Bathing like a samurai

SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi reenacts how Japanese people in the Sengoku period would have taken baths and brushed their teeth:

In those days, people didn’t use large bathtubs. Instead, they stood inside shallow buckets and dumped water over their bodies. Teeth were cleaned with salt instead of toothpaste.

Kusanagi acted very embarrassed by having to wear a fundoshi, perhaps as a way to show viewers that he usually does not like to be naked in public.

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6 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - September 14, 2009 at 8:40 am

Categories: Japanese TV Tags: history, samurai, sanitation, sengoku

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Comment by Togu

2009-09-14 16:43:18

haha omoshiree

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Comment by Sandy

2009-09-14 19:42:17

Nice last sentence. Oh snap!

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Comment by adfadsadsasd

2009-09-14 21:27:24

Why he didn’t just pour water over him? I don’t think samurai’s bathed in such an ridiculous positions as seen in the video.

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Comment by KINGRPG

2009-09-14 21:33:40

very small

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Comment by doodles

2009-09-15 01:15:13

Well, he’s got to make retribution for the crap he pulled earlier this year shit faced in Tokyo Midtown

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Comment by Haf

2009-10-08 00:49:13

Is this clip taken from a current show? Or was it before his naked stunt?

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