Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees ・Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (1748)

I hope you all have a wonderful day, and enjoy this oversized video, compiling and rearranging the Senbon Zakura videos from 1 year ago! Also, let me know what plays you would like to see covered in the future.

Doumo arigatou gozaimasu for taking such care to teach us this wonderful artistic culture of Japan.

This is nothing less than a gift !!! What a wonderful video! I always look forward to your amazing work!

Excellent video as always bro. This Kabuki play (Yoshitsune Zenbon Sakura) is for me one of the best plays ever created and one of the most intriguing as well (especially with a strong and enigmatic character like Taira no Tomomori). But some doubts came to my mind:
1. I've seen a lot of people say that Yoshitsune Zenbon Sakura is a Kabuki play associated with the Otowaya acting house. That is true? Why do many people associate this play with the troupe led by Onoe Kikugorō VII?
2. I saw that of the most recent generation of Kabuki actors, the only actors who have ever played Taira no Tomomori were Kataoka Ainosuke VI (there's a selfie of him dressed as Taira no Tomomori on his Ameblo blog), Onoe Kikunosuke V (there's a photo of him dressed as Taira no Tomomori backstage of the play on his Instagram) and Onoe Matsuya II (there's a photo of him dressed as Taira no Tomomori backstage of the play on his Ameblo blog). Besides the three, is there any other actor who has played Taira no Tomomori?

Thank you for an excellent video! I thoroughly enjoyed it. 👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you for the wonderful video! 😊 How about covering Kagotsurube Sato no Eizame and Onatsu Kyoran sometime in the future?

Also I have a question; I saw a trailer of Furu Amerika ni Sode wa Nurasaji (sorry if I spelled it wrong) on Shochiku channel and I got confused if it is a Kabuki play or not? It looks like a modern play to me with Kabuki elements.

Truly remarkable! Great work! ❤️

Thank you for this wonderful video it was an absolute delight to watch thank you!!

There's no such thing as oversized video when we're talking about Kabuki play 🙃

This is a wonderful video as a Kabuki fan myself 🙏 Thank you so much 💖 Not gonna lie though, I actually felt really bad for Gonta 😭

Thank you for making this artform accessible to all xxx

I’ve been fascinated by Kabuki Ever since seeing my grandfathers kabuki woodblock prints he brought back from Japan in the 1950s. I’ve watched Kabuki but could never follow the intricate story lines. So happy to find this beautiful channel which is so well edited and designed and finally be able to comprehend the story and the characters. I will explore your channel and hopefully there is a episode explaining the astonishing costumes and makeup. Loved the Fox story. I would like to have been one of the magical, little foxes. Thank you.

A wonderful gift, spectacular in every way! And an especial thank you for the subtitles so I could follow along and enjoy it even more…thank you so much!

There used to be a wonderful video of this play where there was an english voice over with explanations. Would anyone know where to find this?

Itsc😂awesome Tales Of Genji is an audio book Almost nine hours long. Genji Monogotari has it chaptered

This is available in subtitles on another site here

Can anyone tell me why all the kabuki plays paint the minamoto as the villains and the heike/taira as heroes?

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This is excellent, especially the quick change and the mie that follows.

It's so interesting that Benkei and Tadanobu are played using the Aragoto style in the first scene, but they are completely different the next time we see them. I don't really understand this choice, especially with Tadanobu who is characterized in the rest of the play as kind and playful rather than aggressive. From watching your video on the Bunraku version I have to say the way Tadanobu was characterized in the first scene felt more effective. How did this kata originate? Is the first scene all that remains of some old kata that might have used more Aragoto in the other scenes?

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Minamoto Yoshitsuni is the goat samurai

Thousand cherry trees ( 1748 )

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Thank you very much. It was very interesting video. ❤️❤️❤️