Samurai drama The Landscape of Fate — Mountains, Rivers and Geography in Period Drama
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledI want to begin with a specific image: the approach to a mountain pass in winter. The screen is...
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Samurai drama The Magistrate’s Dilemma — Law, Justice and Pragmatism in Period Drama
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe magistrate — the bugyō or daikan, the official invested with judicial and administrative au...
Samurai drama The Yoshiwara in Jidaigeki — Women of the Pleasure Quarter
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe Yoshiwara (吉原) — the licensed prostitution district that the Tokugawa shogunate authorized ...
Samurai drama Inns, Roads and Journeys — The Tōkaidō as Narrative Engine
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe road in jidaigeki is not geography. It is a specific narrative technology: a device whose s...
Samurai drama The Child in Jidaigeki — Youth, Inheritance and Sacrifice
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledChildren in jidaigeki are rarely simply children. They are, almost invariably, something else s...