Bonus 26: The Way of the Samurai, a Brief History of Japan, and the Warrior Life of Miyamoto Musashi

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Dan Cummins

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🗓️ 14 September 2018

⏱️ 118 minutes

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For centuries, Japan was ruled by a military dictatorship, the Shogunate, and the samurais were the enforcers of this rule. The samurai was soldier, police officer, judge, jury, and executioner. He was the warrior that would rather die than bring dishonor to himself, his family, or his daimyo. His days and ways were highly ritualized. Molded by Buddhist, Confucian, and Shintoist philosophy, his sword was his soul and he carried it with him throughout his days and slept with it by his side throughout his nights. The samurai have a fascinating history and we explore it today, as well as the rise of the Japanese Shogunate, and the life of one of Japan's greatest warriors in this land of the rising sun edition, of Timesuck. Timesuck is brought to you today by Eero! For free overnight shipping in the US or Canada, visit eero.com, select overnight as the shipping option, then enter TIMESUCK at checkout! Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna be a Space Lizard? We're over 3000 strong! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast Sign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits. And, thank you for supporting the show by doing your Amazon shopping after clicking on my Amazon link at www.timesuckpodcast.com

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0:00.0	Japan and the way of the samurai, honor and tradition, so very, very important in Japanese culture.
0:06.0	Death before this honor was the code of the samurai.
0:10.0	For centuries, Japan was ruled by a military dictatorship, the shogunate,
0:15.0	and the samurai's were the enforcers of this rule.
0:18.0	You could and would die for even insulting a samurai.
0:21.0	The samurai were judge, jury, and executioner.
0:24.0	The warrior fought for his lord, fought for his country, his days, and ways
0:28.0	were highly ritualized, molded by Buddhist confusion and chintoist philosophy.
0:32.0	The sword was his soul, and he carried it with him throughout his days,
0:35.0	and slept with it by his side throughout his nights.
0:38.0	The samurai traced their origins all the way back to the end of the 8th century,
0:42.0	back to the Hiyun period military campaigns to subdue the indigenous Amishi people
0:48.0	of the Toyoku region of Japan.
0:50.0	Mercenary warriors were increasingly being hired by wealthy landowners
0:54.0	who had grown independent of the central government and built armies for their own protection.
0:59.0	These armies grew into more and more powerful plans of fighters
1:03.0	and soon these plans would become giant samurai clans who would dominate Japan.
1:07.0	A fascinating history, and we explored today in this land of the rising sun edition of TimeSuck.
1:14.0	Hail Memoroth!
1:23.0	Dan Cummins, aka the Reverend Dr. Master Sucker, S. Quire IV, aka IV Leg of Bojangles, aka Sir Sucksalot,
1:31.0	aka Heuhu Suckus the Mostus, and you are listening to TimeSuck.
1:37.0	And I hope you are a member of the cult of the curious.
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