Samurai drama The Lone Wolf and Cub Revolution — The Birth of the Anti-Hero in Japanese Period Drama
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn 1970, a manga series began in the monthly magazine Manga Action that would change the period...
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Samurai drama Language in Jidaigeki — Edo Dialect, Kamigata Speech, and the Satsuma Drawl
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledWhen a jidaigeki character speaks, they are not speaking historical Japanese. They cannot be: n...
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...