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If you study about samurai culture and history, you'd most certainly come across āę¦å£«é Bushido,ā the way of the warriors. Iām sure you know about it as the āsamurai codeā that made the samurai stronger and bolder, and there are many movies, video games, and music that praise it as something great.
...But what if I told you that cherishing Bushido might be ruining Japan?
I was very shocked to read this book, ćę„ę¬äŗŗććØććå (The lie of Japanese people) written by a social psychologist professor Yamagishi Toshio, where he explains that āJapan must discard Bushido right away if we want to have a brighter future.ā
So today, I would love to share with you what Iāve learned from this book, and also my opinions as a Japanese man studying multiple traditional cultures, by summarizing the content into 3 sections.
1. Japan is a āstrangeā groupism (collectivist) society
2. Bushido is the virtue of a groupism (collectivist) world
3. Should we really discard Bushido?
By watching this video, you will be able to deepen your understanding towards the characteristics of Japanese people, and find out about the fundamental reasons for many of the social problems in Japan today.
However the definition of Bushido (and also groupism/individualism) is quite ambiguous and even among the Japanese, there are many people with different ideas. In this video, I will fully stick to the definition explained in this book to avoid confusion. I understand that this is a very complicated topic, so I hope that you can comment your thoughts below so we can have a constructive discussion together.
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0:00 Let's START!
2:32 Japan is a "strange" groupism society
14:55 Bushido is the virtue in a "groupism" world
19:54 Should we really discard Bushido?
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Not just Japan, every country needs a healthy balance between groupism and individualism.
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I'm an international relations professional and political scientist and I must say that this video approaches the subject better than most sociology books I read. GREAT job, Shogo!
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"Trying to row a boat after you have reached land." This helped me understand the problem. Thank you, Shogo.
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Even western parents sometimes say "You are going to embarrass me" when we misbehave as children, so it's not a surprise to hear that.
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I have never heard so eloquently the root problem of Japan's social structure in a 20 minute setting. This was incredible Shogo!
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I honestly think if the groupist concepts of Japan were done in earnest and honesty, Bushido would make for a good template of society. In my experience living as a foreigner in an inaka town, I saw just how isolationist people could be within the community. BUT I found sub-communities that actually DID look after each other (myself included) because they believed it was right. Not that they were worried about other people's opinion. As a U.S. citizen, I grew up to believe that individuality is key to success and happiness. But the groupist ideas of taking care of people in your community, keeping it clean, and keeping it safe, are all things that all walks of life can easily strive for. Bushido, I think, has every right to exist in the modern era. But the catalyst for it's practice should change to an honest heart looking to do the right thing rather than a lying heart trying to protect itself from literally everyone else.
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Iām studying Japanese language and culture for my major in college, and one interesting thing my professor said is that bushido, and in fact the ideals of the samurai in general, were twisted and contorted to fit the imperialistic aims of the nation after the Meiji restoration. Iāve been meaning to read the books he recommended, but I donāt really have the time to right now
Edit: Material conditions of the post Meiji restoration Japanese society created the ideology which served to uphold it
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Im from germany and my parents also prioritize what people think over how i feel. My dad even quit connections to me over that issue.
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Having lived in a Confucian society for a decade or more, it really helped me when I realized a few things.
1. This is a collective society, and a society of hierarchy.
2. This does NOT mean that people care about others.
3. This means that group opinion from the outside is more important than substance on the inside
4. This also means that people are looking for every opportunity to use others in the group for their own social and economic advantage.
5. All relationships contain a dominator and a subordinate, they key is to pretend obedience to the dominant and force obedience on the subordinate to get your own personal advantage.
It's ironic, but collective societies just means that people are just as self focused as "individualistic" ones, but they use social manipulation and deceit to do it.
I've seen some parents so "concerned" for their child's success not really for the happiness of the child, but for the praise that parent will receive from the society. If that means bullying the kid into depression, shut up and obey.
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I had a Japanese friend who once said: "Japan is the best and the worst place to live in the world." I never understood that, but it makes a lot of sense after watching your video.
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This is very interesting, and you might find it fascinating to know that the problems of Bushido have extended beyond Japan, into cultural extensions of Japan elsewhere. I used to live in a Zen monastery in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi. The people who run it, are completely white, westerners, however they have swallowed Bushido so completely, that the same problems of social conformity (with the two-faced lies, etc.) are present in the monastery community. People's individual needs are ignored, and group "harmony", is promoted, etc. As a result, many of the "heirs apparent" of the monastery (which are younger, western people), have left, because after spending so many years in a monastic environment that completely ignores their individual needs, and privacy: they finally have had enough and simply leave. I love Japanese culture, but like you, I also recognize that there are social problems in Japanese culture as well. And as parts of Japanese culture like Buddhism have been imported, unfortunately some of the first generation of Westerners who adopted it, didn't really know where the line between "Buddhism" and "Bushido" was, (or Buddhism and Confucianism), and so also imported the negative aspects of Japan to our culture. I am grateful to say that current Buddhists such as myself are looking critically at these aspects and realizing (like yourself) that they simply don't work in the modern world. And as you pointed out so eloquently in your video, it was actually that very rejection of Buddhist values (like honesty) in the first place that led to some of these issues. Wonderful video, and I've forwarded this video to some of my former monastic friends as I feel this will help them understand some of the social problems in the community we lived in. Thank you for this!
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I think alot of humanity's problems can be boiled down to the trauma and toxicity of our elders, regardless of culture.
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Wow, this guy is a badass for revealing the negative parts of his own culture. Self awareness is the highest form of consciousness.....
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how blessed are we to live in an era where books and teachings in another language are explained in an easy and relatable way. Thank you for your hard work, Shogo-san!
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I love how you recap at the end of the video, and your clear explanations of complex things. I love how you love your culture without having to put down someone else's. I love the idea of keeping what's beautiful about tradition while recognizing that we have to leave behind what no longer works. Thank you for your posts!
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I absolutely love these videos. As an outsider who's long been fascinated by Japanese culture and history, it's amazing to be given this insight into its nuances and workings.
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It is really scary to see how large corporations have abused the societal structure in Japan to largely exploit it's people for labor. Bushido I think is something that has a place in the world if it can find a balance with other individualist philosophies, but it is plain to see how Bushido has been exploited for financial gain by the powerful and wealthy, even in current times.
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It's always fun to see how geography can be such a huge determining factor for the origins of cultures
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One of the most interesting and enlightening video I have ever seen about Japan. Great job!
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Great video. Thank you for taking the time to make it. You did an excellent job.
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@eljuano28
2 years ago
Bushido is an anchor. If your anchor is too big, you can not raise it from the sea floor and so your ship can never sail to more productive waters. If your anchor is too small, any storm will throw your ship upon the rocks. If your anchor is just right, your ship will weather any storm and yet you can move your ship from the harbor to the fishing grounds and return to port again.
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