The Entire History of Ancient Japan

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Written by Thomas Lockley.
Check out his fantastic book on Yasuke: www.amazon.com/-/es/Geoffrey-...
Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext
Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly
Thumbnail Image by Ettore Mazza / ettore.mazza
Images by Alex Stoica, Bilal Erlangga.
Kofun imagery made based on [mapps.gsi.go.jp/maplibSearch.... National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs)], Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
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Farris, W. W. (2009.) Japan to 1600. A Social and Economic History. Honolulu: Hawai’i
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Kumar, A. (2009.) Globalizing the Prehistory of Japan. New York: Routledge.
Matsumoto, H. (2009.) The origin of the Japanese race based on genetic markers of
immunoglobulin G. Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Available from: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Needham, J. and Ronan, C. A. (1995.) The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China:
Volume 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kirkland, R. (1997.) The Sun and the Throne. The Origins of the Royal Descent Myth in
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Sei Shonagon (tr. Arthur Waley.) 2011. The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. Tuttle: Tokyo.
Soka Gakkai. The Nichiren Library. Available from: www.nichirenlibrary.org/
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Wang, Z. (2005.) Ambassadors from the Islands of the Immortals. Honolulu: Hawai’i University Press.
00:00 Introduction
04:52 Beginnings
11:07 The Shaman Queen 297 AD
16:15 The Rise of Buddhism 552 AD
21:50 The Fall of Korea 663 AD
27:39 Choosing A Capital 736 AD
37:45 Rise of the Emishi 774 AD
46:48 Embassies to China 717 AD
52:43 The Heian Court 1000 AD
56:59 Shogun 1184
1:02:12 Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1274
#ancientjapan

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@VoicesofthePast Жыл бұрын

Shout out to Thomas Lockley, our resident Japan expert, and Manuel Rubio who has been editing the videos on the channel over the past year. This is their magnum opus - huge thanks to both.

@AverageAmerican Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Personally, I suspect the common people of Japan are the Tribe of Gad. If this is true, the reason they don't practice circumcision at birth is bcuz the majority are born circumcised. mhmm

@davidcurry6422 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙇‍♂️

@kalaoaflowerpower Жыл бұрын

would love to say excellent job but japans recognition as a nation was given via Hawaii. why was this fact left out?

@AverageAmerican Жыл бұрын

@@kalaoaflowerpower hmm We're told by the time WW2 started, Japan had taken over about half of China.

@KingNoTail Жыл бұрын

@@kalaoaflowerpower What?

@jamesboaz4787 7 ай бұрын

Its crazy how much ancient history the Japanese put into the Zelda games. The Tri force is an ancient symbol i had no idea.

@koukidenhikaitu4990 7 ай бұрын

Seriously, to explain, the three deltas of the Hojo family crest are based on three snake scales.

@Val.Kyrie. 3 ай бұрын

@@koukidenhikaitu4990that’s a retcon, he’s actually Link 😁

@solodragun Ай бұрын

Also Norse. Look up valknut.

@user-uj7in8il2i 25 күн бұрын

Stretch @@solodragun

@timcent7199 Жыл бұрын

This documentary is breathtaking, fascinating to the end and produced to the highest quality. Also the narration is flawlessly read.

@TommyTCGT Жыл бұрын

But only goes back a little, not the actual 12 billion years! moc.ylfyeht, written in reverse.

@YoshiieMinamoto1039 Жыл бұрын

Foreigners who talk about Japanese history want to persist Tokyo and Kyoto, while don't mention Osaka at all. Osaka is the first capital to be called Japan, and even now Japan's natural leading city, despite a large amount of capital stolen by Tokyo. Edo is just newly artifical city. Those who enumerate about Prince Shotoku, Yukichi Fukuzawa, and Osamu Tezuka don't definitely want to refer to Osaka their hometown. This is plots of Tokyo hype.

@jclohio3333 Жыл бұрын

Here Here, we’ll done I agree ☝️

@rogarizurieta7641 11 ай бұрын

The only thing is that “Ancient” literally represent Before Common Era or B.C… thus Japan was never “ancient” as the chronicle starts around 700 A.D., it’s like stating “ancient” England (as England is also not “ancient”) It would refer to an entirely different culture. So there is/are: Ancient Rome Ancient China Ancient Egypt but not Ancient Japan or Ancient England

@eagleclaw7093 10 ай бұрын

@@rogarizurieta7641 that's because the videos wrong. do your own research and people have been there since long before the common era.

@christopherlemos5566 Ай бұрын

Who here’s been watching Shogun?

@shrekspaghet Ай бұрын

Here for more content 🙋‍♀️

@Vampster19CockedD20 Ай бұрын

Nope... Blue eye samurai on Netflix.

@Carlezuss Ай бұрын

I just started it and it’s so good

@NOTTIBOPPINtwitch Ай бұрын

Watch the first shogun it’s super old

@deltonmcclary7341 Ай бұрын

Um yes, so artistic, the visuals, the action, the story!! 😍

@user-ml8si1du5t 11 ай бұрын

This was such a treat. It’s surprisingly hard to find good and informational content about ancient Japan, so seeing this in my recommendations was a very welcome surprise!

@circumnavigator8177 11 ай бұрын

Try the Shogunate. Great stuff, lots of medieval era history

@TechnoMinarchistBall 6 ай бұрын

@@circumnavigator8177I'd argue that medieval is not ancient. Ancient is anything pre AD.

@lambd01d 2 ай бұрын

A History of the Japanese People is available for free on Project Gutenberg. It goes from the mythical descent from the Kami up to the modern era. It's a great book.

@matthewtopping2061 Жыл бұрын

17:02 If you ask 100 Japanese people about what we call "Shinto", 99 of them will probably argue that it is not a "religion" but a "belief system" or simply "culture".

@Val.Kyrie. 3 ай бұрын

It is now. Historically, no. It’s a religion. Similar to the Norse.

@xuefalan Жыл бұрын

The title of "barbarian nation" was given by default by the Chinese to all other nations. Every nation outside of China had a specific "barbarian" term to be referred to that varied according to the location, hence, the Japanese belonged to the category of "eastern barbarians" ("dong-yi" 東夷).

@jacku8304 Жыл бұрын

China was than the most develop in this part of the world.

@brucehur2051 Жыл бұрын

japan is evil country no asian neighbors like japan !

@PP-wp2bx Жыл бұрын

From the other Asians' perspectives, Chinese were also a barbarian who would constantly try to steal and attack them.

@PP-wp2bx Жыл бұрын

@@jacku8304 ....says Chinese, but not others

@jacku8304 Жыл бұрын

@@PP-wp2bx It can be easily proven. Visit most American or European museums and you find the most advance historic artifacts during that period were mainly from China.

@CHEESYHEAD684 9 ай бұрын

Btw, Hojo Tokimune is from the Hojo clan not the Tokimune house. Unlike western names, Korean and Japanese surnames are said first and then their personal name afterwards. You honor your clan and family before yourself, so his formal name is Hojo Tokimune, but when referring to Tokimune himself or if a casual friend calls his name you say Tokimune. Takeda Shingen's son was still named Takeda Katsuyori.

@sara.cbc92 9 ай бұрын

The placement of surname is a Chinese tradition that was imitated by the Koreans and Japanese. Infact, Koreans had no surnames like most uncivilized Tungus tribes at the time. They adopted Han Chinese surnames like Lee, Hwang, Jung Yuen etc.

@solgarling-squire7531 8 ай бұрын

Clearly, the writing staff were not aware of the Japanese language or they would have caught that and the other pronunciation flaws. Japanese has no emphasis on syllables (with a very few and rare exceptions), but those were given to placenames and personal names.

@michaelfritts6249 7 ай бұрын

@@solgarling-squire7531I know it's a small peeve.. but still not sure how a non-existent "y" appeared in the word Karaoke.. Not using phonetics.. "Carry oh key" wrong "Care OK" closer Not stressing syllables is unfamiliar.. but we could at least change the spelling to fit if changing the pronunciation.. Muenchen Munich Minor rant over.. 😉 Be Well!! 😃

@sadboye2019 5 ай бұрын

@@solgarling-squire7531 plus they spelled a few names wrong and didn't use Hepburn romanisation properly

@akira1205 Ай бұрын

@@michaelfritts6249 It's not "Care" either. It's Kah Ra O Keh

@akimetal5061 8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, there is a big mistake in the story. The Nagaoka-kyo palace was not built in today's Nagaoka city in Niigata prefecture. Instead, Nagaoka-kyo palace was built in Nagaoka-kyo city in Kyoto prefecture, the location is between Nara (Heijyo-kyo) and Kyoto (Heian-kyo).

@mudemmeonick Ай бұрын

This is a poor video foreigners take as truth. It's full of errors sadly.

@PlaylistProleteriat Ай бұрын

@@mudemmeonickthem make a better one rather than criticize without detailed counterpoints

@allendracabal0819 Ай бұрын

Good catch. I didn't watch the video carefully. Is Nagaoka only shown on the map, or is it mentioned in the narration as well? If it's only on the map, maybe the creators can add an annotation without having to upload a new video. Although, in my opinion, that is a pretty serious mistake. If it were me, I would fix it properly and re-upload.

@emilyonizuka4698 Жыл бұрын

Apparently there's no actual archeological evidence of servants being buried with Himiko. The idea that there were came from Chinese documents that saw the burial mounds that looked just like the ones used in China where they did do this so they probably assumed it was the same. But archeologists who have searched the ones in Japan have found no evidence of this being done in Japan. However, Himiko's mound has never been found so it's possible that it was done just this once since she was so important, or the Chinese documents just made an assumption. This is what I learned in university anyway.

@idee7896 3 ай бұрын

Totally sure worth you. There’s a lack of evidence.

@JaredPrince-ne9iz 5 күн бұрын

@@idee7896 China was the original superpower. They traded with the Ancient Persia (Iran) who sold to the Ancient Romans....that was the Silk Road. Most Europeans countries only really rocked up in the 15th century......and it literally became the centre of the world...thats until 1850 England wanted everything as usual (1st Opium War) and a few decades Japan and America also wanted a piece of China (2nd Opium War) Hence the "Century of Humiliation"

@JaredPrince-ne9iz 5 күн бұрын

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@JaredPrince-ne9iz 5 күн бұрын

Ancient China and Rome: 1000 Years of Contact kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebVjpsiftJquimQ.html

@privatejetairplanedetailing 3 ай бұрын

As a history enthusiast, I'm thoroughly impressed. This video covers so much ground and does so in a way that's both comprehensive and enjoyable. A must-watch for anyone interested in the history of Japan.

@anameillneverremember 10 ай бұрын

I thoroughly enjoy watching your 'Entire History of...' videos, finding them incredibly fascinating and engaging. The format you employ is easy to follow, maintaining a great pace throughout. Your voice is well-suited for this type of content. While I understand that you'll probably never see my comment , I would personally love to see future installments exploring the captivating histories of Rome or Ireland. Both of these places have long intrigued me, and I believe your insightful approach would make for an exceptional exploration of their stories.

@Artur_M. Жыл бұрын

Damn, I resisted the temptation to spend my Sunday afternoon playing video games, in favour of reading a book I'm supposed to return to the library soon. But then Kings and Generals uploaded a video about Circassians and now you dropped this fascinating and awesome documentary. I guess that's a nice problem to have.

@jacavanheesch4593 Жыл бұрын

i watched both of these as well dont worry. tho im sick and not supposed to do anything so i have a excuse

@gbautista100 Жыл бұрын

Literally just finished the Kings and Generals video

@anakawilliams6357 Жыл бұрын

I too also enjoy kings n genrals

@traitorfang1416 Жыл бұрын

haha just watched that myself and now jumped onto this. Grerat minds think alike.

@OneSocaJumbie Жыл бұрын

I just got my PS5, played Returnal all of yesterday, was to get back to it today but spent lunch watching this lovely piece of history, so I'm with you in that boat haha (and the Circassian piece was epic but ultimately so so so sad)

@kickinghorse2405 Жыл бұрын

I think I just learned more about ancient Japan from this one video than I did during an entire semester class in far East studies. And plenty of reminders. Thanks for posting!

@anasevi9456 Жыл бұрын

He actually covered the first millennia CE comprehensively for a grand history video, rather than mostly glossing over it as most other English sources do. In many ways I find Japan's formulative years more interesting than the last 500 years, it started from the mythic rise of the Yamato, and ends in the 900s with a Japan we westerners would find familiar, with rebel Samurai, warrior monks and saucy pillow books.

@xKinjax Жыл бұрын

@@anasevi9456 same here. I find the Ainu and Emishi fascinating, same for the early Japanese diplomatic missions. I wish there were more in depth videos on this earlier period but everyone mostly focuses on the Sengoku Jidai, Imjin War and the Bakumatsu...

@bobbiemiles-foremaniii8747 Жыл бұрын

Universities are becoming obsolete in alot of subjects.

@Enkaptaton Жыл бұрын

I felt that I just learned about much war stuff and nothing else. Ok they had Queens also, but what else? Culture? I learned nothing about it!

@Fozen5111 10 ай бұрын

You need to learn more about acient malaysia too

@HumanNatureOdyssey 4 ай бұрын

This piece was incredibly put together, as always. Thank you for creating it!

@Never_Know_Best Жыл бұрын

Never stop being a history weeb, man

@TristanL3 10 ай бұрын

Informative, interesting and the narrator didn’t put me to sleep! Thanks for the great video! Japan has always been an interesting culture to me so to find a this kinda format video that gives a good amount of knowledge is refreshing.

@ibrijira4855 10 ай бұрын

I loved this video. One thing I wanted to point out though, Ninigi-no-Mikoto's father was not Susanoo, it was Ame-no-Oshihomimi who was the son of Amaterasu. Susanoo on the other hand was Amaterasu's younger brother.

@giorgiociaravolol1998 Жыл бұрын

How is it possible this masterpiece is not on #1 trending? Truly astonishing. Even surpassed the quality level of K&G. Thank you for this absolute gem!

@theCosmicQueen Жыл бұрын

well it's only been on here 5 days, that's why! 395,000 views and nearly 10,000 thumbs up! what are you moaning about! give it time!

@maythesciencebewithyou Жыл бұрын

Have you ever seen a 1+ hour documentary trending. Most people aren't interested in this kind of stuff.

@babaG819 Жыл бұрын

Algorithm

@maythesciencebewithyou Жыл бұрын

@@babaG819 has nothing to do with algorithm. This just isn't the kind of stuff most people are interested about. Also, the algorithm makes suggestions based on the stuff you clicked before, be it consciously or accidentally, plus some stuff which gets promoted because they pay youtube to promote it.

@babaG819 Жыл бұрын

@@maythesciencebewithyou commenting to boost algorithm

@KoalaG888 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, You're the most underrated channel on KZfaq. The documentaries you've produced are better than anything available in mainstream media. Especially like the Japanese documentaries.

@shakiMiki Жыл бұрын

What on earth does that mean? He has 700k subscribers.

@mattjohnson7198 Жыл бұрын

@Belette holt fente I think it means that while some channels have multiple millions of subscribers for doing makeup videos or discussing celebrity gossip, this channel gives well delivered, knowledgeable, and aesthetically pleasing documentaries and has about a tenth the number of subscribers that it probably should given the value of its content. At least that's my interpretation.

@mirzaahmed6589 Жыл бұрын

@@shakiMiki That's not a lot in KZfaq terms.

@mirzaahmed6589 Жыл бұрын

@@shakiMiki Also, he means the quality is better than anything on, say, the History Channel.

@Metal0sopher Жыл бұрын

I just wish he would put dates. It's not history without dates. He keeps jumping from one period to another, one ruler to another and no dates. I don't want to constantly stop the video and Google the dates myself. I'm so frustrated with these excellent KZfaq historians who are great at story telling, but completely ruin the actual "history". Please, dates, dates, dates, dates.

@JAlucard77 6 ай бұрын

IM SO IMPRESSED AT THE UNBELIEVABLE QUALITY OF THIS VIDEO. THE AMAZINGLY WRITTEN STORY AND THE INCREDIBLE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED. THIS WAS OF A QUALITY TO MATCH A PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTARY. IM BLOWN AWAY BY JUST HOW AWESOME YOUR VIDEOS ARE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SUCH A WONDERFULLY CRAFTED VIDEO. YOUR VIDEOS ARE LITERALLY THE ABSOLUTE BEST IVE EVER SEEN FROM A KZfaq CREATOR. ❤❤❤❤

@Tata_Cubigator 8 ай бұрын

Just really love your works on YT. Love your accent and your voice guiding us through the attractive history story. Can you make more videos about Chinese history from different dynasties? And your updates on YT have been a bit slow, can you churn out more videos it’s because I cannot get enough of you voice telling historic stories.😊 love the great work you have done, keep it up bro!

@chocolatefrenzieya Жыл бұрын

The Mongols really were the Borg.

@paulfri1569 Жыл бұрын

Red China is following it's Principles today..

@deadpirateroberts9937 Жыл бұрын

Can you explain in more detail?

@ImSpun13 Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment.

@gerickson9552 Жыл бұрын

TRUTH

@gerickson9552 Жыл бұрын

@@deadpirateroberts9937 Start Trek Next Generation

@monkmentality Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! really appreciate your hard work that you gave into this masterpiece.

@siewlichoo3587 10 ай бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Great story-telling, words so well written.

@beverlykandraceffinger3764 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much for this film...a breathtaking example of storytelling, of an incredibly interesting history. So beautiful.

@kei.suzuki Жыл бұрын

Amaterasu is not the son of Izanagi and Izanami. Izanami died when she gave birth to the god of fire. Later, Izanagi went to the land of the dead and met Izanami, but Izanami was angry at being seen as a corpse, and they quarreled. Later, when he purified himself in the river, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo were born. In other words, Izanagi gave birth alone.

@kei.suzuki Жыл бұрын

Whether or not there is continuity between the ancient Japanese state of the 3rd century described in the Sanguozhi and the Yamato regime established thereafter is the biggest problem in Japanese ancient history and Japanese archaeology, and there is still no established theory. If there was continuity, Hashihaka-kofun, the oldest key-shaped burial mound, would be the most likely site for the tomb of the queen.

@stevenjustice2988 Жыл бұрын

Yeah sure

@LeonBerrange 5 ай бұрын

Excellent, spellbinding documentary. So well written and narrated, with top notch visuals too. Five plus stars.

@jaybuffie9624 9 ай бұрын

Watched the whole video, and it's amazing! Expertly done with artisanal quality. The typical quality of KZfaq content is below this production. Very impressive!

@bethmarriott9292 Жыл бұрын

Perfect for me to listen to as I do mindless spreadsheet work thank you

@thritler Жыл бұрын

Man this is great. I have just started learning about Japans history as well. Thank you!

@tzxc 10 ай бұрын

This is pure gold. BIG thank you to the whole team behind this project!

@gomiko8979 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. This was such a beautiful watch. What a well made documentary. This deserves a spot on streaming services.

@Rubiastraify Жыл бұрын

This was amazing! Thanks for all of your hard work!

@nlocnil3602 10 ай бұрын

Discovered this channel a few months ago and i cannot stress enough how much i love it. Being able to dial into the past from my bed and see the world way before us is such a treasure

@JulianSki Жыл бұрын

incredible video and history! i hope you make more videos like these for other countries

@ksm-7184 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Thomas, Manuel and Voice of the Past for this amazing and inspiring piece of work. I truly appreciate this and I’m sure this video will garner more views. It’s with such channels like yours, such wonderful collaboration like yours, such high quality content like yours, will this channel continue to grow in confidence. Blessings!

@shaynewheeler9249 11 ай бұрын

Rainbow 🌈🌈✨🌈🌈

@yishaicohen6823 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely fascinating. beautifully made video thank you !

@BoochoMcfly Жыл бұрын

Massive respect to the narrator, David Kelly. Heard him on the "History of the Universe" channel first.

@Dionaea_floridensis Жыл бұрын

LET'S GOOOO!! I've been hoping you'd make one about Japan :D

@AlexGeo925 4 ай бұрын

WOW, this was beautifully crafted, thank you so much! ❤

@nikhilpachauri5761 9 ай бұрын

beautifully told story , loved the way this documentary has been created .. Keep up the good work guys ..

@Shervin86 Жыл бұрын

This is the best presentation in any documentary I've seen. Did not lose focus once; the narration and music are both fantastic and pull you into the story. Speaking of which, can anyone tell me what is the music 14:00 onwards? Thanks again for uploading such quality content.

@miketacos9034 Жыл бұрын

Seeing the connection between the Fall of Baekje to Kikuchi Takefusa being of Korean descent was astounding. It's these kind of connections that you can only get from these in-depth videos.

@user-vh8ni3fe1w Жыл бұрын

일본인의 대부분은 BC 10 부터 AD 7세기 까지 이주한 한반도 인의 후손임

@mimorisenpai8540 Жыл бұрын

@@user-vh8ni3fe1w they aren't

@user-tu5gn7wr9i Жыл бұрын

@@user-vh8ni3fe1w 한국은 우주의 기원이었다.

@saaccitt Жыл бұрын

@@user-vh8ni3fe1w そりゃおめでたいな🎉そして大きな差が開いたな🤣🤣🤣🤣

@donkita1692 Жыл бұрын

@@user-vh8ni3fe1w Historically, the king of Korea had to "3 kneel 9 prostrate" before the Chinese king. From that time on, the Korean people were placed under the Chinese people forever.

@Yeebo__ 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this! I love learning about cultures and their history.

@57113 Ай бұрын

I watch everything I can find on the history of Japan. This historical account was so well put ❤ together. Your actor/ narrator did an amazing job, well paced, well understood and you bring the audience right into the time and culture of Japan. Koodos to you sir! Thank you.😊 56:38

@rosaliesteward2160 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, this is a wonderful and engaging presentation. I especially appreciate how you're able to convey emotion within your narrative.

@theCosmicQueen Жыл бұрын

EXTREMELY interesting! and well presented and nice narration .

@joniczka Ай бұрын

Gob smacking treat! Saturated with information and storytelling beautiful work! 🎉

@catjustine10 11 ай бұрын

Wish this was available years ago when i was still at University. Our group was assigned a brief summary about Japanese Mythology and when we were studying Japan's History and Literature, there wasn't many reliabile resources i could find within local libraries and i don't know much about their languages either. Thank you so much for this, its definitely something we all need to learn and understand 💜

@BanjoSick 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, now that there is Chat GPT as well, which translates and summarizes stuff for you. Just great times to be alive, even though basically unnecessary for us to exist.

@Thor-Orion 9 ай бұрын

@@BanjoSickChat GPT is garbage.

@yokoniyasuwa 8 ай бұрын

@@BanjoSickchat gpt isn’t always reliable

@melvinjefferson2812 7 ай бұрын

The world was genetically maped in the 90s by all the nations and the major universities in America the man's y chromosome tells who whare and when you were created by and was tracked back in time the first white mutation was the Japanese DNA don't lie people do

@melvinjefferson2812 7 ай бұрын

Notice the painted the faces white those were Hebrews from America the serpent people naggas Anunnaki danasovians dananoi druids Germans Greeks danavas educate yourself

@Gabor...hachi.juu_ichi Жыл бұрын

What always shines through in all academic studies of the Far East is how the interwoven cultural and political intricacies between China, Japan and Korea had been, is and will be shaping the whole Oriental world irrevocably.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j Жыл бұрын

The Persians will take my lands west of Mongolia from you, my brother

@user-cg2tw8pw7j Жыл бұрын

@护花铃 No, the Tang Empire knew about the state of Japan, but it saw that Japan was a group of countries in a very long civil war, but it saw that they were advanced and respected the law, and it saw that the streets of Japan are very clean despite the civil war

@lowkeyayokai 11 ай бұрын

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j Wait, can you direct me to the source you found the info from? I’d love to check it out

@user-cg2tw8pw7j 11 ай бұрын

@@lowkeyayokai It's in this channel

@6plus6bar 11 ай бұрын

What!? You mean major political systems influence the culture(s) they are a part of? Wow! Breathtaking insight.

@Sawk_King Жыл бұрын

Sublime. What a stunning piece of work. You truly deserve more recognition. You have the perfect voice for narrative storytelling. What a gift ❤

@methods3110 11 ай бұрын

Proper upper class British accent.

@Sawk_King 11 ай бұрын

@@methods3110 It’s not just the accent it’s his tone, annunciation and cadence. Very soothing

@lyra1255 Жыл бұрын

Incredible content as always. Spectacular storytelling.

@arknark 2 ай бұрын

Dude, this channel seriously rules. So many videos to go through and I'm so excited to do as such. Thank your entire team for all your efforts :)

@derekwoodford9955 Жыл бұрын

Voices of the Past channel as got to be one of the most underrated... I find these videos fascinating and extremely well done. Very immersive! Great work!

@jossypoo Жыл бұрын

History major here! I studied Empire, and rhe ways that empires perform Othering to maintain legitimacy. Studied many Empires, but came to love japanese history the most. Wrote many extensive papers about Ainu peoples interaction with Yamato and/or Yayoi peoples. Thanks for performing this in such a beautiful prose. It's generally information I knew, but presented in such a beautiful way that it still taught me perspective and richness to a history I feel I know as my own.

@WAdelstein Жыл бұрын

Realizing the sensitivity of intellectual property can your papers be found on line?

@brianmessemer2973 Жыл бұрын

That's right. Even if the viewer already knew the facts or the information, it was the stunningly beautiful and compelling presentation of that information in a single narrative that really impacted me deeply. What a moving work!

@carlroy Жыл бұрын

The building up in the introduction was an amazing narrative storytelling feat. That was a very instructive and entertaining video!

@alexandermejicano6074 2 ай бұрын

Watching this while it thunders & rains.. what a vibe . Always been fascinated by Japan it’s culture & history.

@drdan312 3 ай бұрын

This documentary is a gold treasure in KZfaq. I can't believe I found something like this. It's so well made and interesting, I can't wait to see more content from this channel!

@arthurdurham Жыл бұрын

Omg, putting studio produced tv and movie documentaries to shame with this. The production value is excellent

@mattstakeontheancients7594 Жыл бұрын

Love these videos. This channel along with History Time and history of the universe always put out amazing high production videos. Huge fan of the long format channels like this get me through 10 hr work days.

@aisl6190 17 күн бұрын

Thank you. You've done more in one hour to explain/narrate the history of Japan for me, the country, culture and history than 10 years of ineffectual, half hearted study has done! Also, plenty of jumping off points for further study. Really, an excellent piece

@hanrockabrand95 Жыл бұрын

46:10 I love that "cunning plan" of declaring victory in spite of losing. I don't know if this is the first instance of that humorous phenomenon, but it certainly wasn't the last.

@hoodiecat6421 Жыл бұрын

The drama in this was captivating. I loved the bits of supernatural fortune telling as well, and then the battles against the Mongols was just a stunning blockbuster conclusion. The only thing that can make this any more thrilling is the knowledge that it all really happened.

@draywilson2386 Жыл бұрын

I was just ar Todai Ji for the first time last month! It's amazing. The Buddha is massive and the temple grounds are beautiful.

@caredudz 3 ай бұрын

What a beautifully read history. Thank you to all who put this documentary together!

@purpleclover8177 2 ай бұрын

I found this on a sick day. I swear this was so good it made me physically feel better, I can't like this enough! Thank you!!!

@GiggiliGaiX3 10 ай бұрын

This is amazing and a more indepth look into "history of japan i guess" , what a wonderful combination of videos to show people.

@oldaccount6152 9 ай бұрын

So beautiful, love how many times mythology touched reality, Japan truly is a land of magic

@Bogancharisma 7 ай бұрын

Perhaps you should travel to China or South Korea, the magic started there and then moved to Japan through South Korea..

@user-td2jw9ze2c 5 ай бұрын

@@Bogancharismathere was no south or north back then

@Jake-yf3gv 2 ай бұрын

Subbed within 30 seconds. This is exactly the type of KZfaq channel i want more of. Thank you!

@bvillafuerte765 Жыл бұрын

Excellent documentary, we are looking forward to the second part and take your time to create it. You should also do one on the Spanish conquest of America.

@toenailandthebedsores6682 9 ай бұрын

This was absolutely enthralling from start to finish, well done to all involved! 😊

@joshuahirschenhofer3766 3 ай бұрын

Great work. I really enjoyed watching this.

@DngrDan 8 ай бұрын

As an amateur writer and somebody that loves world-building, these videos are awesome. I feel like the only way to make your fictional cultures believable is to look at history but reading through books and using Google can be a slog. The way these are presented is just perfect for me.

@storysearch9432 8 ай бұрын

As a man who loves this and scp summary videos, yes

@YogiMcCaw Жыл бұрын

Whenever I am browsing youtube and looking for a good doc, if hear David Kelly's voice, I know I'm in for a riveting hour or more of some serious history. Keep up the great work, guys!

@sleepykitty1985 6 ай бұрын

Gorgeous visuals and excellent soundtrack, just a wonderful experience in a video

@unebonnevie 8 ай бұрын

The music of this documentary is emotional. The narration is amazing! Excellent!

@kuroazrem5376 Жыл бұрын

This narration is amazing. Thanks for covering and underlook yet fascinating period in history.

@fredericchopin4821 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your beautiful and superb videos. I look forward to whenever you guys upload. Cheers! 💕

@tommyschmierer4627 4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this immensely 💯 ... Really well done & so very interesting as well ... Thank you so very much for making this video 🙏...

@jersey714 10 ай бұрын

This was beautifully done in every aspect! I am grateful to all who put it together and presented it, and look forward to viewing whatever else Voices of the Past has to offer. Thank you!

@jklappenbach Жыл бұрын

Your presentations are works of art.

@yoboss842 Жыл бұрын

I love this channel I sure hope this channel is blessed with more subscribes.

@katsujinkin60 10 ай бұрын

Excellent! What more can I say? If History was taught like this in schools, it would be the most popular subject bar none. Please keep up the good work! Many Thanks. Be well and prosper!

@MrBarnettcm 6 ай бұрын

Nah

@datman3416 2 ай бұрын

I mean it typically is taught this way but when we are young we could care less about this stuff

@subarunatsuki1902 Жыл бұрын

This is the most beautiful documentary on Ancient Japan. Keep it up 👍

@cloudlockheart93 Жыл бұрын

I hope there is a part 2 of this showcasing the Muromachi period up to the Sengoku era. A very well produced video. Thank you for this content.

@la_sarito 9 ай бұрын

Beautifully told, I am enjoying it thoroughly. Beautiful images, tip-top documentary!

@clay2889 11 ай бұрын

Very high quality documentary. Japan is so fascinating

@yurienaito6019 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video. I'm Japanese but most of my life I've been living outside of Japan so I've learned a lot from you!

@nickkorkodylas5005 Жыл бұрын

SHAMEFUR DISPRAY! You have brought dishonor to your famiry! Commit sudoku immediately!

@ge7sur3nka34 Жыл бұрын

Even most Japanese living in Japan don't know about this kind of history. Most of the time they only learn about the legend of Ninigi and these myths. People like Ainu, Ryukyuan tribes, austronesian speaking Hayato, Kumaso tribes are not acknoledged in Japan. Only recently ainu gained their recognition as a minzoku, a separate tribe different from yamato people. Many ryukyuan languages are endagered as result of yamato-zation

@kn2549 11 ай бұрын

@@ge7sur3nka34 Thats because teaching the context of the “Kojiki” has been banned in Japanese education by the US since 1945. Mythological gods and figures such as Amaterasu and Ninigi is not included as formal history. The ancient tribes such as the Hayato and Kumaso are included as well since their first documentation were from the “Kojiki”. Its ironic how many foreigners, especially westerners, point their fingers at Japan for “rewriting history”, when in fact thats what the US did to Japan right after ww2. Officially acknowledging a group of people as separate “minzoku” had been looked upon as taboo since Japan always categorized people by the ruling governments they were subjugated by, not by ethnicity or culture. This started to change after the influence of modern western politics recent years.

@Tz3952ii 11 ай бұрын

@@ge7sur3nka34 What??? Most Japanese people just barely knew the story but just the name like Amaterasu because they don't even teach Amaterasu or any of those myth at school over there. Only certain elders who is into Shinto and mythology or some weebs know😂 Also, in case you didn't know Ainu is a mix of Toryak who came to Hokkaido from north and mixed into the original inhabitant Jomon Japanese people. Both people in Okinawa and Hokkaido have the most Japanese Jomon genes in them than any other part of Japan.

@ge7sur3nka34 11 ай бұрын

@@Tz3952ii what? almost very Japanese i have met literally know about these legends lol, and i am living in Japan

@Bloodburst3 Жыл бұрын

My dawg you really gonna just post the history of ancient Japan for us for free… huge respect on this, internet wins today!

@WigWamSupernova 4 ай бұрын

Imagine seeing a seemingly invincible attacking enemy military be wiped out by a storm at the eleventh hour. I would find it hard to believe that to be anything other than divine intervention at that point. Excellent documentary!

@mingyuhuang8944 Жыл бұрын

Amazing quality, poetic even. Well done sir and nicely said. Concise and also well designed 💯

@HarvestMoonHowl Жыл бұрын

I maintain a private playlist of historical videos from various channels, and this one will be the twenty-third addition. Exceptionally well done.

@naufalradhyanto3153 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video, i can't believe this quality content is just for free. 👍

@Javier-jn6cc 3 ай бұрын

This was beautiful. Thank you 🙏

@YanoshRagauld Жыл бұрын

An absolutely wonderful 1 hour 17 , thankyou so much for this.. In my uneducated opinion your channel is utterly unblemished. The best KZfaq content I've experienced. Keep up the solid work lads..