Jul. 1st, 2015 03:33 pm
Neko Zamura (Season 2): Drama Notes
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earth_colorsThere's really not much notes but still, some of you might be expecting these. So here you go...
Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画). The sash that Kyutaro wore in Ep. 3 has depictions of animals taken from these scrolls. It literally means, "animal-person caricatures", and is known as "The Scrolls of Frolicking Animals" in English. It is a set of four illustrated scrolls, or emakimono. Its artist is unknown (some claim it's Sojo Toba). It is also credited as the oldest work of manga. It has drawings of animals like rabbits and monkeys doing human-like activities (playing, wrestling, bathing, etc).
(info/pic: wiki)
Chatoran/Chatran (チャトラン). The name of Magosaburo's cat in is a reference to Chatoran, the little orange kitten in the 1986 movie, "Koneko Monogatari". Outside Japan, the movie is known as "The Adventures of Milo and Otis", with "Milo" being the name of the said kitten.
(info: wiki) (pic: gafu)
Dojo-yaburi (道場破り). To challenge an entire school of martial arts (kendo, judo, karate), starting with the lowest ranking student, gradually moving up to fight the school's mentor. It could be a challenge coming from a rival school or an individual. In movies and manga, a dojo-yaburi is often depicted with the challenger coming in a dojo, unannounced. If he is able to defeat everyone, he can choose to destroy the dojo's sign, or take it away as booty. The defeated dojo will then be out of business, or must redeem its sign by paying money or some form of goods. Without a sign, they cannot operate the dojo (That is why in Ep. 7, Kyutaro took the sign to Oshichi, in case the dojo wishes to pay in order to get it back). But if the challenger is defeated, he is humiliated by getting beaten up, and thrown out in the streets. Above pic is from the 1928 silent movie, "Shinpan Ooka Seidan", featuring actor Okochi Denjiro as Tange Sazen, getting the sign after a successful dojo-yaburi.
(info: ja.wiki) (pic: st_octopus)
Tensui oke (天水桶). Or "rainwater barrels". The barrels or buckets that you see in the streets in this drama, are used to collect rainwater, placed on the wayside in the streets of Edo, mainly to be used for dousing and fighting fires.
(info: ja.wiki) (pic: pinterest)
Sankin-kotai (参勤交代). It is the policy of the Tokugawa Shogunate to require the families of daimyo or major feudal lords to stay in Edo as hostages in order to ensure loyalty. The daimyo will have to move from his domain to his Edo mansion, and stay there for a year in order to be with his family. The following year he goes back to his domain, thereby spending alternating years in each place. Sankin-kotai can also refer to the "military service to the shogun. Each daimyo was required to furnish a number of soldiers (samurai) in accordance with the kokudaka assessment of his domain. These soldiers accompanied the daimyo on the processions to and from Edo." In this drama, Kyutaro visits the Edo residences of these feudal lords, seeking work.
(info: wiki) (pic: bunkoya)
Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画). The sash that Kyutaro wore in Ep. 3 has depictions of animals taken from these scrolls. It literally means, "animal-person caricatures", and is known as "The Scrolls of Frolicking Animals" in English. It is a set of four illustrated scrolls, or emakimono. Its artist is unknown (some claim it's Sojo Toba). It is also credited as the oldest work of manga. It has drawings of animals like rabbits and monkeys doing human-like activities (playing, wrestling, bathing, etc).
(info/pic: wiki)
Chatoran/Chatran (チャトラン). The name of Magosaburo's cat in is a reference to Chatoran, the little orange kitten in the 1986 movie, "Koneko Monogatari". Outside Japan, the movie is known as "The Adventures of Milo and Otis", with "Milo" being the name of the said kitten.
(info: wiki) (pic: gafu)
Dojo-yaburi (道場破り). To challenge an entire school of martial arts (kendo, judo, karate), starting with the lowest ranking student, gradually moving up to fight the school's mentor. It could be a challenge coming from a rival school or an individual. In movies and manga, a dojo-yaburi is often depicted with the challenger coming in a dojo, unannounced. If he is able to defeat everyone, he can choose to destroy the dojo's sign, or take it away as booty. The defeated dojo will then be out of business, or must redeem its sign by paying money or some form of goods. Without a sign, they cannot operate the dojo (That is why in Ep. 7, Kyutaro took the sign to Oshichi, in case the dojo wishes to pay in order to get it back). But if the challenger is defeated, he is humiliated by getting beaten up, and thrown out in the streets. Above pic is from the 1928 silent movie, "Shinpan Ooka Seidan", featuring actor Okochi Denjiro as Tange Sazen, getting the sign after a successful dojo-yaburi.
(info: ja.wiki) (pic: st_octopus)
Tensui oke (天水桶). Or "rainwater barrels". The barrels or buckets that you see in the streets in this drama, are used to collect rainwater, placed on the wayside in the streets of Edo, mainly to be used for dousing and fighting fires.
(info: ja.wiki) (pic: pinterest)
Sankin-kotai (参勤交代). It is the policy of the Tokugawa Shogunate to require the families of daimyo or major feudal lords to stay in Edo as hostages in order to ensure loyalty. The daimyo will have to move from his domain to his Edo mansion, and stay there for a year in order to be with his family. The following year he goes back to his domain, thereby spending alternating years in each place. Sankin-kotai can also refer to the "military service to the shogun. Each daimyo was required to furnish a number of soldiers (samurai) in accordance with the kokudaka assessment of his domain. These soldiers accompanied the daimyo on the processions to and from Edo." In this drama, Kyutaro visits the Edo residences of these feudal lords, seeking work.
(info: wiki) (pic: bunkoya)
