Samurai drama

Samurai drama

The Eternal Appeal of the Shinsengumi — Sympathy for the Defeated

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledNo organization in Japanese history has generated more fictional adaptations per year of actual...
Samurai drama

The Myth of Mito Kōmon — Sociology of the Television Period Drama

By Yoshi | Japan Unveiled"Does this crest not reach your eyes?"Every Japanese person of a certain generation knows this ...
Samurai drama

Food in Jidaigeki — Edo Cuisine and the Lies of the Screen

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledWatch enough jidaigeki and a specific pattern emerges in the background of the drama: the chara...
Samurai drama

Chūshingura — Anatomy of Japan’s Most Beloved Revenge Drama

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledOn the night of the fourteenth day of the twelfth month of 1703, forty-seven men forced their w...