NHK+ × Shibuya "Dousuru Ieyasu" Exhibition Virtual Tour! A few considerations on Nobunaga costumes∼

Ok, I wanted to stop babbling about Dousuru Ieyasu for a bit, but a friend sent me some pics from the exhibition in Shibuya she was attending and that reminded me of the virtual tour available on the official site of NHK+! So, here are a few considerations about the exhibition with a focus on-- Nobunaga costumes, both in the exhbition and during the series!

"THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY" debuts on the big screen! A few pictures and the first reviews!

So, it looks like some blissful soul is subbing Dousuru Ieyasu-- As I wait for the episodes for my final review later this year (I guess Nobunaga won't be around for too much... My optimistic prevision is for a maximum of 20 episodes), let's talk about "Kimura Nobunaga"! The movie THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY (レジェンド＆バタフライ), in fact, debuted in theatres yesterday!

Setting my eyes on some vintage Nobunaga manga...

I have to limit my Nobu collection, but I have a soft spot for vintage mangas (expecially when it comes to children literature), and sometimes I find myself lurking on certain titles.
Here are the ones that intrigue me the most at the moment∼

Nobunaga's spot looks like some demonic nest-- As "Dousuru Ieyasu" offers us some delicacies again.

Episode 2 of Dousuru Ieyasu was out past Sunday, and here we got more extensive flashbacks from Iey-Moyoyasu's traumatic childhood! --With a twist!

"Oda... Nobunaga?!" It's a nightmarish first appearance for Nobunaga in "Dousuru Ieyasu"!

I managed to check the first episode of Dousuru Ieyasu (still RAW, though!) and I found it-- well, interesting. I had some mixed feelings but I got that impression with Kamakura-dono no 13nin too. To be honest I like the audacity to play around with history this way, at least when it comes to fiction.
--I guess I'm getting old!

Anyway, the episode starts with the Battle Of Okehazama and the life of young Ieyasu Motoyasu. As our boy struggles to get hold of the new lifestyle in Mikawa and the battlefield, he's struck with the death of Imagawa, here portrayed as his "benefactor", for a change.

We're suddendly thrown into a nightmarish vision where Nobunaga shows off the scalp (?!) of his enemy while throttling triumpanthly:

New stage-play by Nagoya Omotenashi Bushotai scheduled for late March 2023∼

Looks like a new stage play is in the making for the Nagoya Omotenashi Bushotai. It's going to be an updated edition of Believe, a popular play of the 90s by PLANET PISTACCIO (惑星ピスタチオ) , and original author Nishida Shatner (西田シャトナー) is going to take care of direction and script!
BELIEVE2023 - The Six Overlords (Believe2023六人の覇王) is scheduled for performance at Nagoya City Performing Arts Center on the last weekend of March.

The plot revolves around Nobunaga getting hold of an history book left behind in the Sengoku Era by a time-traveller --This gives him the chance to change history!!
I found this one-man version of the show featuring Yasumura Yamato (Japanese), if you're interested in more precise contents.

--I hope this time some pamphlet would be available :(

"Kirin ga kuru" NHK Taiga Drama Guide's Overview!

So, as I mentioned you before, this past year I managed to collect the three guide books of Kirin ga kuru. To be honest I was disappointed by its conclusion just like you guys, but at the same time I really enjoyed following this drama during those troubled years back then, and I really enjoyed its original portrait of Nobunaga-- So I decided to get them for my collection. In this short, filled-with-pictures post I'd like to browse through its contents, sharing some infos and considerations about its controversial portrait of Nobunaga.

Take this first post of the year as a belated San Silvestro ritual where we pay our last homage to Sometani Nobunaga by throwing him out of the window to get ready to welcome the upcoming Nobunagas of 2023!