TheHadMatters 4 жыл бұрын

Jerry, get a job.

@Big_E_Soul_Fragment 4 жыл бұрын

Fukuzawa Yukichi's Bizarre Adventure: Europe Arc

@irongeneral7861 4 жыл бұрын

Today, Europe. Tomorrow, ZA WARRRRRRRRRRUDO!

@kouron 4 жыл бұрын

Sadly they cut the Berlin Books :_(

@mueezadam8438 3 жыл бұрын

Waltz like an Englishman

@rootintootinputin5898 3 жыл бұрын

Fuyu's Bizarre Adventure

@chilliam00 3 жыл бұрын

@@irongeneral7861 STAR PLACHINUM. ZAAA WARRUDDOOO.

@spyrofrost9158 4 жыл бұрын

"Yeah I had some down time so I wrote a Japanese to English dictionary."

@thehoneyeffect 3 жыл бұрын

That made me lol

@justinnamuco9096 3 жыл бұрын

He made something useful

@jonathanwells223 3 жыл бұрын

@•PikoraGhoul • *distracted, being lazy implies that you have the time and are not occupied yet do nothing anyway

@red2theelectricboogaloo961 3 жыл бұрын

@•PikoraGhoul • i guess but nowadays people are at least looking for information. even if it might be misinformation

@ronj9448 3 жыл бұрын

No freakin KZfaq, cellphones, text messages and other worthless activities. I read a book a month, I used to read a book a week. Too many interesting items steal your time - forever.

@goldengear22 4 жыл бұрын

"what if someone were to build a fortress" Dutchman: *Nervous sweating*

@anarchyandempires5452 3 жыл бұрын

Why? They can let them build their fort......and then tax the ever lovin' hell out of it!!!!!

@thegradyfiles3272 3 жыл бұрын

It’s genius

@goldengear22 3 жыл бұрын

@Robert Campbell I think it's more like the "what about roads" phenomenon that happens today when the topic of libertarianism is debated. The Japanese were amazed at the dichotomy between morality and practicality. They were testing the idea of the free market in Amsterdam by challenging it with something they assumed would bring outrage, but the response they got was that it would of course be morally permissable and entirely legal, but in the real world why would any rational person have that concern?

@HDrobveelben 3 жыл бұрын

Aidhog the Dutchman would be thinking how much money can be made from that?

@goldengear22 3 жыл бұрын

@@HDrobveelben no, he lives in the reality of the chances of anyone doing that are slim to none because of the lack of economic sense

@fatosreaisdeverdade 4 жыл бұрын

Fukuzawa is an absolute legend in Japan and maybe its most influential intellectual, even though he never held any government position. This was a guy that defended things like free speech and gender equality when samurais with katanas still walked around and people thought the emperor was a literal god.

@kn2549 3 жыл бұрын

Well, what do you expect? You’re comparing one individual who had the chance to actually go overseas and experience western civilization for the purpose of researching to a group of warrior class(samurai) that never left their province. The existence of the emperor itself were almost like a myth to the common Japanese people, except for the few high ranking daimyos.

@richardcleaver5440 3 жыл бұрын

Probably most Japanese think of him as the founder of Keio University, one of the most prestigious private universities in the country. His picture is on the 10,000 yen note.

@kn2549 3 жыл бұрын

And to say that he “defended” western free speech and western “gender equality” is ridiculous since those things were almost foreign to Japan at that time. He didnt “defend” anything, he INTRODUCED them to Japan. Atleast learn a bit about Japanese history if you want to act like you know about my country.

@fatosreaisdeverdade 3 жыл бұрын

@@kn2549 That is a very pedantic take, sure, say introduce instead of defend them, the argument remains the same, he was a champion of enlightenment values in a feudal society. P.S. I'm a research fellow at Waseda with a 文部科学省奨学金, for whatever it is worth...

@kn2549 3 жыл бұрын

@@fatosreaisdeverdade No, “defending” free speech and gender equality is completely different from introducing them to an almost isolated country. 研究が足りていないんじゃねえかお前？

@yodef6828 4 жыл бұрын

I really like how he discovers the geopolitical situation of Europe at that time, and how bizarre it is for him as he's coming from Japan. I'd like to see more of that honestly.

@antonioscendrategattico2302 4 жыл бұрын

After all, Japan had mostly been at war with itself for most of its history. The closest neighbors were Korea and the immovable giant that was China. Rather different from the precarious peaces and endless rivalries in Europe.

@yaosio 4 жыл бұрын

Europe was already well on it's way to WW1 even though it was still 52 years away. The Franco-Prussian war happened 8 years afterwards in 1870, which resulted in an arms race. in 1888 Friedrich Engels said that the only war possible for Prussia was a world war, one in which all the devastation of the 30 years war would be condensed into 3 or 4 years. The entire continent would embroiled in this war, with famine and pestilence spreading everywhere, and the crowns being struck down. WW1 destroyed many feudal empires.

@herrakaarme 4 жыл бұрын

@@yaosio The trip depicted in the video happened during the last years of the Tokugawa shogunate, which means Japan itself was just about to enter its own civil war, resulting in the final collapse of the ultra conservative shogunate and the seek for the modernisation with the new Meiji era.

@JakeN482 4 жыл бұрын

The tremendous political upheaval that was occurring was barely even documented by Fukuzawa here, and it still was so much for a feudalist envoy to process. He seemed to only talk with people who already had significant political or economic power during this trip, which means he completely missed the beginnings of radical socialism and syndicalism brewing among the workers. Very interesting times.

@MrSomebodyyy 4 жыл бұрын

Jake4 Socialism was a very fringe thing until WW1.

@HrHaakon 4 жыл бұрын

A ryo had a nominal value of about 15g of gold. 400 * 15 = 6000. So nominally, he was given 6kg of gold.

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@Elmithian 4 жыл бұрын

That's pretty hefty even in today's society

@IudiciumInfernalum 4 жыл бұрын

Damn, that's a lot of gold.

@jic1 4 жыл бұрын

Which, at current prices, is roughly $336,312.

@Louiscare 4 жыл бұрын

yeah, my conversion gives that in reality 100 ryo would be at least 100 000 USD nowadays, probably even more. there is no way in knowing for sure though

@admiralbutterscotch5147 4 жыл бұрын

Starting to think Napoleon could of just bought Holland with that loophole.

@AdmiralVortex 4 жыл бұрын

If he had, I'm convinced it'd be the most Dutch thing he's ever done

@roodborstkalf9664 3 жыл бұрын

He didn't have the money, so he took the forts without paying.

@drpepper3838 3 жыл бұрын

Netherlands is small but do you really think he had enough money to buy all of the Netherlands...please

@xandercorp6175 3 жыл бұрын

@@drpepper3838 Just enough of the Netherlands to build a strategic fort that would have given him Holland. Investment, my good man.

@viracocha6093 3 жыл бұрын

*could have

@DrOwn-hq9ot 3 жыл бұрын

"Ok, so let's say that some foreigner, from anywhere really, wanted to purchase some land" "Well that's quite alright" "Well what if, hypothetically, this was a very large piece of land, would they be able to do anything with it?" "Surely!" "Can I build a fort?"

@linhhoang1363 3 жыл бұрын

Sure! Why not?

@marcusaurelius4941 Жыл бұрын

came from feudal Japan and immidiately asked if he could create feudalism

@El-Californio 4 жыл бұрын

In Spain there's a small village where the descendants of some Japanese samurai reside

@El-Californio 4 жыл бұрын

@shishming Coria del Río

@erika002 4 жыл бұрын

Is it related to this? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ea6FeMWdzNTbhmQ.html

@nachoolo 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Their surname is Japón if I remember correctly, as it seems that their original Japanese surnames were a mouthful for the locals. If I remember correctly, not long ago a really bad Spanish comedy was made about it, with the protagonist becoming the Emperor of Japan because he was the last person in the family line. Edit: Found it (site on Spanish, btw) www.filmaffinity.com/es/film463046.html

@TheFreshEC 4 жыл бұрын

Those are from an earlier time, they left the samurai there and took some priests with them instead. Hasekura Tsunenaga wanted Japan to open up trade with Spain as well as converting the Japanese people to Christianity. When he went back to Japan, though, all foreigners were banned as well as their religions with exception of the Dutch.

@mikicerise6250 4 жыл бұрын

I had no idea... this is awesome! :D

@tommeakin1732 4 жыл бұрын

This was a pleasure to listen to this. To be frank, he's far more pleasant, curious and open than I've grown to expect from the Japanese of this broad period. Obviously I already knew that not everyone within a culture is going to feel the same way as "the mainstream" permits, but I think this is the first time I've heard an account from a Japanese person from the pre-modern period that wasn't layered with a kind of condescending superiority. This is the kind of guy you want to be your ambassador

@saint_matthias 4 жыл бұрын

It was refreshing indeed!

@juanzulu1318 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed a very unusual, remarkable, warm, open minded and free thinking person. He later on became the founder of the first japanese university. No wonder....

@KamiKaZantA 4 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to place a man like that in a modern metropolis with buildings hundreds of meters tall.

@aswler 4 жыл бұрын

I believe he was an interpreter. Often a difference to the people these professionals interpret for.

@francisdrake6622 4 жыл бұрын

@@juanzulu1318 WOW. Thanks for that information!

@Kriosaivak 4 жыл бұрын

Someone really needs to make a movie about this guy’s life.

@Novusod 4 жыл бұрын

A Netflix series would be better. Season 1 America Season 2 Europe Season 3 ?

@anhduc0913 4 жыл бұрын

@@Novusod season 3 japan civil war to remove the shogunate and open up to the world. Yes it's real events.

@anarchyandempires5452 3 жыл бұрын

@@anhduc0913 season 4: American mercenaries and weapons. Season 5: Why the fuck are there so many american samurai!? Season 6: modernization. Season 7: Mexico and becoming Cristian. Season 8: kickin' the bucket.

@shadowbirdcat7500 3 жыл бұрын

@@anarchyandempires5452 wait what happen between Mexico and Japan?

@manycinnamon4544 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Yukichi is an very influential figure in Japan and his face is on the 10000 yen bill (like 100 usd or 80 pound). Keio University is made by him (one of the best private universities in Japan - although I want to say depending on the subjects, Waseda University by Okuma is the best). There are some movies made about his life (although not highly rated). But why not? We deserve a good Fukuzawa movie...

@TehJumpingJawa 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how Fukuzawa Yukichi would respond to his stories being enjoyed all across the world, broadcast in real-time, to devices as small as the palm of a hand. I suspect he'd shrug at the technological marvel, and instead ponder on the motivation of those indulging. Truly fascinating and insightful tales, a historical treasure.

@tinkywinky1238 4 жыл бұрын

In the West, people ask how to move to Japan. In Tsarist Russia, people ask Japan ambassador to stay.

@sodinc 4 жыл бұрын

As far as I know there was a problem with teachers in russian school of japanese language - it worked for a century already but there weren`t a lot of well-educated native speakers of the language in russia. It was a century-long constant mission for the natives and cossacks of the russian far east to safely transport all japanese sailors from the shipwrecks to the authorities.

@francisdrake6622 4 жыл бұрын

@@sodinc Interesting! The empire would have needed to open dialogue with the Japanese to compete with the west/US in trade. Thank you!

@Apelles42069 4 жыл бұрын

Technically, it would be Imperial Russia. By 1721, the Empire of Russia was founded to replace the entity of the Tsardom of Russia. Although the emperor still held the title of tsar in many regions, and has been informally referred to as tsar ever since, the highest sovereign title in Russia until the revolution was Imperator. And yes, I get the Soviet Russia joke, but still, precision is always necessary on History KZfaq!

@captainnerd6452 4 жыл бұрын

Tinky Winky they did that through the Cold War, too

@1MinuteFlipDoc 4 жыл бұрын

@@ross6753 he probably would have been well taken care of by the Russian government. not treated like a typical/usual teacher i bet.

@nathanielbanks3562 4 жыл бұрын

I find it funny that, shortly after being shown that people in Europe have strongly diverse opinions on political actions, he finds the idea of a Parliament that represents these differing views to be incomprehensible. Well, I guess in reality Parliament is just a bunch of people shouting at each other on stage, then being friends afterwards, so I can see why that is so confusing...

@gg-sr6ju 4 жыл бұрын

@Weston Meyer what

@Gomjibar 4 жыл бұрын

His confusion makes more sense when you think about how Japan at that time just came out of one period of political violence/turmoil and was in another. Add on to that the traditional honor system of Japan, and it makes the who thing of politicians calling their opponents enemies, but then sitting down to have a meal with them externally confusing. It probably also didn't help that the two parties held many similar views (to his eyes) so their differences weren't as readily noticeable (I'm sure the language barrier didn't help in explaining the differences too).

@Guttlegob 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that a Japanese person 170 years ago fugured out that western politics is all one big clown show in just one visit

@xandercorp6175 3 жыл бұрын

You misunderstood, I think. The liberal/ambiguous western use of 'fight' to refer to a figurative dispute was not really the case in the Japanese language at that time. The Japanese was demonstrably familiar with factional politics, after all, they just took combat and enmity rather seriously.

@jonathanwells223 3 жыл бұрын

@@Guttlegob better than spilling each other’s guts all over the floor

@MariaVosa 3 жыл бұрын

I am so immensly impressed with Fukuzawa Yukichi. He was not only very intelligent, but has a level of curiosity, insightfulness and most of all humour that makes him truly stand out in history. I would have loved to get to know him.

@Cuuniyevo 3 жыл бұрын

@ST H In English, "not only very intelligent, but…" means "very intelligent, but that's not all, he was also…". It's a way to say the same thing with fewer words, and not in any way an insult.

@rheinhartsilvento2576 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Exactly my feeling too 🤗

@vasily1099 3 жыл бұрын

My hear warmed so much when they talked about the Netherlands. As a person born and raised in the Netherlands it makes me very happy about the culture alive within this beautiful country for such a long time. 🇳🇱🇳🇱

@PrzybyszzMatplanety 4 жыл бұрын

What an intelligent, open minded and kind man he was. Truly beautiful human being.

@llenny_uwu1398 4 жыл бұрын

This guy should be in history books and discussed all over Asia. He just seemed like such a wholesome fellow. Are we going to get some accounts from Commodore Perry on how Japan was like? Great vid by the way! 😁

@johnmuth3971 4 жыл бұрын

He is quite well known in Japan. His picture is on the 10,000 Yen note.

@francisdrake6622 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnmuth3971 HAH! I did not know that. He's Ben Franklin.

@Hannodb1961 4 жыл бұрын

The Marco Polo of Japan. What a civilized and pleasant chap he must have been. I think I would've enjoyed his company.

@peepingtom9342 4 жыл бұрын

@@francisdrake6622 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gauAaad-3qzVaYE.html

@deadby15 4 жыл бұрын

I think he used to be sorta well known in China and Korea, too, because he represented ideologies of modernization and industrialization, and other Asian nations were struggling to achieve the same goals.

@nachgeben 4 жыл бұрын

Man, I hate when I go on a trip and the villagers decide to tell my mother I DIED.

@brucey5232 3 жыл бұрын

lol.

@red2theelectricboogaloo961 3 жыл бұрын

that's how the village idiots get on no matter where you are

@WeaveDreamer 3 жыл бұрын

The conversation between the Dutch and the Japanese over the purchasing of land for a fortress was basically A request to build an embassy. Hearing the events of history explained by those who travel the world are some of the best you will ever hear. Thank You for sharing this story.

@gwarfanatik 4 жыл бұрын

Dude really just took a shit with the door open while his samurai was guarding him haha!

@roberthansson8222 4 жыл бұрын

Witness me!

@100RAmen 4 жыл бұрын

@@roberthansson8222 hhhahahaha senbei!

@mr.q337 4 жыл бұрын

What a mad lad XD

@VersusARCH 4 жыл бұрын

The first Japanese to visit Europe were members of an embassy of Tokugawa shogunate to Spain in 17th century (that travelled via Spanish colony of Mexico)

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

This is post Sakoku, as mentioned in the title. The embassy you are talking about will be covered next week EDIT: next month

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

16th century via Indian Ocean, not Mexico: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensh%C5%8D_embassy

@VersusARCH 4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisAldamiz I was referring to en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasekura_Tsunenaga I wasn't aware there was an even earlier one. Thanks.

@lucas9269 4 жыл бұрын

The envoy’s purpose was Portugal, but since Portugal and Spain were in a personal union under the King of Spain, they went to Spain to see the King of Portugal.

@saddgod 4 жыл бұрын

@@lucas9269 this is a very important point to make and an important distinction between going directly to Spain.

@TRak598 Жыл бұрын

Yukichi was truly a man ahead of his time. Saw the isolation for the mistake it was, but never dropped his guard when there was a suspiciously good offer given to him and quickly realized Europe's delicate political situation.

@scpdatabase969 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of the coolest history channels I have found. The inflection in the narrator's voice really helps pull me into the narrative.

@KingMoon110 4 жыл бұрын

This dude could easily get an anime based on his life, dude sounds way too ahead of it's time.

@BurakkuHishou 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see an anime of this. Like a serious adaptation

@IudiciumInfernalum 4 жыл бұрын

I'd watch that for sure.

@tristanbackup2536 4 жыл бұрын

Agree, add some comedy elements as well. This needs to happen! You reading this Japan! Make it happen!

@scorpixel1866 4 жыл бұрын

You do know they'll immediately turn him into a teenage girl right?

@feethebunny 4 жыл бұрын

@@scorpixel1866 It's already sorta happened. It's called Croisee in a Foreign Labyrinth.

@ramonvalencia5719 4 жыл бұрын

I think someone has already said this, but this piece of history would make a great movie.

@Yojinj 4 жыл бұрын

No, you and everyone else will get reboots and remakes of everything that came before. Sad times.

@DBT1007 4 жыл бұрын

Anime

@Amadeus8484 4 жыл бұрын

They probably HAVE in Japan...

@this_is_ironic5659 4 жыл бұрын

this is literally the most interesting video i've ever seen. this is awesome.

@DavidInSydney1 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating, thank you “Voices of the Past”. Also enjoyed your video on Fukuzawa’s first trip to California ("First Japanese Visitor to USA Describes American Life"). As a result I’m now reading his autobiography.

@crossbones116 4 жыл бұрын

The old Japanese map of Europe is funky as hell.

@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure that big blob north of the Alps is supposed to be The Netherlands, lol.

@dinok7630 4 жыл бұрын

old maps are funky in general

@crossbones116 4 жыл бұрын

@@dinok7630 Well, you're not wrong there.

@Anima-bribe 4 жыл бұрын

Most knowledge of the world was acquired from the dutch during their lockdown as only the dutch were allowed to trade with japan. So it might explain why the netherlands is so big

@deadby15 4 жыл бұрын

Columbus: Let me show you the most accurate map I just got.

@sclair2854 4 жыл бұрын

It's sad to hear him talk so much about anti-foreigner sentiment when he clearly has a great interest in cultural exchange. I dunno why but his experience with the surgeon makes him seem so much more real

@Myemnhk 4 жыл бұрын

Well atleast he felt welcome in the us

@algonzalez6853 4 жыл бұрын

@Al Strider good times

@lewistaylor2858 4 жыл бұрын

@wargent99 *everyone did

@TheBarser 4 жыл бұрын

Japanese really disliked foreigners at this time. Well even now they dont really like foreigners settling down in there country. And people say white people are racists. Try most of east asia then.

@napatora 4 жыл бұрын

@Al Strider societies have never been as homogeneous as we've been led to believe. japan is a bit of a different story but if you look around people have always moved around, lived with and married people from other cultures and countries. diplomats and ambassadors have been a thing for a looong time and even many common people picked up and moved to foriegn places. all over the world there are enclaves of expats, some of which have been there for centuries. a lot of people seem to think that nobody ever moved around in the past but it happened much more than we realize.

@goatwarrior3570 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful and fascinating moment in history. Thank you so much for uploading this.

@EndlessBreathDidges 3 жыл бұрын

Easily my favorite video on you channel. Your voice truly brings Fukuzawa to life.

@Louiscare 4 жыл бұрын

For anyone who cares, 100 ryo would be at least 100 000 USD nowadays, probably even more

@Marci124 4 жыл бұрын

And it's also worth considering that this isn't "real buying power" yet, so not Big Mac units. Judging by other accounts of this envoy, where he describes meals costing 50x as much in the US as it did in Japan it might still be worth much more than that.

@Louiscare 4 жыл бұрын

@@Marci124 Actually, i did the conversion from ryo to yen first and as rice would be much cheaper nowadays in yen, while other goods stayed more constant it would probably mean less buying power than 100k for food. (also, these are contemporary usd so you cant say 50x more in 1860 is 50x more now.)

@Bialy_1 4 жыл бұрын

@@Louiscare Coins were 57% pure gold so there was 8.55g of pure gold per single coin... so 100ryo =855g of gold now=$47,935.12

@Blayze 4 жыл бұрын

So basically, he sent his mum a house. Or several.

@oliverizzard8751 3 жыл бұрын

So. Pocket money for a wall street banksters.

@avanticurecanti9998 4 жыл бұрын

The Russians wanted him to help set up an anime industry.

@JameBlack 4 жыл бұрын

They failed

@deadby15 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the USSR days, they made excellent artistic animations, in all fairness.

@goldensp3038 4 жыл бұрын

@@deadby15 in fact, USSR animation cartoon called Cheburashka is more popular in Japan than in it's homeland country.

@Eridelm 4 жыл бұрын

@@goldensp3038 Cheburashka was quite non-realistic in my eyes, he was cute but I liked Croco much more, he was like a greatest shield of Cheburashka and my childhood :)

@cianakril 4 жыл бұрын

In fact, Japanese anime was heavily influenced by Soviet animations. The 1957 Soviet Snow Queen set up an entire life choice as animator for Hayao Miyazaki.

@sagacious03 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty neat! Thanks for uploading!

@HuevoBendito 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting another one!

@kpp28 4 жыл бұрын

Please do a video on when the Siam embassy visit Frace in 1687 or when the France embassy visit Siam in 1684 as it's one of the first modern history visit between the east and west. Both the French and the Thais kept a very precise journal I believe.

@thibaudduhamel2581 4 жыл бұрын

It is indeed a fascinating story!

@Rebeyvapara 4 жыл бұрын

Seconding this!!!!

@yodef6828 4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to bring this man to the present to see his reaction.

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

He already had more than enough cultural shock, don't you think? Anyhow, he'd probably shake his head as if somehow everything made sense to him, as if he could have foreseen all what has happened (not in the fine detail maybe but in general terms) from his vintage point of the late 19th century. Let's see: rising Prussia/Germany defeats France takes Alsace-Lorraine, then France defeats Germany and takes Alsace-Lorraine back, and then it happens all over again a few decades later. Already forecast in the halls of Paris hotels. Check. Let's see: rising Japan defeats Russia and paints the map their own color... for a while? Check. Let's see: Russia undergoes a revolution and becomes a global superpower under a Tsar-like figure who rules with a Parliament that has only one political party? Makes some sense if you are between Britain and Japan, I guess. Check. Maybe the hardest things to swallow would be not so much Japanese defeat (again) by the USA but Hiroshima and Nagasaki utter destruction by weapons unthinkable in his time. Or maybe the rise of China after experiencing a Russia-like revolution. But up to the 1940s he was savy.

@sppukiwk4859 4 жыл бұрын

yesss

@syroco 4 жыл бұрын

He would be horrified

@diablo.the.cheater 4 жыл бұрын

sees globalization: **Happy Japanese scholar noises**

@chisps_ 4 жыл бұрын

I think he might like a great deal of it. It’s so much easier to explore the world and talk to new and various people, which seems like just what this guy wanted to do

@boofs2776 4 жыл бұрын

"Prussia is like a rising sun [and war is being prophesied]" hahaha little did they know

@jemiu9525 3 жыл бұрын

Stuff like this is so cool. Thank you for creating it. Hearing about the past through someone's own words is so powerful.

@deathsheadknight2137 4 жыл бұрын

this perspective was so interesting, and he seemed like such a well-spoken man. More of this kind of thing please.

@davidwagner6116 2 жыл бұрын

What a fascinating trip report! Thank you, this guy was way ahead of his time.

@VandalCleaver 4 жыл бұрын

After listening to the whole thing, I feel like I've just made a new friend :') thank you for the stories Yukichi, wherever you are. And to this channel for communicating them ^

@isaacshultz8128 4 жыл бұрын

I bought his autobiography after listening to your first video. His writing style is so personable and interesting

@StudioArtFX 4 жыл бұрын

Did you buy a physical book or digital?

@maligjokica 4 жыл бұрын

do you recomend me to buy it? i was wondering.thanks anyway:))

@saddgod 4 жыл бұрын

What version did you purchase and from where? I'm interested myself. And was it audio or literature. If it's audio who's the narrator and where did you buy it?

@henkhenk902 4 жыл бұрын

I'm also interested :). Let us know of your discoveries!

@sergeantmajor_gross 4 жыл бұрын

Title?

@wesleynishi6081 4 жыл бұрын

In case anyone is wondering, this man is on the 10000 Yen Banknote. He also founded Keio University. Bonus funny factoid: Yukichi Fukuzawa spent summers at his home nude kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gM-Bmshpub6sd4U.html

@Galvion1980 4 жыл бұрын

I did not know that! Thank you very much!

@kleuafflatus 4 жыл бұрын

Wait what...? Lol been to Japan a few times and only now I learn this! Thanks haha

@midnightchannel7759 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, thank you so much has for posting!

@1MinuteFlipDoc 4 жыл бұрын

captivating story and your narration is wonderful!

@chidigoziem1482 4 жыл бұрын

This is all more intriguing than I can put into words. I'm Nigerian, but I grew up in Japan. I've always observed their culture from my perspective, but never really saw the world from their traditional perpective. This is truly fascinating.

@weinhold0204 4 жыл бұрын

What an interesting life you must lead!

@AlleluiaElizabeth 4 жыл бұрын

@wargent99 That's not what's actually happening in America, either. So please do shut up.

@jansettler4828 4 жыл бұрын

@@AlleluiaElizabeth Every 1000th black american can expect to die at the hands of Police. So...

@sean668 4 жыл бұрын

@@AlleluiaElizabeth I'm American and can confirm it is exactly what's happening in America

@AlleluiaElizabeth 4 жыл бұрын

@@sean668 I'm American and can confirm it isn't. Cops are not just going around murdering black people. Since 2015, 5400 people have been shot by cops. 45% have been white, 23% black, 16% hispanic, 9% other. It is not open season on black people. Or anyone, for that matter.

@Detheroc420 4 жыл бұрын

No way its fukuzawa!! He was first to America now Europe!! He lived a dope life -Yes I learned he wasnt first to Europe, just first as a Japanese ambassador-

@peepingtom9342 4 жыл бұрын

He wasn't "the first" strictly speaking (there were Japanese embassies to Spain and Papal State centuries earlier).

@Detheroc420 4 жыл бұрын

@@peepingtom9342 why does this video say hes one of the first then? I've looked it up and you are right, it was a samurai back in the 1600's

@deadby15 4 жыл бұрын

Detheroc technically, the previous embassies didn’t represent Japan. They represented some Christian warlords (天正), or a local warlord who wanted to trade (Date-clan), respectively.

@elimalinsky7069 4 жыл бұрын

Japanese envoys visited Mexico and Europe in the early 17th century, so no, he wasn't the first by several centuries.

@Anactualfungus 4 жыл бұрын

Hasekura Tsunenaga and his envoys were the first known and confirmed Japanese to travel to Europe. Their journey through the Americas lead to the establish of the Americas' first Asian community, in Mexico City.

@taytemusic7750 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I found this series. Fantastic channel, I can't wait for the third part

@clockworkkirlia7475 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh... this is so fascinating. Thank you bringing this beautiful perspective to my attention.

@gmrn3014s 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes i forget being nice was a real thing

@slc679 4 жыл бұрын

I have been waiting for this video for so long, thank you!

@jakeku2662 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this very much. Great video!

@i-craftsdesign3175 4 жыл бұрын

Everything about this Channel is truly fascinating.

@deutschamerikaner 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thanks for continuing this story.

@Kujien 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for these, really cant express how much I enjoy these videos. Great narration

@raresmac 3 жыл бұрын

I love the series and the fact that you bring these writings to us. Keep up the good work!

@Kryonyde 4 жыл бұрын

I love your channel but hearing someone so much closer to the present was a mind blowing experience. Your narration was flawless and expressive. I hope you are adequately compensated for your efforts, and I cannot thank you enough for bringing a resource of this depth to the public.

@DensetsuVII 4 жыл бұрын

These were some of the first primary sources I heard from history almost ten years ago - so glad to see them given new life through the channel!

@readmore8302 4 жыл бұрын

This was absolutely enthralling! I simply couldn't stop listening. I hope there is plenty more content to be made from the words of Mr Yukichi.

@readmore8302 4 жыл бұрын

@Johnny Nemo You must be a "really" nice person. Like how did that comment warrant such sarcastic assholism?

@Lightning_Lance 3 жыл бұрын

I just found this channel and I'm so glad I did. This is amazing!

@demitreburger707 4 жыл бұрын

Very captivating at some points, thank you for sharing

@InimitaPaul 4 жыл бұрын

A most timely message, thank you.

@captainbanannahead 4 жыл бұрын

Great videos bringing real history alive! Always enjoy these. Look forward to the new and watching the backlog. Thank you

@Balderhash 4 жыл бұрын

Incredibly interesting and riveting narration. Thank you for this video.

@Vidve 4 жыл бұрын

Shan't lie, this mini-series following Fukuzawa Yukichi is incredibly fascinating. I hope you do more of his accounts in the future.

@IudiciumInfernalum 4 жыл бұрын

I love these Fukuzawa Yukichi episodes. I'd be happy to see more of them.

@filchett 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you for enlightening me on these fascinating interactions. This is great stuff, and read very nicely. Delighted to have found this channel. Big up.