#shunkinsho

[hakonohanayome]

Ikuni Produce Reading in the dark "Shunkin no Sasuke" theatrical production illustration by Asumiko Nakamura

[torippiyos]

Adachi Hideaki in Shunkinsho

[momijihearts]

gekijoo bungaku?

does anyone plan on getting it especially shunkinsho

[izakiryujiro]

Previews of Izaki’s photosets from Shunkinsho! So pretty.

(If anyone wants any of these, I will be going to the show! Message me :D)

[izakiryujiro]

Izaki’s visual from Shunkinsho!

[scones-jp]

I used to have a book club like a film "The Jane Austen Book Club" with friends of mine last year. We read Japanese old literature, gathered at cafe, and talked about what each of us felt about it. One of the works I can't forget because of the mysteriously beautiful world, is Shunkinshō (春琴抄) by Junichirō_Tanizaki (谷崎潤一郎). We Japanese seem to love this story, and it was filmized several times. But this is not a simple happy story. The main character woman is beautiful and has talent of music but is blind and has cruel personality. She always has mean attitude to her servant man. But at the same time, they seem to be in a relationship though the story directly describes so. The stage is in Osaka that has different culture from Tokyo, and used to be a central business area in Japan. The era is about 100 years ago, and this timing is similar to impressionism in France. I imagine the world during the era - everybody wears kimono (Japanese traditional cloth), there must have been big distance of social positions, and the society was full of traditional culture like music, fashion and buildings. Reasonably this is a crazy story but should attract you. I recommend you to give a try :)