We proceed our exploration of the epic jidaimono play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (“Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees”), written in 1747 for the bunraku puppet theatre by the playwrights Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shōraku and Namiki Senryū I, the identical group that produced Kanadehon Chūshingura and Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, the opposite two classical masterpieces of the kabuki repertoire.
In this fourth and remaining video, we cowl the total acts IV and V, with the Yoshinoyama michiyuki, the Shi no Kiri scene at Kawatsura Hōgen’s mansion in Yoshino, and the Okuniwa and Zaōdō remaining scenes.
“Love or Loyalty, Which is the Heavier Burden?” – Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura EXPLAINED・Part 4 (1748)
Kabuki In-Depth – Apr 23
We proceed our exploration of the epic jidaimono play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (“Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees”), written in 1747 for the bunraku puppet theatre by the playwrights Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shōraku and Namiki Senryū I, the identical group that produced Kanadehon Chūshingura and Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, the opposite two classical masterpieces of the kabuki repertoire.
Things OK in Japan however ILLEGAL in AMERICA!
Mrs Eats – Apr 22
There are some issues which can be unlawful in America, however completely okay in Japan! This would possibly shock you to listen to, since Japan is dwelling to so many strict guidelines!
With extra vacationers to Japan, testing burden on airports rising
Japan Times – Apr 22
With the federal government enjoyable entry restrictions and bumping up the cap on day by day arrivals to 10,000 earlier this month, extra passengers are crowding the immigration and quarantine areas at airports, elevating issues about whether or not authorities have the mandatory workers to cope with them.
Calling all disrupters: Japan’s Rakuten bets massive on digital networks
Nikkei – Apr 22
In early March, Rakuten executives Hiroshi Mikitani and Tareq Amin returned to Barcelona, the positioning of their fateful first assembly. On the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in 2018, Amin, then an govt at Indian telecom Reliance Jio, had offered Rakuten founder Mikitani on the concept of constructing Japan’s fourth cellular community and utilizing a then-untested know-how to do it.
Tokyo eases some COVID eating restrictions however extends alert
NHK – Apr 22
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has determined to ease its requested restrict on the variety of folks permitted at every desk in some bars and eating places, whereas persevering with to name on the general public to remain vigilant in opposition to the unfold of the coronavirus.