The Plight of the Samurai - Traditional Japanese Music

天皇陛下万歳

[@Julio-tp7il]

Everybody gangsta until the spaghetti turn into ramen.

[@user-zx6ic5vf3h]

YESSIR 👏👏👏

[@TheDystopianAmbianceProject]

Best comment ever.

[@user-bf8bt2wf7d]

but when the ramen turns into soba who is a samurai??? 🐱‍👤🐱‍🚀🐱‍💻🐱‍👓🐱‍🐉🐱‍👤 washoku for thought

[@Bandit213]

Then everybody yakuza.

[@yshdaspecial]

Everybody gangsta until the walking cane turns into a kali yuga......

[@srinivassanjay4927]

0:01 - was a normal guy with a college degree 8:34 - was a shogun named isshin ashina from kyoto who carried a nodachi and conquered half of japan

[@user-bf8bt2wf7d]

yes

[@The-Falcon-of-Light-Griffith]

Hesitation is defeat.

[@ryushogun9890]

I'm a normal guy without a college degree :/

[@srinivassanjay4927]

@@ryushogun9890 and yet you are still a king...if not yet, you will be soon

[@ryushogun9890]

@@srinivassanjay4927 I just hope I become a king who speaks japanese.

[@rabikhan4490]

listening to this while reading vagabond has never been more epic

[@bane2637]

I'm actually listening to this while reading the book vagabond is based off of lmao

[@bane2637]

@Rabi Khan Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, though the Book of Five Rings is an excellent read as well.

[@cristinamanole7398]

I listened to it while I was reading the first volume of Musashi by Eiji Yoshioka and now I am listening to it while also reading Vagabond too.

[@skystarmaniastagewalkthrou7476]

@@cristinamanole7398 was listening to it while reading lone wolf and cub highly recommend too

[@cristinamanole7398]

@@skystarmaniastagewalkthrou7476 okay thanks. Who is the author?

[@mingyuhuang8944]

Life is temporary, but the warrior spirit is eternal.

[@jtmeister8530]

“Your parents will always be with you, Jin”

[@TheSkeletonMinecraft]

I’m actually Japanese and this music is so sweet to my ears amazing work

[@vistagreat9994]

@@hallerd how many prefectures and countries have you went to, assuming you are a nomadic soldier somehow

[@_dxrk_hexrted_9993]

agreed, its amazing to hear

[@The-Falcon-of-Light-Griffith]

@@vistagreat9994 A Ronin isn't a nomadic warrior, they're a either a dishonored Vagabond or a mercenary for hire lol.

[@vistagreat9994]

@@The-Falcon-of-Light-Griffith i didn't say they were voluntarily nomadic

[@kamikazefilmproductions]

Same here

[@absolutezero7373]

Idk why I randomly felt like listening to Japanese Samurai music but this music really motivates me

[@Thoregor]

Its the vibe man, it touches that part of you that wants to live life to its full potential. Dont ignore it, listen to music like this often, music is a major part of life, let it help you be the best version of yourself.

[@aznlee2817]

I played this song while being in a Duel fight (Ghost of Tsushima) it was too intense.

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

Same, only I played it while playing as a Japanese character in Bloodborne, wearing Yamamura’s set; since one of the NPCs is the Bloody Crow of Cainhurst & both him and my character used the Chikage (basically, Cainhurst’s katana), it felt like we were 2 katana masters in a duel for the ages & showing each other who is the true Sword Saint!

[@MyDark56]

Same

[@Edgazx]

@@AlastorAltruistGaming same but in elden ring!

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

@@Edgazx lemme guess: You wielded a katana & were fighting Malenia?

[@Edgazx]

@@AlastorAltruistGaming good guess but it was the godskin duo

[@kainrex8127]

This is underrated, this beats the lofi tunes for study music imo

[@kosaqo4248]

Thanks! Check out my new songs if you'd like

[@gustavwood0064]

Now I’m gonna defeat my essays with honour

[@user-us7zt5fz5j]

That's because this is music and lofi isn't.

[@tonk8395]

@@gustavwood0064 this might be hard to take in but, samurais where rarly honorouble actualy they where not comiting sepuku that often because if youre army retreat then you would kill of youre whole army, but that doesent mean they didnt do it its just not true that they where honorouble wariors. Infact they would sometimes betray theyr felow samurai if it would benefit them. But cool coment dho and cool music (sorry for my gramar i have no respect for this language)

[@tonk8395]

@@user-us7zt5fz5j yes you are right lofi is just total shit compared to this

[@moonshineofthemoon8054]

This music helps me in War Thunder when i play as Japan. It gives me a boost inside myself I can not explain. It makes every dog fight intense.

[@liamcrowwardartist4745]

Any of this music or the Mongolian and Turkic throat singing helps me to creative-write too.

[@moonshineofthemoon8054]

@@liamcrowwardartist4745 lol

[@es-rh8oo]

I wonder if the Japanese listened to this as they bombed Pearl Harbor

[@buck5021]

So this is what the samurais bopped to. This shit go hard fr🔥

[@treintrortorin]

Seven qualities of a samurai: Directness and justice. Courage. Compassion. Reverence. Honour. Absolute sincerity. Duty and loyalty. I think this is suitable not only for samurai but for all of us.

[@argentphoenix11]

Sadly, honor is left as an afterthought in many countries these days.

[@halwa9528]

Lmao they literally tested the strength and sharpness of their blades by gutting random bystanders stop believing romanticised bullshit and read some history. Samurais were mercenaries for what their lords wanted they weren't noble and just heroes. Just doing a job for status and money.

[@halwa9528]

Same with knights they weren't some chivalrous people, just skilled warriors who were handsomely rewarded by their lords for doing what was needed

[@noreeaki]

@@halwa9528 This isn't what all Samurai's did, Bushido did exist and it was used in a Samurai's life to overcome endeavors they may face, while they knew what the qualities were, they had a flawed concept of what the qualities truly meant. Only few ever understood it fully. Do correct me if I'm wrong.

[@odanobunagafan4964]

@@noreeaki Unfortunately I must say that you are incorrect. Although there was an unspoken code of honour regarding the warrior's willingness to die in battle, it is nothing like the Bushido code which the samurai are commonly represented as following. The Bushido code was merely a concept created in the Meiji restoration period to depict the Samurai as these gentle, kind and highly honourable warriors. This concept was popularised soon after in the Shōwa period (World War II), to trick the Imperial Japanese soldiers into thinking that they were fighting for a good cause, following in the footsteps of these brave warriors which had ruled the nation a few centuries prior. In reality, the samurai warriors were complete opposites to how they are represented throughout the media today. If you read about the Sengoku Jidai (Warring States Period) of the Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods, there were continuous war crimes committed by these so-called "honourable warriors." There were also constant betrayals, which completely removes this "loyalty" aspect which is so commonly associated with the samurai.

[@sterlingkuhlmann6270]

This picture is a depiction of the samurai Sakai Masanao who is standing on a tree looking out towards the water waiting for his ship. In 1570 he had been sent by Oda Nobunaga to raid an enemy’s supply chain which he and his warriors had successfully done. But while they were waiting for the ships the enemy counter attacked and Masanao was killed.

[@hobbshobbs117]

My inner samurai has awaken, now i have some real battle music to riot to

[@yamalcanales9177]

I like the samurai Japanese culture

[@user-bf8bt2wf7d]

then follow your destiny..

[@datenshi0983]

Training with this right now and feeling like I'm training in the Sengoku era to fight a samurai

[@BelgianDneprGuy2003]

Iaido or Kendo? I myself do Kendo and Iaido

[@cementskies3933]

@@BelgianDneprGuy2003 Nice What’s your current grade in kendo?

[@datenshi0983]

@@octaviogutierrez9158 lmao I feel you

[@natedorney7032]

I feel as though I've suddenly been transported back to sengoku jidai era japan.

[@itzmacey186]

So true-.-._.

[@Anonymous-zc7yg]

This is powerful music..

[@elena_kos1978]

69 LIKES AYOO

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Titanic James Cameron you lie to me

[@K_tamumayu]

日本人として、この音楽を聞いてると、落ち着きます。

[@beefyemmy]

As an American explosends make me feel calm

[@uyikb4495]

NO WAY MONGOL EMPIRE PROFILE GUY

[@Cholimao]

This is a certified Sengoku classic.

[@TheDankShrimp]

When you're chilling in your shrine and a powerful oni decides to come down the mountain and terrorize the people and now it's your job to stop it.

[@toshiie4478]

i cant say how perfect it is, really make feel a samurai in heian period going in some great adventure to find some secret of the world

[@fridtjofnansen6743]

and kill some civilians because he can

[@donverkler5693]

Nothing is perfect God is Good Thanks

[@tonk8395]

you know there was an war lord by the name of toshie maeda like youre name (sorry for my gramar i have no respect for this language). i also probably butchured his name

[@toshiie4478]

@@tonk8395 yes, i know, my nickname is directly related to him. he was one of the greatest Oda Nobunaga generals, later a warlord itself. you almost got the name right: Toshiie Maeda. btw im not a english native speaker, so my grammar is also pooer af

[@sab9040]

@@fridtjofnansen6743 of course, that's what they're there for!

[@blackwing4337]

Power is temporary, Honor is forever

[@KingSlayer004]

this is simply amazing.

[@thefoxita1634]

Japanese grammar homework has never ben so epic.

[@sengokusanada2690]

i am a big samurai fan. and this is just awesome!

[@kingofrelax1113]

Shamisen is such a beautiful instrument. It sounds similar to a banjo in a way, but is played very differently. I love it.

[@Karasu-Bot]

This is what i lift to.

[@larsnikolasch3986]

日本のクラシック音楽の素晴らしい感動をありがとうございました。 ドイツからの感謝の言葉

[@26d39]

Ich bin ein nicht verwandter Japaner, der im Ausland lebt, aber ich bin froh, dass sie die japanische Atmosphäre schätzen. Für mich war diese Musik besonders wunderbar und hat mein Herz berührt. Danke von den Japanern

[@FK-xt6ok]

made me laughing seeing the German person speaking Japanese and the Japanese person speaking German

[@26d39]

@@FK-xt6ok Gutenmorgen, dein Kommentar hat mich ziemlich krank zum Schmunzeln gebracht. Mit Liebe von Japanern, die eines Tages nach Deutschland gehen und Würstchen essen wollen

[@timothywilliamson7316]

I'm German American. I'd rather drink beer in Germany. I eat sausages in Pennsylvania. By the by. Does anyone know the source of this music? Japanese culture fascinates me.

[@Damnzyoutofhere-hh2kl]

Dude I'm From Nazi Germany

[@worlded8036]

Perfect for martial arts training

[@AkiriSu1]

The music when a competing room for local campus quiz begun

[@greighwulf]

This is phenomenal

[@musicalmythology]

very beautifully crafted music! There is a certain intensity and a peculiar serenity to these unique instruments!

[@Rihanna1763]

For Me: This Japanese Music Represents: The Fall Of The Tokugawa Shogunate, the start of the Boshin war and the Rise Of The Empire Of Japan.

[@radharawat7193]

I am from India the music match with Our Himalayas music 🎵

[@BHARATHA-SAMPRAJYA]

Yes bro 🇮🇳🙏

[@rafaeldoespiritosanto8440]

Beautiful

[@elbegmunkhdorj-py9nv]

fun fact : in old japan during like the 1300-1600 having a katana means desparate situation cause during that time samurai did not actually use katanas they use other like bow spear and if you try to fight with katana its almost useless cause most samurai use bows so samurai only use katanas in close combat or desperate situations of life or death credit : letsaskshogo

[@lilduce4448]

When you need to pledge fealty to his highness-The Heavenly Sovereign-but being a Samurai is just to badass to let go.

[@samuraiotokoanimations1285]

When the quiet kid unsheathes a katana

[@androidgamerxxx]

This music timed well after eating all that rice and beef soup and finished once I put the utensils down. Love it. 🔥

[@ColmGibney]

Everybody gangsta until the cool stick you found turns into a katana of the Japanese war.

[@juliuszsowacki1009]

Finally I found good Samurai Music

[@oooxxx967]

Energy BLAST! Brilliant ... especially the grunts 🙌

[@himadima5240]

We reaaaallly need a remaster of this masterpiece

[@sengokusanada2690]

I LOVE THIS MUSIC!

[@argonyuanlagansua1210]

Playing games that has samurai + reading samurai and feudal japan books + this masterpiece = intense japan vibe

[@adrianblake3981]

As the steel ripped his flesh open the orange disk or the sun flashed behind his eyelids

[@icedragon23472]

You could be a Hoplite, Roman Soldier, Knight, Eagle Warrior, Cowboy, Spec-Ops, or whatever This music is fitting for warriors

[@SHENG1105]

i play this to my guitar and now its was shamisen

[@elyesr.6125]

I was looking for this comment 😂

[@elixexo4011]

I recognize this from the Yoshida Brothers, nice :o

[@HanaShinzo-mx5pj]

My family is a clan of samurai, and listening to this made my heart feel warm! Keep upthe good work!! だいすき!!

[@blackmambamma3568]

This was beautiful

[@carnival8789]

By the Gods this is Inspirational, I love Samurai and Japanese Culture

[@josephramos4728]

The plight of the SAMURAI

[@user-bf8bt2wf7d]

the rise fall and resurgence of .... you said it !!!!!🤠👹🐱‍👤🐱‍🏍🐱‍👓 we`ve gotten past our plight th0ugh💯☯☯

[@josephramos4728]

Thx

[@robertodeoliveira1622]

This shit is hard af

[@radharawat7193]

Thats not shit

[@hayknazarian2023]

@@radharawat7193 Yup. Your right 👍

[@Lex-my5ch]

Wow!! Don’t think I’ve ever heard a song so effective at increasing my heart rate!! 🙏🏽

[@rafaeldoespiritosanto8440]

POV it’s the Heian period and your exploring mountain’s of old japan

[@Uncle_Robinson]

Yes

[@Waspinvr]

interesting factoid: there exists a very old photo taken in Alberta, Canada of a Cree Native American holding a katana/uchigatana, how he got the katana i have no idea but im assuming it was from someone from east asia who came to canada and he obtained it from them, i highly doubt it was a western recreation/ replica because this photo was taken a few hundred years ago and idk how common recreations of katanas were...

[@nicholasromero2590]

Few know what your speaking of but it proves that all people traveled and gifts were given in response. Seeing a native from Canada with a katana in his hand while seeing his tee pee hut in the background shows the world was always aware of others and cultures.

[@moonshineofthemoon7450]

I dueld my friend with a wooden katana and this song is to perfect.

[@kenrayfrauenstein2204]

A wooden katana is called a boken

[@Shotokan1001]

​@@kenrayfrauenstein2204A bokken if it's solid and a shinai if it's flexible.

[@tejasbele1456]

What a music!!! Love it

[@AloftaLove]

I really Love the Unique Appeal that traditional Styles of Music Give. there's a certain energy Behind Them that separates it from most other types of Music. and then you also get really interesting Genre mixes Like Folk Rock and Similar things. One of my Favorite mixed genres that I've heard that uses japanese traditional styles was like a Jazz mix which sounds really interesting. because it did stuff like Mix Things like Saxophones and Zither and such which is very interesting to see. not something you'd think would work but it actually Hits really well and remains interesting throughout

[@fahd-khan]

Love it

[@jamesconwell7065]

Love this

[@ashish3925]

I'm Indian but I like this music too much 🇮🇳💓🇯🇵

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Thank you for sharing.

[@user-kc2hf9eh3p]

I hear this song and remember total war shogun 2. It was nice time.

[@skilletzz3313]

I listen to this while playing Mortal Kombat 11 as Scorpion or Sub-Zero.

[@noorm8767]

Imagine this in Demon Slayer Season 2 Soundtrack 🤯

[@prodbycxpiddd]

I've been taking Kendo and this really makes it so much better

[@aben8763]

Thanks Japan. Love from Algeria

[@gintokisakata7073]

I feel like charging at an army of tanks with nothing but a katana with this song😂

[@dinninfreeman2014]

Really, I didn't want to kill myself even once while listening to it. I guess different strokes for different folks

[@cridemord7025]

More like with the Toya lake sword

[@Gakamaloo]

I can feel this one!!!

[@Akiba-dr4uk]

By the time this video ended, Minamoto no Yoshitsune burst into my room and threw me into a time portal and we are now on an adventure in Ancient Mongolia. Somebody, please help.

[@duqavflibbleferb5569]

Better then todays music ngl

[@Jobe-13]

This is super cool

[@krzysztof1703]

The dynamics Man!! Really energetic

[@Myaccisbanned]

I love the Japanese scale, it's really easy to learn

[@PhuriphatKraikoom]

Shogun Banner Face at Meiji banner immortal banner that will never fall to anyone with samurai and Yari Or tanegashima symbol of loyalness

[@moonchild5316]

Played this while having sushi with a half done Japanese sleeve tattoo

[@TannerMAN101]

💙 Them Drums though. Awesomeness

[@Drakdodare]

"its just a duel whats the worst that could happen?" *its against Miyamoto Musashi*

[@sterlingkuhlmann6270]

Bruh. Nice knowing you 😂

[@scantred2163]

I was struggling with fighting the demon of hatred from sekiro, then I just searched up traditional Japanese music, and played this, I won first try after doing so

[@Waspinvr]

Being Native American and knowing that my ancestors came from East Asia, i always keep a high amount of respect for those lands and listening to music like this and listening to taiko drums just soothes me, my brother is also Japanese and would talk to me about bushido and samurai so i took a liking to this type of music very quickly

[@slavman1945]

Btw. I'm an Indian

[@short4071]

Y’all are from northeast Asia, Siberia, not east Asia 😭 two completely different Asians right there, but yes their culture has a special place in my heart, I don’t like a lot of cultures but the Japanese I absolutely love

[@luciobrazil007]

The ancestors of East Asians also have ancient heritage from the Siberian region. It’s like common origins

[@xxae-chaaxx3445]

Bruh you do realize there's evidence that our ape ancestors were possibly here before eastern or northern Asians crossed land bridges.

[@eliu868]

@@short4071 Why do you not like many cultures? Not going to make unfounded assertions but from your words it seems like you're closing yourself off to many amazing things in the world and the human experience, which include but is not limited to the Japanese.

[@belajarolics6529]

ハンガリー人として、どうもありがとう。

[@symphonyV]

This is a mythic vibe ...☺️❤️❤️❤️

[@radekmoson8938]

Definatelly yes

[@MorokumaBrunno]

I'm Brazilian and one of my relatives was a Samurai from the province of Saga.

[@davidirving5667]

Wonderful music

[@vistagreat9994]

Reminds me of the Japanese Invasions of Korea 1592-1598

[@DREAM3.0-]

But Ming dynasty pushed back Japanese

[@davidwagner6116]

Thank you

[@ceruxi9209]

this is so good

[@luvadane]

Just imagine you’re an American commander fighting the last Samurai overseas (all you know is banjo and fiddle) , you get out there in the middle of Japanese nowhere, and this starts playing.

[@jaywalk2201]

Japan really been dropping bangers since the 1100's bro

[@DXM-]

Fr

[@TenkoBerry]

Forgot to comment a few months ago this is good

[@TheWholeDamnSolarSystem]

bro i was reading usagi yojimbo while I was listening to this and omfg the vibes were immense

[@saturatedspiritzproduction9262]

I use this to train with my Bokken and My "Dull Ass" Tactical Katana Machete I got on Amazon for $25 😂. I hope for one day to be able to own a True Katana and Wakizashi, that takes over a dozen people to properly forge over a course of several months, so it can then be used as a Life Long companion and have a custom Tsuba (Round Handle Part) to go with it.

[@nosopeingnarwhal5573]

@@mlijah2730 you sound like a badass dude!

[@nosopeingnarwhal5573]

oh you play league, nvm

[@gangrenousgandalf2102]

There's this site called Kult of Athena that sells swords. Maybe you can find one there.

[@popolele4738]

Most important is thinking that you have a real katana even you practice with bokken or iaïto

[@leoregulus4621]

My dream is to own proper blades from all over the world as I have an affinity for swords of different shapes and sizes every culture has such an art firm to sword weilding its a very precise and graceful weapon even when you use the more brutal styles ide love to have an armory wing on my house one day with all sorts of blades of master quality from the shotel to the claymore to the Gladius to the crusiform (cross guard) to the ulfberth to the katana to the tachi and all in between so do follow your dream you are among others who appreciate the tatics and cultures and warring arts of bygone eras in history

[@nicghiran5969]

Punching Bag + Kyokushin Karaté + this song = Epic and Awesome training .

[@afri.nord1]

From Algeria. Thank you for the amazing music

[@ninjawithnobalance]

the shamisen is soo good, idk why I like it's sound !!but I do!

[@yoshiyoshi6]

素晴らしいなあ

[@emissaurus5490]

Si

[@TravisEldredge]

This is fire I could listen to this and feel like a real samurai

[@Sataniales]

Very inspiring - 🌸