Fall Asleep Fast: A Day in the Life of a Samurai in Edo Japan | Boring History for Sleep (2 Hours)

Fall asleep in Edo-period Japan. Tonight we spend one slow day in the life of a samurai, during the long Tokugawa peace of about 1603 to 1868: dawn in a castle town, the samurai house, dressing and the two swords, breakfast and rice stipends, the walk to the castle, paperwork and protocol, martial practice in peacetime, the samurai's wife and household, the road to Edo and alternate attendance, books and the domain school, tea, poetry and the quiet arts, making ends meet, seasons and festivals, the way of the warrior, the end of the samurai in the Meiji era, and finally a calm evening in the castle town. Calm, slow narration for sleep, insomnia, relaxing, or studying. After the story ends, about 40 minutes of soft ambient sound continue, so nothing wakes you. Chapters 0:00 Welcome 0:48 Dawn in a Castle Town 6:40 The Samurai House 12:49 Dressing and the Two Swords 18:46 Breakfast and Rice Stipends 25:01 Walking to the Castle 31:12 Paperwork and Protocol 37:55 Martial Practice in Peacetime 44:11 The Samurai's Wife and Household 50:31 The Road to Edo 56:57 Books and the Domain School 1:03:39 Tea, Poetry and Quiet Arts 1:10:00 Making Ends Meet 1:16:22 Seasons and Festivals 1:22:32 The Way of the Warrior 1:29:46 The End of the Samurai 1:36:20 Evening in the Castle Town 1:42:50 Ambient only, no narration About Moonscroll History Gentle, boring history to fall asleep to. Facts are based on well-established history; where historians disagree, the story says so. Subscribe so the next sleep story is easy to find tonight. Narration is synthetic voice. Artwork: public-domain and CC0 images via Wikimedia Commons, including woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido and views of Edo), Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Utagawa Toyokuni, Toyohara Chikanobu and Issunshi Hanasato, and 19th-century photographs of samurai by Felice Beato and Raimund von Stillfried (collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, San Diego Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cooper Hewitt, Library of Congress and National Diet Library). #historyforsleep #boringhistoryforsleep #sleepstory #samurai #edojapan #moonscrollhistory