is a channel on YouTube in Japanese that is aimed at Japanese people or those who understand Japanese. It has more than half a million subscribers. “Musubi” here means “bringing everything together.”
The slogan of Musubi University is 日本をかっこよく。 Loosely translated: Let's make Japan cool again! The channel's own description is:
Jomon period 14,000 to 300 BC BC
The Jōmon period (縄文時代, jōmon jidai) are different periods of Japan's prehistory when it was inhabited by hunter-fisher-collectors who began to settle down. Ceramic finds with striking patterns gave the cultural era its name. Jomon = cord pattern, analogous to the German term "Schnurkeramik".
Heian period 794–1185
In the Heian period (平安時代, Heian-jidai), Japanese culture, art and customs were brought to extraordinary refinement at the Heian court. The Heian period is considered the classic period of Japanese literature, which was particularly cultivated by court ladies.
Kamakura period 1185/1187–1333
The Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, Kamakura jidai) took its name from the Shogun's former seat of government in Kamakura. It marks the rise of the warrior nobility over the court nobility in Kyoto, which still dominated in the Heian period.
Muromachi period 1336–1573
The Muromachi Period (室町時代, Muromachi jidai) overlaps with the Warring States Period from 1477, a state of war without central order that lasted almost 100 years, at the end of which the last Ashikaga Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki was deposed in 1573. The Muromachi period is named after the Muromachi district in Kyoto. This was the seat of government for the Ashikaga.
Edo period 1603-1868
In the Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), the Tokugawa ruled. The time is named after the former name "Edo" of today's Tokyo. It was the longest period of peace in Japanese history, lasting more than 250 years.
Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉; * 1644 † November 28, 1694 in Osaka), was a Japanese poet. He is considered an important representative of the Japanese verse form Haiku. Bashō and his students renewed the previously humorously playful Haikai poetry and elevated it to the status of serious literature. Bashō undertook many long hikes and journeys and translated them into literature.
Inō Tadataka
Inō Tadataka (伊能 忠敬, born February 11, 1745 - May 17, 1818 in Edo (now Tokyo)) was a Japanese surveyor and cartographer. He created the first fully measured map of Japan. He determined distances by counting steps, the distance of which he was able to keep constant with his trained precision, regardless of the terrain.
Abeno Seimei
Abe no Seimei (安倍晴明, February 21, 921 AD – October 31, 1005) was an onmyōji, a leading specialist in onmyōdō (spiritual interpretations) in the middle of the Heian period. Seimei worked for emperors and the Heian government and advised on the spiritually correct way to deal with problems. The mystical symbol of the central five-pointed star, called the pentagram in the West, is known as the Seal of Abe no Seimei. This pentagram later became the symbol for the Onmyōryō for the Government Office of Taoist Geomancy and for Onmyōdō itself, as it is associated with the Chinese "Five Elements".
Kojiki
The Kojiki (古事記, “Record of Ancient Events”) describes the mythology and early history of Japan from the mythical Age of the Gods to the time of Empress Suiko. It was written down by a scholar at court around the year 712. At that time it primarily served to legitimize the ruling family. It is not only the first extensive written source in Japan, but also contains the first evidence of the Japanese language (Old Japanese). Although the majority of the text is written in classical Chinese, in some places, especially poetic passages, the characters are not used in their meaning, but rather with their phonetic value to describe the Japanese spoken at the time.
Zeami Motokiyo
Zeami Motokiyo (世阿弥元清, * 1363; † 1443) was an important person in Japanese Noh theater. As a Noh playwright, theorist and actor, he appeared already before the Shōgun Yoshimitsu as a teenager. He promoted various art forms in Japan during the Muromachi period. Together with his father Kan’ami, he created numerous Noh pieces that are still valued today. He developed the ritual cult game into an entertainment game for the aristocratic warrior caste. Later Shōguns banned Zeami Motokiyo from performing. His work Fūshikaden (風姿花伝), also called Kadensho (花伝書), was considered the textbook of Noh for centuries.