I have received quite a lot of comments about "若衆 wakashū" as well... I will be sure to make an another video about them! ・ In this channel, you can take a closer look at Japanese traditional culture, tips upon traveling to Kyoto, and social problems in Japan. So learners and lovers of Japanese language and culture, be sure to subscribe to enjoy more content! Please check out the description box for more videos recommended for you! Thank you again very much for watching!

@Drakengard-cb5ot

3 жыл бұрын

They need to bring kagema back.... LMAO

@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752

3 жыл бұрын

@@Drakengard-cb5ot Yaoi?

@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752

3 жыл бұрын

I saw a comment by Annika about Taikomochi... I wonder about that too...

@Michaelneiss

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video! I am very curious about whaling. Is it a controversial issue in Japan? And could you enlighten us on what the public debate looks like?

@Drakengard-cb5ot

3 жыл бұрын

Shogo, can you give us insight into the history of the Male Geisha??

As a deaf person from Singapore I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for adding English subtitles although I notice from my lip reading skill that you spoke in English . But reading English subtitles really enabled me to enjoy the content of this video. Thank you very much

@snowboardudz

2 жыл бұрын

@NO MERCY.! allow me to emphasise that lip reading skill is not 100% accurate.

@user-xt3lu6hp8e

2 жыл бұрын

Wish I could something for you either than praying:(

@octo4276

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, as a deaf person myself with no lip-reading skill, I'm really grateful for those English subtitles. Without them, it'd be way hard for me to understand anything. Any videos with manual subtitles are instantly better than those with automatic captions. So again, I'm glad they used a bit of their time and effort to add in the captions.

@snowboardudz

2 жыл бұрын

@@octo4276 yes not all deaf people know the lip reading skill. I rather not be too dependent on reading lips all the time. I prefer to understand the full contents from the subtitles in a positive way

@Mythical4227

2 жыл бұрын

I wish there was more entertainment and education options for those who are not like the rest

I'm a historical archaeologist in Japan, and I remember doing research on Takeda Shingen a few decades ago. He actually had a male lover who was among his 24 generals. Kosaka Danjo

@learoynotjenkins5514

2 жыл бұрын

How was this found out? Was there written documents about his favourite general like journals or letters or paintings?

@PrehistoricMeatEater

2 жыл бұрын

Now paintings would certainly have been an interesting secondary source.

@wallaaby5907

2 жыл бұрын

May I ask on who is Takeda Shingen?

@aimannorzahariwod

2 жыл бұрын

@@learoynotjenkins5514 The Unitversity of Tokyo's historical archive has the written pact/agreement signed between Takeda Shingen and Koasaka Masanobu (one of Shingen's 24 famous generals), where both agreed to enter into a love pact. Takeda Shingen still had a wife and a duty to create heirs, but the homosexual relationship he had was a common tradition in pre-Modern Japan.

@aimannorzahariwod

2 жыл бұрын

@@wallaaby5907 One of the greatest generals during the Sengoku period and a major threat to the three great unifiers of Japan (Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi). It's honestly one of the best periods of history to learn about and i highly recommend you learn about it, amazing history.

There used to be male geisha too, and they were called taikomochi? They were more like drinking buddies, joke tellers and so. At least that's what I read in Lesley Downer's book about Geisha. She also mentioned oiran and tayu.

@nore5888

3 жыл бұрын

so just, one of the bois

@ChonosTack

3 жыл бұрын

Real conservative supports femboy.

@TomorrowWeLive

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChonosTack shut up

@hallooos7585

3 жыл бұрын

@@TomorrowWeLive Homophobe?

@cullensaquarium

2 жыл бұрын

@@TomorrowWeLive What? The realness get your bussy acting different?

I honestly think that Yukaku should be seen as a black mark on Japanese history not a point of pride. When even the government allows girls (as said in previous Shogo videos) who are 10 years old or younger to live and train in an enviroment to be sold off is absolutely disgusting.

@hatsuharuboi

2 жыл бұрын

Saddly, prostitution was and is present in almost all societies, both in the east and the west, and the notion that child prostitution was bad (and child labor in general) is quite recent... sexual slavery is as old as dirty...

@miyako1909

2 жыл бұрын

I think we shouldn't apply our modern moral standards into history. People in the past had a different view from us, and their living conditions were different. They were busy trying their best to survive, so human rights came second. Children who were sold into prostitution actually had more chances to survive into adulthood than children living in poverty. At least, they were fed and received education, unlike other children who died from hunger and diseases. Children mortality rate in the past was really high. There were years with famine, and parents had to abandon some of their kids so they could feed the others.

@Legal-Canadian

2 жыл бұрын

@@miyako1909 btw I think Shojo did say that this used to happen in the Edo period which is the most peaceful period that Japan has ever been in, so your point about people trying to survive doesn't really hold. Besides I don't think that just because people were trying to survive justifies putting children into prostitution.

@RocketTurret

2 жыл бұрын

@@miyako1909 I feel like the fact that the world historically sucked more than it does today doesn't really excuse the fact that it, well, sucked

@Syminimoon

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, even the young boys who were only training to be Kabuki... I was so shocked

Let us always appreciate Shogo for discussing even things about his cultural history that might be found distasteful, because educating and acknowledging even the bad or questionable aspects of history ensure that we do not repeat our wrongs.

"Sacred prostitution." Well, that explains why all those shrine maiden-themed doujinshis and other hentai materials are a thing.

@aporifera

3 жыл бұрын

my guess is that they are the eastern counterpart of the Roman temple harlots

@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer

3 жыл бұрын

Sacred prostitution was a thing in the west too, before christianity.

@dylanotto1675

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer and during Christianity

@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer

3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanotto1675 The first centuries, yes. Then, in 380AC, after the Forgotten (by me) Roman Emperor made Christianity official religion of the Roman empire, it was moved inside monasteries where the nuns did it for the sole use of the elder friars and only under the direct supervision of the abbot. :P XDDD

@joannamysluk8623

3 жыл бұрын

I -bet- know half of these miko-themed doujins were Reimu yuri.

Damn. Oiran had to pay off student loans the rest of their lives too.

@daniby9894

3 жыл бұрын

Since their life span was age 25, no paying off...

@7466ypb

3 жыл бұрын

ikr🤣🤣🤣

@Amy_the_Lizard

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniby9894 Actually, considering how expensive they were they would have had a lot fewer customers (and the right to refuse sexual services to certain clients) so they would have been exposed to fewer STDs, and had much better living conditions than the lower ranked prostitutes, and thus probably lived a lot longer.

@yourstruly_shriya2366

2 жыл бұрын

@@Amy_the_Lizard Yes, Oirans were expensive and ranked the highest but that didn't mean they had the "freedom to refuse." He talked about it in the video too. Also, dont forget that rich bandits/thiefs could also be carrying STDs that they can transfer to the oirans. So rich doesn't necessarily equal being free of venereal diseases! :(

The information is interesting...seriously though, Shogo has gorgeous eyes.

@Bilboswaggins666

3 жыл бұрын

Bonk

@NightmareVixen12

3 жыл бұрын

No joke. They are so lovely

@radhikasingh4011

2 жыл бұрын

@@NightmareVixen12 Pause the video at 0:22. His eyes are pretty-pretty half moon. 🤭

Excellent video!

@CodingWithAsad

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like your kind of video

@user-cb3le8zr3t

3 жыл бұрын

sus

@edgychico9311

3 жыл бұрын

Hey look who's here it's Linfamy!

@WildBillCox13

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Lin! I thought so, too.

@itzmacey186

2 жыл бұрын

Linfamyyyyyyyy UwU

I am confused. The government removed women from preforming since some were prostitutes but the male prostitutes were ok🤔 . Loved your approach, very informative.

@bellebonebag8096

2 жыл бұрын

Cheating is also a big thing in Japan, so it fits right in with male prostitution, and love hotels. Not to mention the "don't ask don't tell don't care" thing that they got going on. Most foreigners mistake it for politeness or a cultural thing. It's not.

@SrValeriolete

2 жыл бұрын

Well, If even the monks could use male prostitutes.

@alexterieur8813

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to doublestandardland

@jacinthberyl5817

2 жыл бұрын

We apparently it was considered to be "training" 🙄😒

@tomochysan68

2 жыл бұрын

@@bellebonebag8096 Sorry, could you explain this better please? i don't understand very well...

Just a small correction. Legislation is enacted rather than dismissed. Dismissal in a legal sense is usually when a case that has been brought before the court is thrown out, or dismissed, for various reasons like lack of probable cause to arrest, improper procedure, lack of evidence, etc. It doesn't take away from the video, which is very interesting.

@jeffinkhobar5711

2 жыл бұрын

The word “dismissed” is misused a few times in different erroneous ways in this video.

@quadrantids8166

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting us know!

I’m not entirely sure how your videos have made their way into my recommendations, but I’m greatly appreciative of all the information I’ve learned. Regardless of how relevant it is, it’s all interesting and easy to swallow.

These ancient traditions still exist today. Now they call it Hollywood.

@ilovemybrudder

2 жыл бұрын

I thought this exact thing

@layla8830

2 жыл бұрын

That almost pales in comparison to the crimes of the Catholic Church

@Apex_Alpha53

2 жыл бұрын

Show business is like this in every country 😂

@abhishekbisoi3794

2 жыл бұрын

💀

@HeShoeTooBig

2 жыл бұрын

makes you wonder... we see this with just about every culture and every time period.

You know you have a very precise way of presenting history in a very friendly and straight forward manner. Also one request could you do a video on Japanese swords that had no curve. I know there is a variation of the Katana that had either the very slightest of curve to being completely straight of differing lengths, and would like to more know about the time periods when they would have been used and from what regions in Japan. Also I am not talking about the "Ninjato" (or ninja swords that were popularized in media like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, other popular media of my youth.) But non curved Katana because there have been so many variations of Katana since as I understand it Katana is kinda like a catch all meaning Japanese swords. You often refer to what I would consider Wakizashi, and Tanto as Katana and just qualify them as having shorter lengths, I do admit that I am not the most knowledgeable, but I infer as much as I can reading between the lines of your videos. All great information buddy love the content.

I was in the train listening to this and I laughed so hard when you talked about "sacred prostitution". Really interesting video!

@meatybtz

2 жыл бұрын

Good way to bring money to the Temple.

I truly appreciate the honesty about these subjects! thank you!

Ah! Finally u mentioned about these! 😭 thank u. Btw, yes, I agreed with u about that "refused desire". For me sex still sex no matter it between man and woman or man and man.🤦‍♀

@ElkaPME

3 жыл бұрын

I have a theory on this one, if the monks were to have sex with a woman, they probably didn't wanna risk get her getting pregnant (probably even with contraceptives) and thus, could probably have to do something about it. If they do have sex with other men, the risk is nonexistent if their partner can't be impregnated.

@liboy3830

3 жыл бұрын

@@ElkaPME hahaha that will be into another genre, omegaverse

@devforfun5618

2 жыл бұрын

@@ElkaPME that is just like the Jedi not being allowed to form families, but not being actually celibate i wonder how many force users are just bastard children of Jedi, given that force powers seems to be inheritable as Luke and Leia demonstrate

@juansebastian9259

2 жыл бұрын

@@devforfun5618 Grogu is probably Yoda's bastard. Maybe we get more info next season.

@LaNoir.

Жыл бұрын

@@ElkaPME That was my first guess. Then I remembered that a woman's period was seen an impure for a long time, so it also could be that monks were completely forbid to have relationship with women cause they are "impure by default".

I absolutely love they way you explain things, your accent is so clear and easy to listen to!

Wow, how educational this is. Very well thought of and researched. Kudos, Shogo!

I am impressed at how organized your presentations are... I wish you success!

You presented this is a fantastic way, had me captivated the entire time.

As a complete newbie just fascinated with different cultures, I find your uploads really interesting!💯

Thank you for your informative and well researched presentation. I have studied Zen, Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism for many years and when I travelled to Thailand Myanmar and Laos for many months I took the opportunity to visit temples and meditate with months. It was wonderful and even the landscapes I found intently mystical but....I met and went out with a Russian girl who had lived in Korea, Japan and Thailand and spoke these languages fluently along with Russian and English and some French.The reason I mention all this is that she mocked my going to temples and my admiration of monks...and to get my hackles up she took an upskirt shot (she had a very dynamic body) and sent it to some monks she knew and sadly within minutes several sent back salacious responses. She said that my Western view of monks and the practice of Buddhism was highly idealized.

This was highly informative! I was highly interested in geisha, some years ago - and, from there, in the pleasure districts in general. However, there are details about the "floating world" that are hard to find for Westerners - especially about what our culture considers more taboo topics, such as prostitution. Oiran and other entertainers are rarely mentioned, let alone described in detail - and one almost never hears about the yūjyo and kagema. As such, I am very grateful for your concise and - above all - forthright presentation of such things. Thank you!

A brilliant video on history and culture! You have a very clear and concise way of explaining concepts! I wonder, as someone very interested in the history of fashion, if kagema had a unique style to their fashion like how oiran had extremely intricate and grand outfits which have a unique style to them.

You are going to make it big Shogo! You have an excellent way of explaining Japan and its history!

I randomly saw this video,the caption got me hooked so I decided to watch..I don't have any idea about Japan culture and traditions until I watch this video,it's so helpful and now atlest I have an idea. Thanks for sharing this piece of history of Japan.

I absolutely adore your approach history. With a lot of taboos around prostitution, this may not be something people look for in terms of studying. I find these anthropological topic fascinating, especially regarding the roles and impacts of westernization on traditions, values and ideology of a society. Often time, we think of westernization in the sense of modernization and modern history and did not fully understand the extend and roles it has in these aspect of society, or that may just be from my limited knowledge. But yeah, awesome presentation! Thank you for the CC as well!!

Very thorough and informative. You did a great job with the explanation and I am much more educated about the topic!👏👏

Wow, the subscriber count received a nice bump this past month. This video should push that to 100K and beyond.

@DHuongLeHuynh

3 жыл бұрын

Nice Lurch avartar

No fair!! I thought I was only being entertained. I ain’t sign up for no learnings! 🤣 this was super entertaining and informative bro, keep up the awesome work 👌

You are such an excellent teacher. You deliver knowledge in a way that can be incorporated. To learn make changes! Thank you

I love your channel❤️ Quality content and another side of Japan. Very interesting! Please keep up!!

Your speaking style is beautiful, as is your videography. Thanks for this amazing look into this world of the past.

I don’t know why this was recommended to me but I’m glad it was! Very interesting. And you are delightful!

Cool history lesson. Samurai Champloo briefly discussed both Yujyo and Kagema, thanks for teaching me more.

My husband and I really enjoy your videos. You are straight and to the point. You also are clear and give a recap at the end if I missed details. Honestly your videos would make great research for anyone wanting to learn about Japan and Japanese culture.

I'm so glad I came across this again. Thank you for making this.

Thank you, Shogo :) your historical knowledge is explained and broken down very well for your audience. I too appreciate the subtitles

Extremely educational. Thank you kindly 🙏🏿

You're so close to 100k! It's only a matter of weeks now. Great job! Thank you for another very interesting and insightful video. Kagema and their history were completely new to me.

This was interesting- thank you and you are so clear in your presentation 🥰

Not sure how i got here but i enjoyed. The history, soothing voice w/correct pronunciation and finding something i didnt know. looking forward to more

Such an interesting theme!!

I just learnt so much! Thank you!

This was very informative and nicely explained!!

This was so educational love the channel :D

Your videos are so well-structured! Such an interesting video, thank you for all the info!

Your a great story teller ….love the history

excellent video as usual, I am very grateful that you share with us different topics of Japanese culture, really thank you very much

Very Well Done!!! Lots of information!!!

I am Japanese and did not know about kagema or Oiran! I do know wakashu because of Oda Nobunaga. It is funny learning about my cultures history on prostitution from a random youtube suggestion ww

@alexterieur8813

2 жыл бұрын

I had heard about wakushu but not kagema

@tsuyuasui7297

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexterieur8813 whats wakushu

@alexterieur8813

2 жыл бұрын

@@tsuyuasui7297 its kind of japanese pederasty, the young one is called a wakushu. Look it up

A very well and informative presentation. Thank you Shogo for the effort of doing this specially when you mentioned that you also made your own research to make this possible. Congratulations!

Well researched and presented. Thank you so much ,my friend...

I can listen to you all day without getting tired. 👌

This was so interesting! Thank you for the great video! Arigato 🙂🙂🙂

Also, many thanks for talking about the male-male relationships so naturally, as always! It's really appreciated ^^

This was amazing! Thanks for making this video. Please make others! I am always amazed at how people are all the same... yet so different. :)

Very well made video Shogo-san, kudos!

I love history, and Japanese history and culture is fascinating. Thank you for perspective and knowledge. 🤗

That "refusing desires" was the coping needed back then in order to not be stigmatized for loving men.

@LURLINE_

28 күн бұрын

the more things change the more they stay the same huh

this was very informative and easy to understand. thank you for your excellent manner and presentation.

Very glad you didn't leave out any non-kids-friendly content, it was a very thorough work on history and gave lots of insight. I guess we can be glad that time has at least changed some things up till now...

Wow! I can’t believe you have 600,000 subscribers already, Shogo! I subscribed to your channel when you had 10,000 subscribers. Great job. Keep it up!

5:38 My heart broke 💔 I always assumed that type of work was rough, but...I did not expect all of that. 😭😭😭 Thank you, thank you so much for sharing these informational videos!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I enjoyed your story .I love any kind of history about different cultures.

Just found this channel and I love it Keep up the good work

It is so cute that Shogo thanks his kids in the description of his video. he seems like such a nice man T_T

Love your channel man. Very informative!👍👍

why is it so calming to hear your stories XD

So informative!

I am a recent subscriber and I rly like the style of your videos thei are very informative and great structured I got to give you some mad probs for that keep it going!

@gyounce1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are very educational and nicely paced with explanations that are simple and thorough enough for anyone to process and understand. His content is definitely appealing to any group with an interest in such things, and perhaps even those who aren't. My favorite part is that he summarizes the entirety of the video at the end.

@kusuriya

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I agreed too! It’s small and sweet and informative. It’s very easy to be digested. I’m glad this channel is around XD

I like your laid back talk at the end. Better Pace. I know you put alot of work into the main part though.

Really enjoyed your video 👍

amazing video ! very enlightening !

This is interesting and mind blowing at the same time 😂

What a beautiful story. Would love to hear more love stories about the kagema and his monk.

This was quite informative.

wow! love how you explain this it's easy to undrstand and at the end another short summary. was surprised to knw the history" about prostitutes way back then!

I love this tidbit of information.

"I have to be honest before I started this KZread channel I ..." I was like "WHAAT??!" 😂 great video as usual 😊 tks

Really interesting and informative video loved it to the core ❤️

I loved the video, so educational and interesting !

So monks had relationships with men rather than women as it would go against their Scriptures.....not really surprising. People misinterpret and misuse religious texts like this all the time.

Shogo can you do a video about manga and anime, like when and why did they appear, what are the cultural perceptions, why are so popular in JP? Thankkk you!

How utterly interesting! Thank you for this information.

thank you for the knowledge and awareness because it grows human conciseness. Be blessed Young Sir !

this is such an interesting video i love it so much as well as analyzing the patriarchy, homophobia, etc behind it

Its would be interesting if hat history was updated to include contemporary customs among male-male relationships.

Thank you very much.... I've learned a lot from this educational content 😊

This is very eye opening. all of these started in child abuse of little boys and girls and so call enlightened religious monks where the adults paying for this service. this is very disturbing. It makes me think about kpop and makes me wonder what is going on in that industry.

@rachellerivers6778

2 жыл бұрын

@@rbmaia5 unfortunately I am well aware of all the horror you mentioned. I was not aware of the history of it in Japan. I pray daily for all these horrors to be exposed and destroyed. I work with children so it especially hits hard when I hear about things like this. Will you pray with me that the Most High will expose and destroy these systems of abuse?

@_CL

2 жыл бұрын

@@rbmaia5 "At least the Japanese have taken affirmative actions to end whorehouses and child trafficking." How so? Because I don't think we're seeing the same Japan

@shereehi5539

2 жыл бұрын

They better not touch those teens.

'Why would monks be entertained by kagema?' *Chatolic priests has entered the chat*

@ChonosTack

3 жыл бұрын

All of human culture were like that before Colonialism

@aaronjacobamadorsalazar1934

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes the "church sexual abuse" card, soooo original

@Holbytatown

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaronjacobamadorsalazar1934 Oh, the comment that pretends to discard church abuse jokes because the joke is 'abused', how original

@aaronjacobamadorsalazar1934

3 жыл бұрын

@@Holbytatown "Look look a catholic priest accused of child molestation please laugh now"

I am absolutely mesmerized by this channel. Hello from Georgia (the country). Subscribed.

Great stuff.

Thank you for this history lesson; these things were totally unknown to me. I can understand why Catholic Christianity first took hold in Japan - and why the shogunate surpressed it so ruthlessly.

the picture of the two people kissing are actually two men; the wakashu is wearing a furisode, but you can spot the typical hair of a wakashu

So interesting, thank you!! 👌🏼

Great vid, I have so much respect for you sir :)

You may already be aware, but the anime Demon Slayer gives a brief but interesting look into Yoshiwara in Entertainment District Arc. On a humorous note, it would be fun to hear your opinion on episodes 1 and 2 of that particular arc. Thanks, Shogo!