Another movie featuring Nobunaga-- "Kubi" by Takeshi Kitano!

--I got to know about Nobunaga movies always by accident! This time it's about Kubi (首,"Neck"), based on a novel by Beat Takeshi. Feels like a controversial movie that could be just presented as a premiere at Cannes rather than partecipating the festival... The story circles around the betrayal of Araki Murashige, and follows Shinzaemon and the farmer Shigesuke in a spiral of events that would lead to the Honniji Incident.

NOBUNAGA BIRTHDAY PROJECT ⓵ Younger Days

Today it's May 12, a day that marks "one" of Nobunaga's birthdays.
Past year, I took my time to celebrate it through some articles dedicated to the character, this year I want to try the "artistic route". I'm getting quite rusty with my traditional art skillz, so I'm trying to sketch something with watercolours and coloured pencils to keep myself "trained" :) I decided to paint some Nobunaga's portraits, then, trying to capture the character during the years or in certain media depictions-- This year challenge is drawing a new Nobu every week, then!

Let's start with a Nobu from his younger days! A popular period of his life when it comes to fans preferences and the funniest to draw for sure! Nobunaga eating persimmons (yummy!) is one of my favourite themes, this is probably my second portrait of him doing so-- This time I tried a more "realistic" approach, though... Sorry if this is quite rough, but I really felt like experimenting a bit with the medium here--

Looking at him, he looks more like a monkey Hideyoshi rather than a Nobu 😅

One, No One-- Definitely more than Three?! A peek to the "Three Nobunagas" pamphlet!

--I realize how foolish it is to talk about movies that I didn't watch, but by now you are aware that I like to collect such items, as these various depictions of Nobunaga amuse me despite my actual experience about them, which is, in most cases, for obvious reasons, impossible!
Today's piece is quite significative in this sense, as I want to browse with you one of my last acquisitions, the pamphlet of the Three Nobunagas (3人の信長, Sannin no Nobunaga) movie, released in 2019. This looks like a fun comedy that plays on the exact issue of historiography: that nobody really knows "who" a historical figure "really" is, despite their importance or significance in history.

"THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY" Costumes Exhibitions!

Being late to the party, I'm now trying to catch up with the interesting bits of THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY. ^{Credits: 岡山城天守閣 @Twitter}
As you could imagine, one of these involves costumes, or, more specifically, the costume exhibitions that happened around Japan to promote the movie.

Oooh... Nobunaga Signature Tempura from Gifu...

--I wanted to make some smartass post about the THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY historical bits but I got easily distracted by one of my greatest passions-- FOOD! Looks like Yaganase Tempura Club is offering a special "Nobunaga Legend Don" during the period of the movie screening in the close-by CINEX theatre.

--Guess who's on the cover of the March Issue of "Rekishijin" 😅

Speaking of how medias are used to bend historical events to fanciful tropes to attract customers, the last released issue of Rekishijin (歴史人) features Kimura Nobunaga on its cover: The main article of the issue revolves around "Sengoku Legends", or those historical characters considered "heroes" for a reason or another. It offers a ranking, too.
Also, it looks like this is the first time that a celebrity hits the cover of the magazine.

Ah, the world of historical divulgation is so dirty∼

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!