Marriage in Early Japan (...was it legal to KILL your wife?) | History of Japan 41

Marriage in the Heian Period. Was it legal to kill your wife? What was marriage ghosting? What did people do after marriage?
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[@zamathellama9708]

No one: Linfamy: the fujiwara clan married their daughters into the imperial family.

[@Linfamy]

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every single video

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[@Linfamy]

@guiu9878 I believe it has already happened o.o

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If I have learned anything and committed it permanently from Linfamy it's that the fujiwara married their daughters into the imperial family.

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"The secondary marriages started out casually..like kidnapping."

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This remins me the stone age 🤔

[@dr_dave512]

This remids me of today world

[@morrikai]

@Pecu Alex some Cultur/nation allows kidnappning as way to marry today, sometimes the marriage is arranged by the family but the girl is unaware until sk is kidnappad. In other place the marriage is arranged first after the girl is kidnapped

[@rougeakane]

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[@Manas-co8wl]

@@morrikai Explain "the marriage is arranged first after the girl is kidnapped"

[@dawnmana5876]

Women in my family wouldn't survive the Heian. My aunt knocked her husband with an iron skillet when she caught him cheating, and my great-grandmother tried to get my great-grandfather with a block of coal when he wasted some money that was supposed to go for stuff for their kids. My grandmother shot at her son in law for cheating. Her kitchen floor still has the bullet hole.

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No one would survive your women..

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[@dawnmana5876]

@@noobz8613 a few do, but they are just as crazy.

[@Sovereignty3]

Would definitely call them strong women.also wtf, did these guys not hear the stories before marriaging into the family?

[@captainpalegg2860]

"both families treated this first marriage like choosing a starter pokémon ... they had to consider all future ramifications." meanwhile me who just picks the cutest one without giving it much thought:

[@_Unoffical_Norahhh_]

Lmao same

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We talking about Pokémon or wives? 😂

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You'll soon be in need of a 'sugar pokemon'.

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[@dianalindeman1644]

I read a Japanese man could divorce his wife for being left handed because that would mean she was a witch. I've also read about Japanese men who pimped their wives and daughters to pay off gambling debts.

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[@rud6155]

“Once in a While The husband would visit his Wife To Migrate His Tadpoles” *i fell of from my chair laughing*

[@Linfamy]

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[@slook7094]

The ghosting thing is actually a huge tragedy spoken about in Japanese poetry. This happened to the mother of Michitsuna (nobody knows her name other than that she was a Fujiwara) when she married Fujiwara no Kaneie (no incest, they were distantly related) as his secondary wife. It started out where he'd only visit her like once every few months, then once a year, and then years went by where she got ghosted and became suicidally depressed about it to the point where she seriously considered taking vows but couldn't because she had to protect her son. The Gossamer Diary, her diary and book of poetry, ends abruptly with a knock on the door.

[@mollytovxx4181]

I was wondering how I’d feel about marriage as a Heian noblewoman, but marriage in that time and culture is so different from my time and culture that they are almost impossible to compare. If my husband had an affair in the Heian era I doubt I’d feel personally betrayed or hurt since it seems more like a business arrangement and not a love marriage. I’d be worried about how that would affect my resources instead. The other downside as a Heian noblewoman is the potential to be killed for having my own affair. Although considering everyone was very wink-wink nudge-nudge about the whole thing I can see how many marriages were probably super chill. “I don’t love you, you don’t love me, but we’ve got a mutually beneficial arrangement here so let’s go bang other people and it’s all good.” This was probably the key to a happy marriage back then. Being a Heian noblewoman doesn’t seem so bad in comparison to the majority of women’s experiences in history, but I am still very thankful for being born in this time and culture.

[@Linfamy]

You get it! 😁 You're right we're all products of our culture, if any one of us lived in those times we'd behave like 90% of people living then.

[@boyanpenev9822]

True enough. If he was your husband, you would have been married by your respective families, and chances are neither of you consulted on whether you wanted to marry that particular person. Thus, in many ways it was more of a political and business arrangement. If you had any romantic - or physical -needs that were not taken care of, you would have to either make do or take care of those in an affair. There were probably couples that were lucky enough that they enjoyed each other's company, but often, people had to settle for the next best thing - discretely getting something on the side and closing an eye to their spouse doing the same. I know that in later periods the wife ran the household finances and husbands would be getting their "pocket money" from the missus, but I'm not sure if that was the case for Heian as well. If if were, it meant that a wife's resoures were mostly dependent on her... though if her husband was at court, giving him a solid subsidy was necessary for him to pursue his career there.

[@Linfamy]

Yes, so hard to escape your culture :)

[@alexandriatrenier7366]

Mollytov Xx yeah me too

[@yusukeelric]

There is an entire video explaining how cheating wives was incredibly common in the heian era just because of how boring was the housewife life. To the point it was expected she cheated on her husband as long as she was discreet about it with everyone else (basically the Husband most probably knew of her affairs most times but didn't care as long as the neighbors didn't know) Being married in old Japan was all about social status, and most of the times had nothing to do with love or even commitment, as if it was some kind of job.

[@madambutterfly1997]

With all this talk of how everyone cheated, it sounds like the 90s

[@peynnep6483]

more proof that Japan is ahead of our time

[@Jobe-13]

Hasan Wilson 😂

[@grantsolomon7660]

When has it ever been different really?

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How outdated are my pop culture references...

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Very old

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Very old

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2012

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Just enough to entertain me. Thank you.

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[@gerardcoyle2587]

Although it wasn't strictly legal, in English law it used to be that if a husband caught his wife in bed with another man and killed his wife or the person she was with, he could use the situation as a defence against a murder charge. So the Heian position isn't unique. Also, they only got rid of that defence within the last fifty years.

[@Amateur_Pianist_472]

So men just claimed that their wife was cheating and got no jail time? What?

[@gerardcoyle2587]

@@Amateur_Pianist_472 No. The situation had to be the husband caught his wife and her lover actually in the act of having sex and it was a complete surprise to the husband. It was a "temporary insanity" type of defence, in that such a discovery was such a shock to the husband that he was so enraged he wasn't in his right mind. For that to work, he would have to show to the court that his wife and her lover were having sex when he came upon them, and that up until then, he had had no reason to believe his wife had been unfaithful.

[@gerardcoyle2587]

@@Amateur_Pianist_472 Also, by defence I don't mean they necessarily escaped some kind of punishment. Basically, the charge would be reduced from murder to manslaughter.

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What a absurd culture

[@J3diMindTrix]

Not exactly a defense, it would just be downgraded to manslaughter, it's a crime of passion type situation, which is a real thing, when you act on instinct and you aren't really in your right mind then shouldn't you get a reduced sentence? It doesn't always work though Also I imagine it would work both ways and women could claim this. It also used to be that the only way a woman could claim a divorce (at least in the 19th Century) was due to adultery, and they had to prove this to get the divorce

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Marrying Multiple Wives: *Exist* Emperor's: 1:06

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Rito: 1:06

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it is called"cheating"

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[@trishapandey8569]

Video of hein period exists: Linfamy: The Fujiwara clan famously married their daughters into the Imperial family.

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Migrate His tadpoles?!!😂😂😂😂

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What does that mean

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I was your 69th like

[@Jobe-13]

Family drama and competition must’ve been a very casual/normalized thing, not just between wives and husbands, but also between all their children.

[@manuellatouche2]

could a secondary wife take main wife status if the main wife died?

[@Linfamy]

Sure :)

[@MsAngelique]

@@Linfamy well that leaves room for assassins to get paid ...

[@sakurakou2009]

yeah that happen alot in chinese history many concubines became secons empress if they empress died or was stripped of her position , the thing i found weird is that the concubine children were not consideres legal children until she became legal wife cuz concubine is not wife .

[@gilgamesh6135]

I dont think so. He just gets remarried again

[@user-cq7vi1ti4k]

Seems like a good career opportunity

[@alana.dyer.author]

And the Fujiwara clan fomousely married multiple daughters into the imperial family is always mentioned 😂 man imagine how messed up being a daughter was in that clan. How dissapointed they would be if the daughters weren't chosen into the imperial family

[@meetaverma8372]

Did you know, in India too, polygyny was common, not just that polyandry (where a woman has multiple spouses) was also practiced (both were, obviously, just elite things)

[@Linfamy]

Did not know, but now I do. Thanks 😉

[@meetaverma8372]

@@Linfamy you're welcome 😶😶

[@asamvav]

Not a big thing really. My great grand father had three wives and a concubine. His children are somewhat confused about whose mother is who. I'm Hindu btw.

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[@sakurakou2009]

polyagamy and polandry is more common then people thing , actually monogamy is just hoax even in weat where they act aa of polygamy is weird they still have side chick culture where man have girlfrined but still cheat qith multiple women on side

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Someone understands logic :p

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But if someone else contradicts you, THEY need to prove you wrong.

[@anitam.9582]

Squirtle is a great Pokemon, but in general there seem to be a lot of good water types (Gyarados comes to mind), so I'm more likely to choose Charmander, because the good fire types are rare, or Bulbasaour becouse he had an avantage for the first two gyms and there is no better plat type in the early games.

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Easy. People speed run using squirtle

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@@anitam.9582 ???? Bellsprout???? They had a tower dedicated to it in gold&silver bruh

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I'd agree that squirtle is a good pick but over the generations I would argue that charmander and bulbasaur are better picks given the mega evolutions of their evolved froms they clearly have better options given that they are in ou/uber formats while the lowly Blastoise is relegated to RU (rarely used). Even disregarding their mega evolutions both venasaur and charizard have better rankings throughout the generations. I suggest you throw your squirtle in the trash where he belongs

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How...dare you

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*"migrate his tadpoles"* And this kids is how to cencor to not get demonetized

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Thanks for your videos! I've been living in Japan for a while actually, and your videos really keep me more motivated to study Japanese while I continue working full-time. Japan's a great country, but I'm also an Asian-American so I kind of have this awkward mix of both Asian and Western mindsets. Learning more about Japanese history really keeps me more in tuned and adjusted while living in Japn, so I really appreciate your videos! ^_^

[@Linfamy]

Thank you! I'm jealous, Japan is a beautiful country

[@jsphfalcon]

Wife beating happens. When I lived in Fussa-shi, I've passed a house in Japan and could swear I've heard something like it.

[@Linfamy]

:(

[@sakurakou2009]

that happen in all world , even in west spouse abuse happen alot

[@garygrn]

Was it a two story house on Fuji mi dori?

[@nidohime6233]

Even worse they never talk about it because there are too ashame to recognise, with all this "don't bother the neighbour" bullcrap.

[@HoudaOussous]

It's all over the world unfortunately

[@MWShoukan]

Sounds like those Chinese dramas my grandparents watch-

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I love these vids, only discovered them yesterday in a random feed from Hungarian folk tales....another humorous and well-told albeit confusing fairy tales at times....who knew history could be so funny and entertaining! Keep up the good work! much respect and love from Trinidad...Caribbean

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Glad you like! Cheers from USA

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Thank you, I'm glad you like the videos ;)

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You got me at the "d!$# who canceled Firefly!" Great videos; Totally binge-worthy!

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Just found your channel last night and I’m addicted. Love to learn about Japanese history and culture. ❤ Thanks

[@Jadeorchid24]

Geez why is Japanese relationship so much drama I guess that's why Japanese dramas are all the Rave over there especially traditional.😓

[@jeffjeff7083]

Good thing viking didnt invade japan or now the world is alot more avanced

[@nickaalbury2555]

the same with ancient chinese

[@Limrasson]

Greeks sieging troy for 10 years be like: .>

[@srashti4658]

You need to see Indian things

[@LadyCoyKoi]

Also why they aren't having babies to replace the numbers of older generations.

[@lorib1696]

I'm in the Society for Creative Anachronism. I've been asked why I don't do a Heian period persona since I love Japanese culture so much. The clothes would be stiffing. I would barely be able to move. I would have to sit in the "house" all day. And now I would have to support my fake husband and he would get to have other fake wives too? No way! (No migrating tadpoles with the fake husband. Seems like that was the only perk for women in the Heian.)

[@Linfamy]

What do you do in that Society? Heian outfits would be pretty cool

[@lorib1696]

@@Linfamy we study and recreate stuff from the middle ages and renaissance. And wear cool clothes that are often amazingly hot. Look up SCA on the internet. There's tons of stuff on the society. Enjoy.

[@spacecaptain9188]

Curious: If a husband wasn't faithful, and didn't provide for his family, and could even abandon them, or demand the wife provides for him, then.... what was the point of him? What was in it for her, to make her take those risks, and accept such poor treatment?

[@tomorrow4eva]

I guess upper class women probably had family pressure to support the system. And poor people didn't bother with all that from the sound of it.

[@emilybarclay8831]

Her sons could inherit a family name and possibly family lands. Women were supposed to support their husband until he became successful and then it would switch to him taking care of the wife and children

[@Linfamy]

Would you prefer a Heian type marriage?

[@uopeson1259]

Nah I prefer food

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I prefer math

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Your videos are informative as well as funny. Really creative. Love it always. 😅

[@Linfamy]

Haha thank you, I'm glad you like them :)

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"migrate his tadpoles"

[@Linfamy]

😛

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sugar mamas and sugar daddies? I only know glucose guardians

[@Linfamy]

Never heard that before :p

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@@Linfamy it's the scientific term for sugar mamas and daddies made by a group of Asian kids who had nothing better to do in a tutoring class

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What about carbohydrate caretakers?

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Love ur videos. Japanese history told with plenty of humor. I like.

[@Linfamy]

Thanks so much 😉

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8:59 History really repeat itself huh

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Thanks! And welcome!

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7:33. WHAT. *CONFUSED NOISES*

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Please express these noises in text form

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I had to ask for the first name though 🤣. Are you Armenian? I figured pronouncing it the Armenian way was best.

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Linfamy Afghan actually, but you’re right it is pronounced very much like the Armenian way, I actually had an Armenian think that too. My parents came to the US in the 80s after the Soviet Invasion.

[@NabilaBiju]

OMG!!! These videos are sooooo cool!! While going over these video, I felt like many of the things are in line with the rulings of arab/ islamic tradition... of course way different when it comes to point of legality... but for example these Heian elite women not supposed to be seen by all, polygamy etc (of course not the dating and cheating stuff!!! lol )... would be great if a version of this could be done on early muslim culture and who knows, we may end up finding similar patterns in culture of two super different nations faraway from each other... just thinking out loud... :/

[@jerrycampbell9376]

I'm guessing disloyalty to the husband's family was considered grounds for killing a wife.

[@Linfamy]

Decent guess :p

[@Pikagirl541]

2:29 okay I'm going to make my guess now. My guess is that men could kill their main wife if they wanted a secondary wife to take her position.

[@Linfamy]

Haha no, that's brutal :p

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[@Linfamy]

Thanks, glad you like :)

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@@Linfamy you're welcome:)

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thank you for another interesting video ^^ P.S: That Friends reference was on point :)) I could hear Ross screaming "WE WERE ON A BREAK!". Keep up the good work!

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My gf back then watched that show religiously, soo it was always on :D

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@@Linfamy so ungrateful, how could she let you go? 😱

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1:28 Shiny Charizard maybe cool,but I love my turtle water squirrel thingy.

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Yay 🐢

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Thanks for the video. Have a nice day :)

[@Linfamy]

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[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

What if a member of a harem in a polygamous relationship is a yandere?

[@charper9890]

Kyousha Then things get very fun for everyone watching.

[@seneca983]

Did that killing thing actually happen often? One would think that if everyone new that extramarital affairs were common and tolerated, most husbands wouldn't want to kill their wives over it.

[@Linfamy]

I'd imagine actually catching someone in the act was already rare. So catching your wife AND deciding to kill her was even rarer

[@ELee-ts4ld]

Wait if the husband was ghosting the wife and she was just trying to remarry and the previous husband cought her can the husband still legally kill her?

[@viiiderekae]

Reminds me of the Yotsuyakaidan story Where lemons lover sent the poison to disfigure Oiwa 1:58 furry 🤣😂

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How do you just say those words so flawless?

[@Linfamy]

Which ones?

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@@Linfamy all of them

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1,000th comment!! good job as always

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You crack me up! I love your videos! 😂

[@MrRookitty]

Thanks for the book recommendation! I'm trying to write a paper on Heian noblewomen so anything helps

[@Linfamy]

Good luck with the paper!

[@uopeson1259]

Hmm should I comment or wait and watch this video ? II'l commet first

[@Linfamy]

Woohoo! Early bird gets the heart

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Unkown Person good call

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Ooooooooo new book to read~ Fascinating stuff

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Yep it's a pretty cool book :)

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Great video.😊

[@vladislav5543]

I swear to god everytime i hear fujiwara im just like... The fujiwara clan famoulsy married theyre daughters into the royal family.

[@Linfamy]

Success >:D

[@MulToyVerse]

1:19. There is that "position" mentioning involving consorts again! 😉😱🤪

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New favorite channel😂

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Woohoo!

[@savannahs5439]

hearing from this period is depressing, but thanks for videos, truth is truth and you tell it well :)

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hEiAn jApAN wAs a MeSs *but go off bros*

[@raafeekhan1078]

seeing the picture of the dude and hearing the line "as his underwear disintegrated" was so funny , as I saw his facial expression in the picture

[@Linfamy]

😅 yeah that's quite the expression

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Another AWESOME video .... :-)

[@Linfamy]

Thank you sir 😉

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I agree Firefly had great potential and it was pretty good to watch.

[@NeneSimone]

The Fujiwara clan inside meme never gets old.*groans*

[@AudieHolland]

Polygyny: Husbands can have multiple wives (take for example, 3) Wives on the other hand could have only one husband (actually, in this example, only 1/3)

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[@Kamari333]

this is such an interesting subject

[@carolyndawn7513]

My grandma kill a possum once and survived a tree falling on her at 88 years old. She is one tough cookie not sure if my grandfather was that strong he passed away before I met him. However knowing how strong my grandma was I say she would be a very good wife to have.

[@muhamadkenzo7433]

The marriage system fits chinese imperial marriage perfectly! Qing empress will adopt babies from The second wife, that sometimes create a rift between the two.

[@teamprimarina]

1:27 Bulbasur does good against the first 2 gyms making for an easy start and less pressure about team building

[@vishnurajagopalUHD]

YaY another video by Linfamy!!! NOPE just a ton of anime(lol I wish I had as many starter pokemons when I used to play) and pop culture references along with some Japanese History I guess this is the best place to Learn Japanese history lol

[@Linfamy]

I think I need to update my pop culture references

[@grantheon8121]

5:55 should've put "Bye Felicia..moto" instead

[@Linfamy]

😂

[@katiecook6332]

this is why im not into that kind of marriage. someone always seems to lose their head, figuratively or/and literally

[@alisa9762]

I love that you put some Pokemon references😄🤣 and if you don't mind me asking what your favourite pokemon is Mine is Scorbunny cause of his Candycorn ears😂

[@assa1417]

Really appreciate the FRIENDS reference😂😂😂

[@Linfamy]

😅

[@darrenzou2483]

Say the thing Say the thing 1:34 There it is!!!!!!

[@Linfamy]

🤣🤣🤣 someone gets it

[@darrenzou2483]

@@Linfamy I was the one that commented that this quote will be in every video lol

[@Linfamy]

@@darrenzou2483 oh I should've remembered. It was a genius suggestion :D

[@darrenzou2483]

@@Linfamy :D just remember me when you get famous

[@Linfamy]

@@darrenzou2483 ;)

[@Zulfburht]

I can just imagine margret pulling the hair of Jenny, as Karen is packing and sneakin the kids out the door.all the while you’re in the middle of this mess trying to stop the first two from killing each other.

[@Linfamy]

Polygamy sounds lovely 😒😅

[@Zulfburht]

Linfamy I’d probably have to ghost all the wives if the shit hit the fan.

[@oneproudpeacock6901]

So nobody mentioned the pic at around 7:20 where the woman's head is turn at a freaking 180??!!!

[@Michelle-oh5ws]

I laughed so hard when you mentioned Firefly! 🤣

[@lonelittlejerry917]

Will you do any videos on later periods of Japan?

[@Linfamy]

Yeah I'm slowly working forward in time

[@lonelittlejerry917]

@@Linfamy Awesome to hear! Keep up the videos man

[@NabilaBiju]

@@Linfamy Thank you so much for doing this!! These are so pedagogical and fun at the same time!! I'm a doctoral student who is stuck in her thesis and frequently seen to bang her head on walls out of misery... :s these videos really help her get some wow-factor induced in her brain and give her the motivation/ strength to stop banging her head and go back to her computer to run some more regressions... Thanks a lot! I absolutely love these!

[@Linfamy]

@@NabilaBiju good luck with your thesis! :)

[@NabilaBiju]

@@Linfamy OMG!!!! Thanks so much my favt Japanese history Sensei!!!

[@crumblingxeffigy]

That Firefly comment was unexpected and very appreciated 😂

[@Linfamy]

Amazing show 😭

[@crumblingxeffigy]

And so underrated. I miss it every day 😥

[@Linfamy]

@@crumblingxeffigy you know what you can do when you miss it? ... watch it again :p

[@crumblingxeffigy]

I've done that a few times now :) I even have Kaylee's parasol for when I'm feeling fancy

[@NixiePixie22]

the part 'just ask Ross' made me wheeze, for I just finished the F.R.I.E.N.D.S marathon before it's taken down from netflix and I had the exact same thought.. x'D

[@Linfamy]

😂

[@starswirlmagic3780]

Okay this actually reminded me of the webtoon The Remarried Empress