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
Samurai drama 
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...