Line #64 Main/JidaiGeki


1	[[quoteright:350:[[Literature/OniheiHankachou https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oniheian03.jpg]]]]
2	->''Three things in this life are inevitable: [[GiantWallOfWateryDoom the waters of the Kamogawa river]]; [[RandomNumberGod the dots]] [[TheGamblingAddict on dice]] and [[WarriorMonk the bells]] [[ChurchMilitant of the mountain temples]].''
3	-->--Japanese proverb
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5	''(The following description should ideally be read under falling CherryBlossoms.)''
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7	Jidaigeki (meaning "period drama") is a genre of HistoricalFiction and {{Period Piece}}s found in JapaneseMedia.
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9	These works are set before (or around the beginning of) the UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration when the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun Shogunate]] was deposed. The time subdivisions most often found in Japanese media include the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku_period Sengoku Period]] (or "Warring States", an era of civil war from about 1467 to 1573), the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period Edo Period]] (after Japan was united under the Tokugawa shogunate, 1603–1868),[[note]]For the curious, the 30 years in between those two is called the Azuchi-Momoyama Period; important in history, not so much in media.[[/note]] and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Tokugawa_shogunate Bakumatsu/early Meiji Period]] (1853–1868, the part of the Edo Period leading into the Meiji Period, 1868–1912).
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11	Jidaigeki can be idealized or realistic, operate as rigorous HistoricalFiction that [[ShownTheirWork show their work]]. It can also be like the American [[TheWestern Western]], [[SoapOpera soapy drama]] or hardass action, and feature a rich cast of [[CharactersAsDevice character tropes]]. Jidaigeki that emphasize swordplay are often referred to as ''chanbara'' (meaning "sword fighting"), especially the live-action movies, and counted on for lots of hot {{Samurai}} action ({{Ninja}}, {{Ronin}}, and {{Yakuza}} are also frequent players).[[note]]Although, it's also been said that if a critic likes a particular film, it's ''jidaigeki'', and if they don't, it's ''chanbara''.[[/note]] Given the fact that there are plenty of Edo-era buildings in Japan still standing, and that Edo-era costumes are dime-a-dozen, [[PropRecycling that period appeals a lot to Japanese TV producers]]. Compare the sheer number of [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] [[CostumeDrama costume dramas]] [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain set in the Victorian era]], the overwhelming dominance of TheWestern in American TV during the 1950s, or the innumerable Chinese films and series set during the Qing dynasty.
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13	The Jidaigeki films considered most notable by Western audiences tend to feature samurai, and from this they tend to assume that the term Jidaigeki refers to samurai films in particular. This is an exaggeration. Jidaigeki basically means historical settings or something set in the past, and does not by itself concern samurai or ronin by default. A number of Jidaigeki exist that focus on women, on painters, actors, and even burakumin (the lower-caste Japanese underbelly who are the ancestors to {{Yakuza}}). In the classical era of Japanese cinema, Jidaigeki was the most prestigious and serious genre.
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15	Also, although it may seem American and European directors have been borrowing (or, depending on your POV, appropriating) these conventions -- sometimes whole ''plots'' -- for years, Jidaigeki pieces have long borrowed/appropriated in equal measure from {{Western}}s and FilmNoir. Creator/AkiraKurosawa, himself, was known to be a fan of director Creator/JohnFord. Creator/GeorgeLucas took some inspiration from this cross-pollination while writing ''Franchise/StarWars'' -- guess where he got the word "jedi". Even before that, Jidaigeki borrowed and took inspiration from American films (e.g., ''Film/{{Stella Dallas\|1937}}'', a popular melodrama in Japan) and from European drama (e.g., Creator/HenrikIbsen and Creator/LeoTolstoy). Kurosawa likewise won fame for his transpositions of Creator/WilliamShakespeare to feudal Japan. Klingon society as seen in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' also took from this era for inspiration.
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17	For Western depictions of Japanese history, see HollywoodMedievalJapan. Compare TheMiddleAges and TheWildWest, two popular Western historical periods that are roughly analogous to Jidaigeki. See also {{Wutai}} for {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s that are based upon Japan. Related to NinjaFiction, which focus on fictional works that focus on the samurai and ''shinobi'' respectively, usually overlapping with Jidaigeki.
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19	Some notable historical names that have been originating from this era include:
20	[[index]]
21	* '''Heian Period (794–1185)'''[[note]]court nobles writing poetry, crying at the slightest pull of the heartstrings, and scheming to get into the beds of other court nobles' wives; noblewomen ''also'' writing poetry (or the earliest novels) and wearing GorgeousPeriodDress consisting of twelve-layered kimono; and the random peasant, such as your typical [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter humble woodcutter]][[/note]]
22	** UsefulNotes/{{Fujiwara}}
23	** UsefulNotes/{{Genji}}
24	** Creator/MurasakiShikibu
25	** Creator/SeiShonagon
26	** UsefulNotes/AbeNoSeimei
27	** Sugawara no Michizane
28	** UsefulNotes/{{Heike}}
29	** Taira no Masakado
30	** Minamoto no Yorimitsu and the Four Heavenly Kings.[[note]]Sakata Kintoki/Kintaro, Watanabe no Tsuna, Urabe no Suetake, Usui Sadamitsu[[/note]]
31	* '''Genpei War (1180–1185)''':[[note]]This is a pretty peculiar setting, because whereas most Jidai Geki media are set in Sengoku and Tokugawa eras (with a large and influential minority being set in late Edo/early Meiji Periods), when the samurai class and its influence and customs were long established, Genpei War took place in the 12th century late-Heian era -- that is, the High Middle Ages -- when samurai were only a nascent community, widely derided as coarse and uncouth by the [[UpperClassTwit sophisticated court aristocrats]]. Works set in this period are usually to describe a rise to power by the samurai class and the societal change it brought.[[/note]]
32	** Nasu no Yoichi
33	** Minamoto no Yoritomo
34	** UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune
35	** UsefulNotes/MusashiboBenkei
36	** Taira no Kiyomori
37	** UsefulNotes/TomoeGozen
38	* '''Kamakura and Muromachi Periods (1185–1573)''':
39	** UsefulNotes/MuramasaAndMasamune
40	* '''UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod (1467–1603)''':
41	** UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga
42	** UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi
43	** UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu
44	** UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide
45	** UsefulNotes/DateMasamune
46	** UsefulNotes/FuumaKotaro
47	** UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo
48	** UsefulNotes/HondaTadakatsu
49	** UsefulNotes/ImagawaYoshimoto
50	** UsefulNotes/IshidaMitsunari
51	** UsefulNotes/IshikawaGoemon
52	** UsefulNotes/DomJustoTakayamaUkon
53	** UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi
54	** UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura
55	** UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro
56	** UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen
57	** UsefulNotes/UesugiKenshin
58	** UsefulNotes/YagyuJubei
59	* '''Edo Period (1603–1868)''':
60	** UsefulNotes/AmakusaShiro
61	** UsefulNotes/The47Ronin
62	* '''Bakumatsu Period (1853–1868)''':
63	** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Hitokiri_of_the_Bakumatsu The Four Hitokiri/Manslayers]][[note]]Kawakami Gensai, Kirino Toshiaki, Tanaka Shinbei, Okada Izou[[/note]]
64	** Saigo Takamori
65	** UsefulNotes/SakamotoRyoma
66	** UsefulNotes/SarutobiSasuke
67	** UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi
68	[[/index]]
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70	!!Examples of shows taking place in this era:
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72	[[foldercontrol]]
73
74	[[folder:Vague Period]]
75	[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
76	[[index]]
77	* ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'' skips around madly between the Sengoku and post-Meiji eras thanks to its immortal protagonist. None of said eras are particularly well-defined or historically accurate, though.
78	* ''Manga/ShuraNoToki'' (mostly) self-contained story arcs is set in multiple periods, except Azuchi-Momoyama (yes, none of the Mutsu encountered Oda Nobunaga or his contemporaries). Well, except for one arc [[TheWestern set in American frontier]].
79	* Made explicit in ''Anime/MillenniumActress'', which recounts the story of Chiyoko's life largely in the form of scenes inspired by her films. So the setting follows Japanese history from the Heian era all the way through to the modern world and even beyond into science fiction with callbacks to earlier eras embedded in some of the later ones. Lampshaded when a supporting character asks another "Aren't you dressed for the wrong era?" after a particularly abrupt transition.
80	* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': The entire ''Musha Kero'' arc takes place on an AlternateUniverse planet vaguely like ancient Japan. All the best-known Jidai Geki tropes are played straight, from the alternate IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming to Keroro saying "Kore nite, ikken rakchaku... ''[[VerbalTic de arimasu.]]''"
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82	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
83	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
84	** In universe example for ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' has Shotaro and Akiko become fans of a Jidai Geki series, including a themed dream sequence.
85	** Although set in the modern day, ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' seems to be taking influence from the genre: the {{Transformation Trinket}}s are called "Sengoku Drivers" in reference to the time period, and the Rider vs. Rider rivalries are directly compared to the time's civil wars, with one of the characters even pointing out how it's developing into a modern day Sengoku War. As the episodes go on, the [[GenreShift tone begins to shift]] and the Sengoku War feel fades away. It doesn't go into obscurity, as the main character retains this feel with his {{Super Mode}}s giving him a general motif.
86	* The backstories for Juzo and Daiyu in ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''. The series as a whole uses tropes and conventions of the genre despite being set in the modern day.
87	[[/index]]
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89	[[AC:Theatre]]
90	* The ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' stage plays jump all over the timeline. ''Theatre/MusicalToukenRanbu'' likes to come back to the Genpei War, and both it and ''Theatre/ToukenRanbuStage'' come back to the Heian period, the Bakamatsu period, and especially the Sengoku period.
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92	[[AC:VideoGames]]
93	* ''VideoGame/AkanesasuSekaiDeKimiToUtau'' is set in [[TrappedInAnotherWorld a separate universe]] that mimics ''seven'' eras of Japanese history, reaching as far back as Yayoi-Asuka period and as recent as Meiji-Shōwa period, along with Myth/JapaneseMythology thrown into the mix for good measure, compressed into a single world. The CastFullOfPrettyBoys the protagonist interacts with are established as [[NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed similarly named stand-ins]] for historical figures of our world and have similarities in terms of personalities and backgrounds as their historical counterparts.
94	* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': The GUDAGUDA events based on the ''Koha-ACE'' comics practically takes place in a wacky combination between the Sengoku and Bakumatsu era (which may include mechanized soldiers or UFO). Chief Servants from this include GenderFlip versions of [[UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi Okita Souji]] and UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga. Other periods pop up in the main story, mixed up during the 3rd Epic of Remnant Shimousa, and focusing mostly on the Heian Era in the Lostbelt side story Naraka Mandala: Heian-Kyo.
95	* ''Ikki'', an early Creator/{{Sunsoft}} game set during some farmer's rebellion.
96	[[index]]
97	* ''VideoGame/{{Kenseiden}}'' in which Benkei shows up as a boss and the final boss is an indeterminate individual named "Yonensai".
98	* ''VideoGame/{{Kengo}}'':
99	** The series is centered on Japanese swordmanship school duels, and they focus on famous samurai from the 14th century to the end of the Bakumatsu. That also means that the PlayerCharacter can somehow watch ([[BeenThereShapedHistory or participate in]]) the Ganryujima duel and Ryoma Sakamoto's murder.
100	** ''[[VideoGame/{{Kengo}} Kengo: Legend of the Nine]]'' takes it further, since you play as one of the famous samurai and have to defeat the other eight [[TimeyWimeyBall during their own historical events]] without any explanation.
101	* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'': Sure it's an alternate world, but the setting clearly takes inspiration from Heian and Sengoku stories, events and characters.
102	* ''VideoGame/DeaeTonosamaAppareIchiban'' includes a rather insane mishmash of Japanese historical figures.
103	* ''VideoGame/{{Toukiden}}‎'' has "Ages" loosely corresponding to periods of Japanese history from its legendary beginnings to the Meiji era. ''Toukiden 2'' explicitly establishes the Awakening takes place in the Meiji period, with Western-style houses and ships in Yokohama before it's destroyed in the game's opening sequence.
104	* ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' technically takes places TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, but it involves going back in time to various times in Japanese history (from the Sengoku to Bakumatsu periods) in order to prevent historical revisionists from [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight changing history]]. The characters, apart from the FeaturelessProtagonist, are {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of famous Japanese swords, ranging from the 10th to 19th centuries.
105	* ''VideoGame/TengaiMakyou'': The series is a parody of this genre, fueled by Western misconceptions and stereotypes about Feudal-Era Japan. It was supposedly based on a book called ''Far East of Eden'' written by a P.H. Chada, a orientalist that worked at the Smithsonian Museum. In reality, Chada is a pseudonym for Ouji Hiroi, the real creator and author of the series.
106	[[/folder]]
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108	[[folder:Heian Period (late 8th century to 12th century)]]
109	[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
110	* ''Anime/GaroCrimsonMoon''
111	* ''Anime/OtogiZoshi'' (first arc)
112	* ''Literature/ShonenOnmyouji''
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114	[[AC:{{Film}}]]
115	* ''Film/GenjiMonogatari''
116	* ''Film/{{Kuroneko}}''
117	* ''Film/Onmyoji2001''
118	* ''Film/{{Rashomon}}''
119	* ''Film/SanshoTheBailiff''
120	* ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya''
121
122	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
123	* ''Literature/ThePillowBook''
124	* ''Literature/SugawaraAkitada''
125	* ''Literature/TheTaleOfGenji''
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127	[[AC:VideoGames]]
128	* ''VisualNovel/SixRules''
129	* ''VideoGame/NinetyNineSpirits''
130	* ''Heiankyo Alien''
131	* ''Manga/HikaruNoGo: Heian Gensou Ibunroku''
132	* ''VideoGame/{{Kuon}}''
133	* ''[[VideoGame/Onmyoji2016 Onmyōji]]'' is an interesting case. Being a Sino-Japanese game, it is guilty of both this ''and'' HollywoodMedievalJapan.
134	* ''VideoGame/OtogiMythOfDemons''
135	* ''VideoGame/OreshikaTaintedBloodlines''
136	* In one of the missions from ''[[VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997 Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time]]'', you have to help Creator/MurasakiShikibu overcome her writer's block after the first chapter of ''Literature/TheTaleOfGenji'' is stolen by one of Carmen's thieves.
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138	[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
139	* ''Webcomic/BeneathTheClouds''
140	[[/folder]]
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142	[[folder:Genpei War (1180-1185)]]
143	[[AC:{{Film}}]]
144	* ''Film/SukiyakiWesternDjango'' (AlternateHistory version)
145	* ''Film/ThoseWhoTreadOnTheTigersTail'', early Creator/AkiraKurosawa feature dramatizing the flight of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
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147	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
148	* ''[[Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike The Tale of the Heike]]''
149	* ''Literature/TomoeGozenSaga'' (a fantasy alternate Earth version thereof)
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151	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
152	* ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage'' recreates the battle of Dan-no-ura to explore artificial selection based on the resemblance of the Heike crabs to the Samurai.
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154	[[AC:VideoGames]]
155	* ''VideoGame/{{Genji}}''
156	* ''VideoGame/GenpeiToumaDen'', naturally.
157	* ''Lords of the Rising Sun''
158	* ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2: Rise of the Samurai DLC''
159	* ''VideoGame/YoshitsuneEiyuuden'' is a reasonabily faithful RealTimeStrategy HackAndSlash retelling of the Genpei War according to the ''Tale of the Heike'' and the ''Gikeiki'', with a dose of {{Demythification}}.
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161	[[AC:VisualNovels]]
162	* ''VisualNovel/{{Gikei}}'', an adaptation with HistoricalGenderFlip, in which three characters from the present time end up stuck in the late Heian period up to the Genpei War, assuming the role of three historical characters in their place. Features a good amount of {{Infodump}} on the Heian period and its numerous customs, while also being a faithful adaptation of the Heike Monogatari and the Gikeiki, detailing the political intrigue between the samurai clans.
163	[[/folder]]
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166
167	[[folder:Kamakura and Muromachi Periods (1185–1573)]]
168	[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
169	* ''Manga/{{Angolmois}}: Genkou Kassenki'' takes place during the 1274 Mongol invasion of Japan. The story begins very shortly before the Mongols make landfall and focuses on the desperate first 7 days of the invasion as a RagtagBunchOfMisfits and WarRefugees attempt to fight back and survive against the invaders.
170	* ''Manga/TheElusiveSamurai'' takes place during the Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336) and early Nanboku-chō period (1336-1392), following the adventures of Tokiyuki Hojo, the surviving heir of the previous ruling Hojo clan that was massacred during the Ashikaga takeover of Kamakura in 1333.
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172	[[AC: Film]]
173	* ''Film/{{Onibaba}}''
174	* ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''
175
176	[[AC:VideoGames]]
177	* ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'' is set during the Mongol invasion of Japan in the year 1274. The protagonist is a samurai defending the island of Tsushima.
178	* The very first ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' game, ''VideoGame/ShogunTotalWar'', has its expansion pack, ''Mongol Invasion'', present an AlternateHistory scenario where the ''kamikaze'' storm that stopped the 1274 Mongol invasion of the Japanese main islands in real life [[PointOfDivergence never happened]]. With the full force of the Mongolian Empire landing in Kyushu, the invasion turns into a grueling years-long war of attrition. Players can choose to be either the Mongols or the Hojo Clan in the campaign.
179	[[/folder]]
180
181	[[folder:Sengoku Period (15th to 17th centuries)]]
182	See [[UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod here]].
183	[[/folder]]
184
185	[[folder:Edo Period (1603-1868)]]
186	[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
187	[[index]]
188	* ''Manga/{{Amakusa 1637}}''
189	* ''Manga/{{Amatsuki}}''... well, the [[InsideAComputerSystem virtual setting]] at least.
190	* ''Manga/{{Azumi}}'' - set during the last years of the Sengoku period and the beginning of the Edo period
191	* ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}''
192	* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal''
193	* ''Anime/CarriedByTheWindTsukikageRan''
194	* ''Manga/EfuNoShichinin'', an AlternateUniverse MassiveMultiPlayerCrossover based mostly on ''Manga/{{Shigurui}}'' and ''[[Manga/ApocalypseZero Exoskull Zero]]'', is set on a SchizoTech version of the last years of Ieyasu Tokugawa's shogunate (1615). However, there are [[RuleOfCool blatant]] AnachronismStew characters such as UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi or [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto]].
195	* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''... all things considered.
196	* ''Manga/HellsParadiseJigokuraku''
197	* ''Manga/HouseOfFiveLeaves''
198	* ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub''
199	* ''Anime/MissHokusai'': Follows the life of Hokusai's daughter.
200	* ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}''
201	* ''Anime/NinjaScrollTheSeries''
202	* ''Anime/OhEdoRocket''
203	* ''Manga/OokuTheInnerChambers'' is an AlternateHistory (specifically, GenderFlip) take on this era, at least in the majority of the volumes (Volume 13 is when it starts drifting into the Bakumatsu period, and Volume 18 is when Meiji assumes the throne).
204	* ''Anime/RakugoTennyoOyui'', at the very tail end.
205	* ''Anime/SamuraiSeven''
206	* ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''...technically.
207	* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo''
208	* ''Manga/SamuraiExecutioner''
209	* ''Manga/{{Shigurui}}'' takes place in the early 1600s during the reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu.
210	* ''[[Manga/HakodateYoujinBuraichouHimegami Tokugawa Buraichou]]''
211	* ''Manga/{{Tsukigasa}}''
212	* ''Manga/{{Vagabond}}''
213
214	[[AC:{{Film}}]]
215	* ''Film/AnActorsRevenge''
216	* ''Film/{{Azumi}}''
217	* ''Film/The47Ronin''
218	* ''Film/{{Chushingura}}''
219	* ''Film/TheCrucifiedLovers'': early 18th century, based on a play from that era
220	* ''Film/TheFallOfAkoCastle'': another telling of the famed 47 Ronin story
221	* ''Film/TheGhostOfYotsuya'' -- based on a famous kabuki play written in 1825, during the Edo period.
222	* ''Film/{{Goyokin}}''
223	* ''Film/{{Harakiri}}''
224	* ''Film/HanzoTheRazor'' -- Basically, it's an ExploitationFilm trilogy about a metsuke in Edo Japan who rapes his female victims into submission in order to expose nefarious plots by corrupt and devious officials.
225	* ''Film/JirochoFuji'' -- the early career of legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho, in the late Edo period
226	* The ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' movie temporarily transports the main characters and a crowd of random people back to this period.
227	* ''Film/TheLifeOfOharu''
228	* The 1925 silent film ''Film/{{Orochi}}'' is set in the early 1700s
229	* ''Film/SamuraiIMusashiMiyamoto'' actually starts at the tail end of the Sengoku period, showing the Battle of Sekigahara that ended the shogunate wars, and then continues on to the start of the Edo period.
230	* ''Film/SamuraiIIDuelAtIchijojiTemple''
231	* ''Film/SamuraiIIIDuelAtGanryuIsland''
232	* ''Film/SamuraiRebellion''
233	* ''Film/SamuraiReincarnation''
234	* ''Film/{{Silence}}'' by Creator/MartinScorsese which adapts a Japanese novel about the failure of the Jesuit mission.
235	* ''Film/ThirteenAssassins''
236	* ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'': The OpeningScroll states that story takes place in 1860.
237	** ''Film/{{Sanjuro}}''
238	** ''Film/{{Machibuse}}''
239	* ''Franchise/{{Zatoichi}}''
240	** ''Film/TheTaleOfZatoichi''
241	** ''Film/TheTaleOfZatoichiContinues''
242	** ''Film/NewTaleOfZatoichi''
243	** ''Film/ZatoichiTheFugitive''
244	** ''Film/ZatoichiOnTheRoad''
245	** ''Film/ZatoichiAndTheChestOfGold''
246	** ''Film/ZatoichisFlashingSword''
247	** ''Film/FightZatoichiFight''
248	** ''Film/AdventuresOfZatoichi''
249	** ''Film/ZatoichisRevenge''
250	** ''Film/ZatoichiAndTheDoomedMan''
251	** ''Film/ZatoichiAndTheChessExpert''
252	** ''Film/ZatoichisVengeance''
253	** ''Film/ZatoichisPilgrimage''
254	** ''Film/ZatoichisCaneSword''
255	** ''Film/ZatoichiTheOutlaw''
256	** ''Film/ZatoichiChallenged''
257	** ''Film/ZatoichiAndTheFugitives''
258	** ''Film/SamaritanZatoichi''
259	** ''Film/ZatoichiMeetsYojimbo'': This is a crossover with the aforementioned ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'' duology. While no year is mentioned, the presence of a percussion pistol dates the movie to at least 1853.
260	** ''Film/ZatoichiGoesToTheFireFestival''
261	** ''Film/ZatoichiMeetsTheOneArmedSwordsman''
262	** ''Film/ZatoichiAtLarge''
263	** ''Film/ZatoichiInDesperation''
264	** ''Film/ZatoichisConspiracy''
265	** ''Film/ZatoichiDarknessIsHisAlly''
266	** ''Film/Zatoichi2003'': The reboot is set at the tail end of the period, if the presence of a [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War–era]] revolver is any indication.
267	** ''Film/{{Ichi}}''
268	** ''Film/ZatoichiTheLast''
269	* ''ZenigataHeiji''
270
271	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
272	* ''Literature/GaiJin''
273	* ''Literature/{{Katanagatari}}'', set in a fantastic AlternateHistory where a different shogunate came to power at the end of the Sengoku period.
274	* ''Literature/OniheiHankachou''
275	* The ''Literature/SanoIchiro'' series.
276	* ''[[Literature/TheRoyalDiaries Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven]]''
277	* ''Literature/YoungSamurai'', which is set during at the end of the Sengoku and beginning of the Edo Periods.
278
279	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
280	* ''Series/AbarenboShogun''
281	* ''Chou Ninja Tai Inazuma!''
282	* ''Kage no Gundan'' (''Shadow Warriors'')
283	* ''Series/KaiketsuLionMaru''
284	* ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger''. At least for two episodes.
285	* ''Mito Komon''
286	* ''Series/Shogun2024''
287	* ''Touyama no Kin-san''
288	* ''The Yagyu Conspiracy''
289	* ''Yojimbo of the Wilderness''
290
291	[[AC:VideoGames]]
292	* ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon'', though the later games became heavily anachronistic.
293	* ''Kanshakudama nage Kantarō no Tokaidō Gojūsan Tsugi'', a Creator/{{Sunsoft}} game for the Famicom based on a famous series of woodblock prints from the period.
294	* ''Kaze Kiri''
295	* ''VideoGame/KidNikiRadicalNinja''. The type of oval coins [[MoneySpider dropped by one enemy]] are specific to the Edo period.
296	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKage 2''
297	* ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''
298	* ''VideoGame/TheMysteriousMurasameCastle''
299	* ''Mystical Fighter''
300	* ''Oh! Edo Towns''
301	* ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown''
302	* ''VideoGame/ShadowTacticsBladesOfTheShogun''
303	* ''VideoGame/SoulOfTheSamurai''
304	* ''VideoGame/TrekToYomi''
305	* ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai 2''
306
307	[[AC:VisualNovels]]
308	* ''VisualNovel/ChuSinGura46Plus1'', depicting the events of the Ako Incident and the stories of UsefulNotes/The47Ronin.
309
310	[[AC:WebOriginal]]
311	* ''Literature/LookToTheWest'' is an alternate history story that, at one point, features Japan balkanized by the European powers after an apocalyptic civil war.
312	[[/folder]]
313
314	[[folder:Bakumatsu/Early Meiji (1853-late 19th century)]]
315	[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
316	* ''Anime/AyakashiAyashi''
317	* ''Anime/BakumatsuKikansetsuIrohanihoheto''
318	* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortalBakumatsuArc''
319	* ''Anime/TheDaggerOfKamui'', based on a novel series revolving around the intrigues of a ninja clan working for the Bakumatsu Shogunate during the period leading to the UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration. The protagonist goes on an extended trip to the American West during the second act of the film.
320	* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''
321	* ''Manga/{{Jin}}''
322	* ''Manga/KazeHikaru''
323	* ''Anime/MoeyoKen''
324	* ''Anime/IntrigueInTheBakumatsu''
325	* ''Manga/LadySnowblood''
326	* ''Manga/LaughingUnderTheClouds''
327	* ''Manga/PeacemakerKurogane''
328	* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', a {{deconstruction}} of the genre itself.
329	* The third arc of ''Manga/ShuraNoToki''
330	* ''Manga/{{Sidooh}}''
331	* ''Anime/WinterCicada''
332
333	[[AC: AudioPlay]]
334	* ''AudioPlay/ShinsengumiWasurenagusa''
335
336	[[AC: ComicBooks]]
337	* ''ComicBook/{{Chronin}}''
338
339	[[AC:{{Film}}]]
340	* ''Film/{{Eijanaika}}'' -- set in 1867 just as the shogunate is ending
341	* More from [[/index]]Creator/AkiraKurosawa:[[/index]]
342	** ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}''
343	** ''Film/{{Sanjuro}}''
344	* ''Film/{{Gohatto}}''
345	* ''Film/TheHiddenBlade'' -- said to take place in the 1860s
346	* ''Film/TheLastSamurai'' is very loosely based on the Satsuma revolt
347	* ''Film/RedSun'', where the idea of jidai-geki being the Japanese equivalent to the western is taken to [[LetsYouAndHimFight its logical conclusion]].
348	* ''Film/TheSwordOfDoom''
349	* ''Film/SwordOfTheBeast''
350	* ''Film/TheTwilightSamurai''
351
352	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
353	* ''Series/{{Atsuhime}}''
354
355	[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
356	* ''Theatre/PacificOvertures''
357
358	[[AC:VideoGames]]
359	* ''VideoGame/BakumatsuRock'', naturally, but '''[-with rock bands!-]'''
360	* ''VideoGame/FuunShinsengumi'' covers the eponymous organization's story from their creation to the end of the Boshin War. The MissionPackSequel, ''[[POVSequel Fuun Bakumatsuden]]'', expands the story with an alternate pro-Imperial perspective.
361	* ''VideoGame/{{Hakuouki}}''
362	* ''VideoGame/KeioFlyingSquadron''
363	* ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'', as told in its Japanese title of ''Bakumatsu Roman: Gekka no Kenshi'' ("A Bakumatsu Romance: Swordsmen in the Moonlight"), and evidenced in many visual elements in the game.
364	* ''VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin''
365	* The ninja chapter of ''VideoGame/LiveALive''
366	* ''VideoGame/NinjaSpirit''
367	* ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2: Fall of the Samurai'' DLC
368	* ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai''
369	** ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai4''
370
371	[[AC:VisualNovels]]
372	* ''VisualNovel/{{Miburo}}'', depicting the history of the {{Gender Flip}}ped Shinsengumi and the various power plays of the Bakumatsu Era.
373	[[/index]]
374	[[/folder]]

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