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Nobunaga’s poor sons stuck with their weird childhood names permanently
A brief explanation: For a large part of the feudal Japanese time periods, it’s not proper to say someone’s personal name (e.g “Nobunaga”, “Hideyoshi”, “Ieyasu”) except for specific allowances. People would often have an “alias” (kemyou 仮名) that they receive on their genpuku (coming of age ceremony) alongside their adult names that they can go by instead of their personal names.
This is what you sometimes see being written as someone’s “middle name”. For example, Nobunaga’s kemyou was Saburou, and so you might see his “full” name being written as “Oda Saburou Nobunaga”.
When someone has an official title, people can also use their title in place of the kemyou. For example, Nobunaga was a “Kazusa no Suke” once, so he can be referred to or addressed as “Oda Kazusa no Suke”.
When someone does not have a kemyou, their childhood names were used in its place. I have yet to find the details of the rules and formalities for giving someone a kemyou for their genpuku, but either way: Nobunaga’s eldest son Nobutada had a kemyou, which is “Kankurou”, but his younger brothers apparently do not.
Knowing Nobunaga’s tendency to name his sons very strange names, this means that the young lords were unfortunately stuck with those names in many documentations even after their coming of age ceremonies. For example, various texts still refer to Oda Nobukatsu as “Ochasen-dono/Ochasen-sama” (his childhood name being Chasenmaru, which means “tea whisk”) even after Honnouji.
Oda Nobutaka, too, was still referred to as “Sanshichi” in the various accounts dating long after his genpuku.
In Nobutaka’s case, I have seen some opinion saying that “Sanshichi” was not actually his childhood name, but indeed his kemyou. This opinion claims that Sanshichi is a shortened form of “Sanshichirou”, and that this is a kemyou, while it’s his childhood name that was unknown.
This opinion has merit, as there were other people with alternative names that are not entirely clear whether its a kemyou or a childhood name. For example, Takeda Shingen once was known to go by “Tarou”. It’s still unclear whether this is a childhood name or a kemyou.
It’s just an opinion or theory, though, and for the most part “Sanshichi” is still considered to be Nobutaka’s childhood name.
To be fair, it wasn’t all that bad, because they do also get referred to by their titles or their personal names (in the appropriate occasions). Not to mention that maybe, even if those names sounds weird to us, it’s actually not weird at all in the Sengoku. However, I am a modern person reading this in the modern day, so I cannot help but feel bad because those funny childhood names just looks silly in formal documentations.
#oda family#oda clan#oda nobukatsu#Oda Nobutaka#childhood name#alias name#kemyou#genpuku#japanese history#samurai#samurai history#samurai culture
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watch this interesting drama when you have a chance. You can know JP (old / samurai) culture. 😉
We could take winner of the Emmys award.🏆
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"The Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi
Thank you @dima_does_life for the fascinating read! ❤️
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The Fascinating Story of Yasuke: The First Black Samurai and the Upcoming Movie Adaptation
Have you heard about Yasuke, the first black samurai? His fascinating story is getting a movie adaptation! From slavery to samurai, his journey is truly inspiring. Check out the blog post to learn more about this incredible figure of history.
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if this post reaches 500 notes, i will start a podcast where i will talk about my fictional crushes in a totally unhinged manner, like britanny broski talks about masked men, traumadump without anyone asking for it, and about various topics that make my serotonin levels go brrr (mostly about art, history/culture and queer stuff), video essay-ish-style, but executed in a worst way possible
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Mizu deserves a cat companion just as feral and scrunckly as her :)
original refs and clean artwork under cut:
#blue eye samurai#art#illustration#illustrators on tumblr#bes mizu#wigglybunfish#mizu blue eye samurai#bes#netflix blue eye samurai#wanted her to ask the cat hotdog or hamburger style boss#but ultimately decided that it was the wrong culture and time period reference lmao#I love mizu so much it’s unhealthy
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Unsurprisingly, people are already being fucking weird about Mizu's gender.
Headcanons are all well and good, but maybe we shouldn't be so eager to apply modern Western gender politics and terms to a character whose identity is so tied to the time, place, and circumstances in which she exists.
Please remember that Mizu was forced to present as male for her own safety and agency. Please remember that allowing others to see her as a man and call her he/him is not a choice; it's protection; it's a means to an end. Until we see Mizu talk about her gender in further detail, that's all the context we have.
Don't project what you want to see onto her and then treat it as fact.
#Blue Eye Samurai#BES#Svar rants#also as an enby who doesn't use they it super rubs me the wrong way to see people insisting on calling her they#even if she *is* genderqueer or nonbinary (and we don't know that she is) that does not mean that they automatically applies#and if you think that it does please go back to Gender 101 do not pass go do not collect $100#on top of that there's the whole issue of applying English pronoun politics to a Japanese speaker#like I'm begging y'all to consider cultural and historical context before y'all go gallivanting off with your readings of Mizu's gender#taking a baseball bat to a hornet's nest with this one I know but I'm Bothered
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七人の侍 (1954) | 監督 · 黑沢明
#七人の侍#seven samurai#classicfilmsource#mine#akira kurosawa#黑沢 明#okay lemme explain the character ‘藏’#I'm aware that Kyuzo's name in Kanji is 久’蔵‘#but none of my fonts would show this kanji so I had to use this similar chinese character 藏#I apologise if this offends anyone#I have no intention to express any disrespect for Japanese culture#too many actors & I'm lazy so I'll only tag them in kanji#toshiro mifune#takashi shimura#isao kimura#三船敏郎#志村乔#木村功#千秋実#加东大介#稲葉義男#宮口精二#I love this movie so much it hurts#and these babies...#the fact that Chiaki didn't have a proper close-up that could really indicate his characters personality... :(#deserves better ily#Kimura lying in a flower field in 2 Kurosawa movies is sweet#and the incredible Mifune x Shimura#偷图死全家#微博上的贱手除了会偷图还会干嘛呢 你妈死了
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Samurai Bootcamp for FX's Shogun (2024)
There are no minor roles in Shogun, every actor and actress play their part to give the audience an authentic experience.
#shogun#shogun 2024#shogun fx#japan#samurai#hiroyuki sanada#martial arts#kyudo#kenjutsu#japanese culture
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侍は、武器を持つ者ではない。心で戦う者だ。
Toshiro Mifune
A samurai is not someone who carries a weapon. It is someone who fights with their heart.
#toshiro mifune#mifune#quote#japanese#samurai#way of the warrior#swordmanship#sword#warrior#heart#yojimbo#film#movie#cinema#akira kurosawa#arts#culture#icon
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