Maple Leaf Viewing

Taira no Koremochi defeats the Kijo Momiji.

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A reel of the Noh drama Momiji-gari, in which Danjuro Ichikawa played opposite Onoe Kikugoro V as an ogress who has disguised herself as the Princess Sarashina. Filmed by Shibata Tsunekichi in the open air on a windy day in November 1899, Danjuro would allow only the one take, so that when his fan blew away in mid-performance the scene had to stay. The film re-emerged at the Kikikan theatre in 1907 where it was a great success and inspired a wave of fiction filmmaking based on traditional Japanese narratives.

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  • silent film
  • kabuki

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    • Theatrical28 Nov 1899

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Maple Leaf Viewing was released on 28 November 1899.

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