Samurai drama The Sword Itself — Metallurgy, Mythology and Japan’s Most Sacred Object
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledEvery jidaigeki conversation about swords gets the sword wrong in the same specific way: it tre...
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Samurai drama Haiku and Poetry in Jidaigeki — The Aesthetic Code Beneath the Action
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledHijikata Toshizō, vice-commander of the Shinsengumi, composed haiku under the pen name Hōgyoku....
Samurai drama The Ghost in Period Drama — Kaidan, Supernatural Justice and the Unquiet Dead
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe ghost arrives in the jidaigeki differently from the ghost in the Western horror tradition. ...
Samurai drama Fire in Edo — Disaster, Rebuilding and the City That Kept Burning
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledEdo burned regularly. This is not a rhetorical flourish — it is one of the most consequential e...
Samurai drama The Doctor in Jidaigeki — Medicine, Poison and the Healing Arts
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe doctor who appears in jidaigeki is one of the most morally complex recurring figures in the...