Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Meg
Nice video, but one big error: you said women weren't allowed to have conversations with men. Not true! This happened all the time. Read Sei Shonagon's 'The Pillow Book' for lots of examples. Women and men were separated by decorative screens if they weren't related or intimate, but the conversations still definitely happened! One cool detail is that the women would drape their sleeves out from behind the screen. Layering their robes was a way of conveying your poetic sensibilities because the colour combinations were tied to the seasons and sometimes even specific poems. Although, as you say, women spent a lot of time on their clothes and looks, this was mainly to distinguish themselves among their fellow women since unrelated men rarely saw them - and clothes were just as important to Heian men since what colours you were allowed to wear conveyed your rank!
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Nice video, but one big error: you said women weren't allowed to have conversations with men. Not true! This happened all the time. Read Sei Shonagon's 'The Pillow Book' for lots of examples. Women and men were separated by decorative screens if they weren't related or intimate, but the conversations still definitely happened! One cool detail is that the women would drape their sleeves out from behind the screen. Layering their robes was a way of conveying your poetic sensibilities because the colour combinations were tied to the seasons and sometimes even specific poems. Although, as you say, women spent a lot of time on their clothes and looks, this was mainly to distinguish themselves among their fellow women since unrelated men rarely saw them - and clothes were just as important to Heian men since what colours you were allowed to wear conveyed your rank!
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plasmafruit
7: 04 no john, you KNOW which quote is always attributed to you on tumblr and it isn't that one. you know, and i do too. i hate to break it to you but nobody will ever let you live it down, we really won't. ah, the times when tumblr was a lawless wasteland in which you could readily edit other people's posts.
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7: 04 no john, you KNOW which quote is always attributed to you on tumblr and it isn't that one. you know, and i do too. i hate to break it to you but nobody will ever let you live it down, we really won't. ah, the times when tumblr was a lawless wasteland in which you could readily edit other people's posts.
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_sh-ri_
Literally more than half of the comments on this video are bill wurtz references
There-s more to Japanese history than -conquer the north, get that squared away, -
Like think of something constructive you know
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Literally more than half of the comments on this video are bill wurtz references
There-s more to Japanese history than -conquer the north, get that squared away, -
Like think of something constructive you know
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Cindy
0: 32 LOL -Emperor John plans to conquer the world, and rule it all under the banner of Nerdfighteria-
One of those blink and you miss it moments, I appreciate that -
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0: 32 LOL -Emperor John plans to conquer the world, and rule it all under the banner of Nerdfighteria-
One of those blink and you miss it moments, I appreciate that -
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Corey
With no patriarchy there can be no first world nations nor can there be safety and law woman can not protect themselves or there children from men only men can do that
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With no patriarchy there can be no first world nations nor can there be safety and law woman can not protect themselves or there children from men only men can do that
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Epixelle
John Green gets more likable as time goes on, honestly. Couldn't stand him during the peak tumblr years but now I feel like I could totally hang out with the guy
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John Green gets more likable as time goes on, honestly. Couldn't stand him during the peak tumblr years but now I feel like I could totally hang out with the guy
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Nic
Hey, can you please do a crash course episode on Australian history? Colonisation and treatment of indigenous people primarily? -
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Hey, can you please do a crash course episode on Australian history? Colonisation and treatment of indigenous people primarily? -
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