Kabuki and Nihonto - where two art forms meet

[MassiveMoonHeh]

One of NHK's more recent videos explores the use of Nihonto in Kabuki theatre.

 

It explores the Japanese mindset around swords, how legends influence culture and this space through dramatisation.

 

Nihonto have found a lot of interest through the recent Touken Rabu manga series which has now been brought to life in Kabuki.

 

Animating the sword, makes the people associated with it come alive and makes the art form even more interesting.

 

It was a fascinating watch to get an insight into the spirit of the Nihonto.

 

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/3025180/

[Sebuh]

18 hours ago, MassiveMoonHeh said:

Nihonto have found a lot of interest through the recent Touken Rabu manga series which has now been brought to life in Kabuki.

 

Animating the sword, makes the people associated with it come alive and makes the art form even more interesting.

 

 

Hope you don't mind me budging in here Brett 

Touken Rabu is such a odd sight. I've followed a large amount of Nihonto based accounts on Twitter, and man. It really almost all revolves young women in Japan obsessed with, Awataguchi and Rai works depending on how handsome the game designers made them out to be. (Token Rabu also has a videogame adaption that is immensely popular, pretty sure Darcy wrote about this in his "Touken Girls" article.

 

I'm afraid to admit I may know more about the characters than the actual swords..  but hey, those girls have very good photography skills when it comes to finding the source of their sword crush. (Yes they call it that)

 

I'll attach some photos cause it is seriously funny, these girls really keep museums popped open and busy. And their community had put in major efforts to fundraise for sword restorations etc. 

 

 Rai Kunitoshi looks a bit different.. then what I imagined.

 

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oops I failed with uploading photos, here's the links.

https://touken-ranbu.fandom.com/wiki/Aizen_Kunitoshi?file=Aizen.png

 

https://touken-ranbu.fandom.com/wiki/Akashi_Kuniyuki - Kuniyuki looks stylish, wonder if he wore this in Kamakura times?

 

[MassiveMoonHeh]

7 minutes ago, Sebuh said:

 

Hope you don't mind me budging in here Brett 

Touken Rabu is such a odd sight. I've followed a large amount of Nihonto based accounts on Twitter, and man. It really almost all revolves young women in Japan obsessed with, Awataguchi and Rai works depending on how handsome the game designers made them out to be. (Token Rabu also has a videogame adaption that is immensely popular, pretty sure Darcy wrote about this in his "Touken Girls" article.

 

I'm afraid to admit I may know more about the characters than the actual swords..  but hey, those girls have very good photography skills when it comes to finding the source of their sword crush. (Yes they call it that)

 

I'll attach some photos cause it is seriously funny, these girls really keep museums popped open and busy. And their community had put in major efforts to fundraise for sword restorations etc. 

 

 Rai Kunitoshi looks a bit different.. then what I imagined.

 

Don't mind you budging in here at all. Great insight into culture. 

 

Yes, I have read the reports of strong interest from girls at sword exhibitions. If the boys were smart they would go hang out at the latest Rai and Awataguchi exhibition dressed like a Token Rabu character. 

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Just now, MassiveMoonHeh said:

Don't mind you budging in here at all. Great insight into culture. 

 

Yes, I have read the reports of strong interest from girls at sword exhibitions. If the boys were smart they would go hang out at the latest Rai and Awataguchi exhibition dressed like a Token Rabu character. 

Gen Z rep has to budge in once in awhile 

Great idea, now imagine having one of those swords in your collection? these boys are dropping the ball. 

[MassiveMoonHeh]

For those who have no idea of what we are talking about... here is an article from 2018 about the craze that started in 2015, such is the popularity of the game that it is still a thing today.

 

 

[MassiveMoonHeh]

The Japan Times wrote an article on Thursday about the recent sword "boom" in Japan.

 

You can read it here.