Meiji Era Kabuki: Three Shintomiza Tsuji Banzuke Part Three – 1912

Third and final part of the Meji Era Kabuki series by Kabuki collector and researcher Trevor Skingle!

The performance date places the performance this tsuji banzuke advertised on 8th February 1912, the last year, 46, of the Meiji era, which ended that same year with the death of Emperor Meiji on 30th July 1912, which had been a time of major changes in Japanese society. The developing Japanese fascination with photography and ‘bromides’ as they were called was reflected in the growing numbers of Kabuki images that became available and their collectors, usually rendered as postcards as is evidenced in those for

DVD Review: Mitsuko Delivers – A Film By Yuya Ishii

Oddly quirky, fun and at times nonchalant!

Mitsuko (Naka Riisa) is a helpful and kind woman who will always do her level best to look after family and friends alike, yet who doesn’t seem to get an easy run in life. Through her life experiences she ends up meeting an American male with the intention of helping him out too, but it gets more complicated than that. She finds herself falling in love with him, and has a short relationship with him, which has her moving to California. Their relationship doesn’t quite work out the way she wanted it to, and he leaves her while she