https://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lrkxn2tb2s2tFeudal lord Mōri Motonari (1497 - 1571), with his deceitful yet polite personality, conquered a fifth of Japan, despite his challenging start. #samurai #sengoku #japanesehistory #japan #japon https://youtube.com/shorts/QF-1tx_qI8M?si=8T_wZHjy1V1f2OMj14 Jun 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrkxn2tb2s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lrfwtjvwh22bKato Kiyomasa (1562 - 1611) was the son of a blacksmith but became a ferocious warrior who defied traditional samurai norms… 😆! #samurai #japanesehistory #warrior #japan #japon #japaneseculture https://youtube.com/shorts/ghuFZ_Jw5mU?si=myLGGe6WqGsw_Kma12 Jun 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrfwtjvwh22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lrdgmhqjos2cArson was punishable by burning at the stake. It is said that the prison guards urged Oshichi to claim her age as 15 in order to be exempt from execution, but she insisted on stating her true age of 16. #lovestory #japanesehistory #japaneseculture #japan #japon11 Jun 2025 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdgmhqjos2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lravqgi3r22eOchikubo Monogatari (The Tale of Ochikubo), written in the 10th century, consists of: 1. a first half wherein the heroine is rescued from her stepmom’s bullying 2. a second half wherein the prince takes unstoppable revenge on the stepmom 😂 #japaneseliterature https://youtube.com/shorts/3vg5_FmlXsY?si=HJXDYOj4RCNgJAtr10 Jun 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lravqgi3r22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lr6fptdfac2bUnfortunately, the youngest boy to be Shogun in history was also the youngest to die as Shogun 🥺. He is remembered to have made appearances before regional feudal lords on his most trusted vassal’s lap 🥺🥺🥺. Painting of Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709 - 1716).09 Jun 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6fptdfac2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lqzexeh2bk2xIn all seriousness, Jakuchū experienced the loss of many loved ones during his extensive lifetime: his mother, who had raised him single-handedly, and even his two younger brothers. Humorously depicting death despite his loneliness may have been his way of coping with it 🥹.07 Jun 2025 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqzexeh2bk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lqwtsemots24Tankei, a second-generation macho statue sculptor, found his calling in sculplting cute animals…! #sculpture #ikigai #motivational #japaneseculture #japanesehistory #japan #japon #japantravel https://youtube.com/shorts/jyeiPbIyxdc?si=rgPy2MXSKuWmYZNg06 Jun 2025 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwtsemots24https://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lquduwj5b22iIn the woodblock print, the Mikan samurai is fighting octopi, probably because Mikan came to Edo via sea route 😂.05 Jun 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lquduwj5b22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lqrsznx6as2sFujiwara-no-Sumitomo (893 - 941) went from a noble dropout, then a public officer, to Pirate King 😆 #pirates #japanesehistory #japan #japon #pirateking #onepiece #japaneseanime https://youtube.com/shorts/LsWoIcGPZ84?si=QinOCAwv5LL1Hk-q04 Jun 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrsznx6as2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lqpdu6mu3226https://www.instagram.com/p/DKcHeGcTb75/?igsh=OXUxbXgyaHBha2Mw03 Jun 2025 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpdu6mu3226https://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lqkbqgnaf22pWhat’s funny is that, after the battle, Yukihira sold one of his only two kimonos to buy a souvenir for his boss 😂. Clearly, somebody didn’t subscribe to the idea of playing it safe 😂😂😂 #samurai #japanesehistory #japan #japon #samuraispirit #alphamales01 Jun 2025 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqkbqgnaf22phttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lqfawuot6c2z丑の刻参り Ushinokoku Mairi In an era with fewer choices and less freedom than we enjoy today, people of the Edo Period (1603 - 1868) needed a means to address their grudges in secret 😫. #jujutsu #japaneseculture #japanesehistory #japan #japon30 May 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfawuot6c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lqcramtxgs2wJapan has a long history of fangirling activities 😂 #fangirling #kenshin #japanesehistory #japan #japaneseculture #japon #japaneseidol https://youtube.com/shorts/_BJLwYFLwD8?si=5kSzLEPZjP3uCCxL29 May 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcramtxgs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lqaagdrkmk2iWhile Japanese men today lose their heads over so-called “idol” girl bands, pre-modern Japanese men lost theirs over local cafe waitresses. Okita from Nanba-ya Cafe and Ohisa from Takashima-ya Cafe were the Beyonce and Rihanna of the cafe world in 18th-century Edo; their fans were lowkey at war.28 May 2025 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqaagdrkmk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lq5pf7yuic2sThe reason so many Japanese surnames have -tō and -dō endings 😆 https://youtube.com/shorts/X4xOH3cTXMs?si=eb2B-V85R_J8VH3m27 May 2025 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5pf7yuic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lq36s26loc2qSo here’s a woodblock print of the Shogun looking out his castle window, envious of his subjects who ate the freshly cooked food he never ate 🥺. #shogun #samurai #japanesehistory #japanfacts #japan #japon #japaneseculture26 May 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq36s26loc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lpw6gd5nak2zTrying times 🥹24 May 2025 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpw6gd5nak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lptnd6zjqk26So many parallels with modern corporate life 😂 https://youtube.com/shorts/5QdRduZYWq0?si=qjpY5xVEzipfcacP23 May 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptnd6zjqk26https://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lpomh4ayoc2vA warlord made up a cute story about a fox because he needed a good reason to relocate his HQ 😆🦊 https://youtube.com/shorts/671UD9fqcsM?si=mwLounD5yRTYbEsk21 May 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpomh4ayoc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lpmcftrni22v#japanesehistory #japaneseculture #funfacts #japan #japon20 May 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmcftrni22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lph3vxiyjc22The first wild marketing success of Japanese cosmetics dates back to 1811. A novelist in Edo (the old name of Tokyo) developed a facial toner himself, and made his product go viral 😆 #japanesehistory #japancosmetics #japaneseculture #japan #japon #japanesebeauty18 May 2025 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lph3vxiyjc22https://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lpekluaewc2dEarly samurai battles between the 12th and 15th centuries were more luke sports than war 😆 https://youtube.com/shorts/JqUI54qi2lU?si=7CEl5C9E7S0VGwDz17 May 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpekluaewc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lpc2qwdrw22a#horses #samurai #japanesehistory #japaneseculture #japan #japon16 May 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpc2qwdrw22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lp7jhhrjn224Ashikaga Yoshinori did not like being called the “Lottery Shogun” at all 😫 #shogun #samurai #japanesehistory #history #japan #japon #japaneseculture https://youtube.com/shorts/nfKeLooisYw?si=iY2budDpHzu8I2Py15 May 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7jhhrjn224https://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lp4ywpglos2jA poet friend saved a drunk poet’s day ☺️🍶 https://www.instagram.com/p/DJokduDzo45/?igsh=MWlvbGdkcHRqOXZwcw==14 May 2025 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4ywpglos2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lp2ip3z4w223Dogs went on pilgrimages on behalf of their owners in 17th- to 19th-century Japan 🐶 https://youtube.com/shorts/hB0n_RtzKmU?si=e_P6um1CWbEYvwBh13 May 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2ip3z4w223https://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3loviquyv4c2rAncient Japan was sometimes just a soap opera 🤦‍♀️😂 #japanesehistory #history #soapopera #japaneseculture #japan #japon https://youtube.com/shorts/Gr1QbwyLtGE?si=sMqsbSPv0AEM3Wex11 May 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3loviquyv4c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3losx54tnvk2hArtistic talent equated to career potential in ancient Japan ☺️ https://www.instagram.com/p/DJeR0-vzc8h/?igsh=MXQ1Y29ubGx6aDBndA==10 May 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3losx54tnvk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3loqglqhejc26The Shogun’s son was very, very late for an important appointment because… 😂 #shogun #samurai #japanesehistory #history #japan #japon #japaneseculture https://youtube.com/shorts/UNZM1bhNeKs?si=hYOmu2wHPq79pc-V09 May 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqglqhejc26https://bsky.app/profile/kyotako.bsky.social/post/3lonwu3pw3c2uA Kabuki actor who was so good that the Kabuki world had to bend its rules to make him a star 🤩 https://www.instagram.com/p/DJZJSGpTOs4/?igsh=cTh5cWJpYnVzdnlm08 May 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:qq7jtmhih6cemdpk3t3ippea/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonwu3pw3c2u