Jidaigeki
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Jidaigeki is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", it refers to stories that take place before the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
Actors playing samurai and ronin at Kyoto's Eigamura film studio
Actor Kotaro Satomi on the set of Mito Kōmon
Ban'ya, Toei Uzumasa Studios
Licensed quarter on a set at Toei Uzumasa Studios, Kyoto
Meiji Restoration
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The Meiji Restoration, referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration, was a political event that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji and led to the westernisation of Jap
Jidaigeki
…Jidaigeki (時代劇) is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", it refers to stories that take place before the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Jidaigeki show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of their time. Jidaigeki films are sometimes referred to as chambara…
Portrait of Emperor Meiji in 1880
A Japanese print depicting the arrival of Perry's fleet (1854)
Arimura Jisaemon preparing to decapitate Ii Naosuke (1860)
Japanese print by Utagawa Kuniteru III depicting "Takeda Kōunsai at Mt. Tsukuba" under the banner of sonnō jōi.