THREE GENERATIONS OF THE YAGYU SWORD – Tokugawa Bugeicho: Yagyu Sandai no Ken – 1993 After the Battle of Sekigahara the Yagyu family became intertwined with the Tokugawa Shogunate as their sword instructors, and protectors during a period of anarchy. Yagyu Munenori’s swordmanship protected the reputation of the family, and his son Yagyu Jubei became […]
Onihei Hankachō (鬼平犯科帳) is a series of Japanese historical novels written by Shōtarō Ikenami, and a popular stories of jidaigeki based on it. At first, Ikegami wrote the complete novel that Onihei appeared in the December 1967 issue of the light novel magazine “All Yomimono (ja)” published by Bungei Shunjū which published the first hard cover […]
Details Title: 真田丸 Title (romaji): Sanada Maru Format: Renzoku Genre: Jidaigeki Episodes: 50 Broadcast network: NHK Broadcast period: 2016-Jan-10 to 2016-Dec-18 Air time: Sunday 20:00 Synopsis Sanada Nobushige was born to a lord who owned a small piece of land in Shinsu (present day Nagano Prefecture). He survived using wisdom, courage and much effort during […]
Details Title: 義経 Title (romaji): Yoshitsune Genre: Jidaigeki renzoku Episodes: 49 Viewership ratings: ep1=24.2 high=26.9 avg=19.4 Broadcast network: NHK Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-09 to 2005-Dec-11 Air time: Sunday 20:00 Related TV shows: Minamoto no Yoshitsune (NHK, 1966), Minamoto Yoshitsune (NTV, 1991) Synopsis The 44th NHK Taiga Drama is about the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 […]
