Ichijoji

Sumi-e, strategy and swordsmanship - inspired by the arts of Miyamoto Musashi

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Monday, 12 December 2011

Ichimei - Death of a Samurai

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At last I made it to the cinema to see Ichimei - I had been meaning to go ever since it was released. After 13 Assassins, I was expecting g...
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Friday, 29 October 2010

Sakurada Mongai no Hen - The Sakurada Gate Incident

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This is a very different film from the 13 Assassins - as the title might indicate, although it sounds more impressive in Japanese, and it to...
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010

13 Assassins

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Well, I saw Takashi Miike's Jusan-nin no Shikaku, or '13 Assassins' which I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, and found it very r...
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Monday, 11 October 2010

Swords on the Screen

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There are a couple of interesting looking movies out this month. Both of them are somewhat similar in theme, but very different in treatment...
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Chris Hellman
The title of this blog, Ichijoji, refers to the site of the battle between Miyamoto Musashi and the massed forces of the Yoshioka clan. It was also, as it happens, not more than ten minutes away from where I used to live, on the eastern edge of Kyoto. It is, for me, powerfully redolent of the mystery and romance of Japan. Musashi himself is an emblematic figure, and his skill in a range of arts to which I have devoted years of study myself -swordsmanship, strategy and sumi-e, make it an apt title for this blog.
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