#Akira Toshi

[edenvillee]

Fit check :d

[myfilmsbox]

夢, (1990) Dir. Akira Kurosawa

[fourorfivemovements]

Films Watched in 2024: 27. ゴジラ対ヘドラ/Gojira tai Hedora/Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) - Dir. Yoshimitsu Banno

[marikoyoshida]

Lady's Gong vol. 54 (レディースゴング54) - 2000.09.13

[eclecticpjf]

Now watching:

[movie-titlecards]

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

My rating: 4/10

I suppose it's only appropriate for a movie about a pollution monster to be a huge, weird mess. Theme song's a bit of a bop, though.

[aplovesmovies]

Yojimbo (1961) Dir. Akira Kurosawa

[katsusks]

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The Alchemist Code (JP) x Gintama: Katsura Kotarou Voice Collection

[randomrichards]

GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH:

City pollution

Leads to spread of sludge monster

Psych rock Kaiju flick

[moviemosaics]

Rhapsody in August

directed by Akira Kurosawa, 1991

[tomoyoo]

Manga, books and authors mentioned in A Drunken Dream and Other Stories

I wrote the english names that were used in the book. Honestly the way I organized this gave me a headache but I hope it's useful <3 See more for the list of authors that were mentioned briefly.

Manga mentioned in the interview Mama’s Violin - Tetsuya Chiba Tomboy Angel - Mitsuteru Yokoyama Shinsengumi; Astro Boy - Osamu Tezuka Harp of the Stars; Hello, Teacher; The White Troika - Hideko Mizuno Mist, Roses and Stars - Shotaro Ishitani The Boy from Dartmoor - Nanae Sasaya In the Sunroom; The Song of the Wind and the Trees - Keiko Takemiya You Can Hear the Rain; Birth - Yumiko Oshima Norakuro - Suiho Tagawa The Rose of Versailles - Riyoko Ikeda

Mentioned in Rachel Thorn's essay Fuichin-san - Toshiko Ueda Tomorrow’s Joe - Tetsuya Chiba Eyes of Ice - Nanae Sasaya Aim for the Ace! - Sumika Yamamoto Toward the Terra; Fly Me to the Moon! - Keiko Takemiya Banana Bread Pudding; F-Shiki Ranmaru - Yumiko Oshima Two in a White Room; Arabesque; The Son of Heaven in the Land of the Rising Sun; Terpsichore - Ryoko Yamagishi Mari and Shingo; A Staff and Wings - Toshie Kihara

Books The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Shank’s Mare - Ikku Jippensha The Currents of Space - Isaac Asimov The Generative Enterprise Revisited - Noam Chomsky Phantoms in the Brain - V.S. Ramachandran

There's notes at the end giving more context for these authors but I don't have it in me rn.

Interview: Miyako Maki Masako Watanabe Kazuo Umezu Sanpei Shirato Mineko Yamada Ryoko Yamagishi Jun Morita Yasuko Sakata Akiko Hatsu Shio Satoh Aiko Itoh Machiko Satonaka

Essay: Yoshiko Nishitani Minori Kimura Mineko Yamada Akira Mochizuki Sato Tomoe

Book authors: Kenji Miyazawa Jean Stratton-Porter Robert Heinlein Ryotaro Shiba Sawako Ariyoshi Herman Hesse Ray Bradbury Jean Cocteau Kenichiro Mogi

[edenvillee]

Let's say in another universe, your ss OC's are now canon (no matter the season they first appear in) , how would the fandom treat them?

I feel like Eden would either get SO much angst art/fics, be that one average character that everyone simps for, or get reduced to the "tired scientist that hates IU and her job" (either that or just be skarra's gf💀)

Also idea from Amy ily and fatma🙏

[poorly-drawn-akira]

"been thinking..."

"m," Iwao nodded, moving from the kitchen to where Akira had remained posted in the front room immediately. The house had been disturbingly quiet for the past few weeks, "Yeah?"

"why did you fuck my mom?"

Iwao stayed standing for a while. He chewed on his options for a few moments but. It wasn't as if he could make Akira's opinions on the situation any worse, he figured, "I don't remember. I was young and thought I could get away with it. She was bored probably. Bored enough to say yes. Could have been bad, but she and I were lucky I guess that he looked just enough like you two. And Mr. Otoishi wanted him badly enough to ignore whatever doubt he had, I assume. I don't know, I didn't get to help mastermind that coverup."

"... toshihiro didn't want eiji."

"He... Didn't want Eijiro, but he did want another son since you and Nao didn't seem to be... Tempered right for the business life, not that he didn't absolutely write off your brother just-"

Iwao paused. He'd never thought about it before. He sat down. It always seemed like the big to do was always about Naoaki and Akira occasionally when he was doing what Mari wanted him to and finding that success. Eijiro proved ill-suited for Toshi's uses and Iwao knew Mari never had anything to do with him. He just.

Why hadn't they been in touch?

The story had broken national news by now, surely. But no one had called, no flowers, nothing. He hadn't really thought about it before, but he couldn't muster up anger about it.

Just, "listen. I'll get Sato to watch the house, you and I need to go somewhere. Anywhere. It's been too long. You've been cooped up too long," just that it would be very convenient for them if Akira quietly disappeared too. And the fact that Akira was the one alive was probably very inconvenient for at least Mari, "just a walk somewhere."

[haruthinks]

MASTERLIST DE NOMES JAPONESES (FEMININOS, MASCULINOS E NEUTROS)

olá pessoal, tudo bem? escrevi essa masterlist pra quem, como eu, curte fazer uns personagens japoneses em seus 1x1 e em comunidades e sempre tem que ficar procurando uns nomes no google. aqui tem alguns dos meus nomes femininos, masculinos e neutros preferidos que coletei pela internet afora. espero que gostem!

obs: alguns nomes da lista dos nomes femininos e masculinos também podem ser considerados neutros, assim como alguns neutros são ditos como masculinos/femininos em alguns sites, então não levem tão ao pé da letra!

nomes femininos:

Akari

Asami

Asuna

Azumi

Cho

Hana

Harumi

Hina

Hinata

Hiromi/Hitomi

Izumi

Kanako

Katana

Kaori

Keiko

Kyoko

Kimi

Mai

Masako

Masami

Mayumi

Mei

Mika/Miki/Miku

Misa

Miyah

Mizuki

Nagi

Nana

Nanako

Nara/Nari

Nishi

Rei

Risa

Sakura

Saori

Sayuri

Seika

Shion

Suki

Takara

Taki

Tami

Toshi

Usagi

Yoko

masculinos:

Akihiko

Akito

Asahi

Asuka

Daichi

Hachi

Hachiro

Haku

Haruto

Hideki

Hiro

Hiroto

Hiroshi

Hoshi

Ichiro

Itsuki

Jun

Kaito

Katashi

Katsu/Katsuo

Kazuki

Ken

Kenji

Kentaro

Kenzo

Koya

Kyo

Makoto

Matsu

Minato

Miho

Natsuo

Nori

Ren

Ryo/Ryu

Ryota

Shin

Shiori

Shohei

Shota/Sota

Shun

Tadaki

Tadashi

Taichi

Taiki

Takashi

Takato

Takumi

Tarou

Yamato

Yuta/Yuto

Yukio

neutros:

Aoki

Akira

Asuka

Haru

Haruki

Hikari/Hikaru

Kei

Kiyoshi

Kuma

Maki

Masaki

Midori

Natsu

Niko

Rin

Sora

Taru

Tokyo

Yoshi

Yuki

Yuri

[universe-gods-and-goddesses]

Daici

Name: Daici Roads Age: 4mil Species: kitsune Gender: male Power: grants safety on roads God: roads Rank: God of roads Children: Yoshio, Satoshi, demigod of roads Neieces: Ayaka, Takara, Jun Nephews: Akira, Minori, Toshi Grandchildren: demigods of roads Partners: Miwa Siblings: Eiju, Naoko, Yuki Lives: on the roads, constantly traveling Parents: Masa, Tadao

(Tag for Daici is Fox Road)

[shinsengumi-archives]

The Hijikata family in the Ishida village census

I continue to read the book The demon lieutenant of Shinsengumi. This is in fact a collection of articles by different authors, each with their own way of retelling some moments from Hijikata's life. And one of the authors - my favorite Kikuchi Akira - really dug up something new!

Kikuchi Akira is a Bakumatsu researcher who is always getting into the thick of things: comparing the Okita's kaimyo (posthumous Buddhist name) and the kaimyo of his supposed girlfriend, or parsing Hijikata's letters. And now he has found the census books of Ishida village from 1817 to 1869, which refute the official opinion that Toshizo was fired from one job at 11 and another at 17. According to the new records, he was listed "in the people section" at a completely different age and for quite a long time! In addition, these records reveal some peculiarities of the Japanese population of the century before the last century.

These are the family registration books:

There are 20 volumes of them, and they were kept until recently by a certain Hijikata Satoshi, who only deigned to share them with the public about five years ago (how many more of these things are still stashed away in private archives!).

So, in Japan, throughout the Edo period, monks conducted a census of the population. They sent the data to the shogunate and kept a copy for themselves. The original purpose of this census was to prevent the spread of Christianity, so special books listed all members of each family, along with their servants, their ages, and their religion.

It is difficult to say how often this information was collected, because in Ishida village the census was conducted either once every five years, or every year. But it was always in March.

Hijikata Toshizo was born in May 1835, and the first record of him in the registration book did not appear until March 1840:

parishioner of the Kongoji Shrine of Takahata Village - Toshizo, age 6 [4.5 years old according to our age system]

His name was then written as 歳蔵 throughout the census.

The author provides only one entry entirely about the Hijikata family, in 1848. This is roughly what it looked like:

Income 20 koku, 1 to 1 sho 4 go 7 yu 一 Shingon Sect, Takahata Village, Kongoji Temple Parishioner - Hayato, 28 years old Parishioner of the same temple - Wife Naka, 23 years old. Parishioner of the same temple - Elder brother Tamejiro, 33 years old. Parishioner of the same temple - Daughter Nui, 7 years old. Parishioner of the same temple - Son Sakusuke, 4 years old. Parishioner of the same temple - Servant Hachigoro, 19 years old 一 Zen sect, Yaho village, Nanyoji temple Parishioner - Maid Hatsu, 21 years old 一 Shingon sect, Shitada village, Anyoji temple Parishioner - Maid Fude, 12 years old A total of 8 people, of which 4 are male, 4 are female. Two more males are in service in other houses: 一 Shingon sect, Takahata village, Kongoji temple Parishioner - Younger brother Daisaku, 20 years old Parishioner of the same temple - Younger brother Toshizo, 14 years old

By our age system, everyone here is a year younger. Daisaku was probably about to be adopted by the Kasuya doctor family at that time. As for where Toshi was, it's unknown. Though maybe at his sister's...

The official biography says that in 1845 he was employed in the fabric store Matsuzakaya in Ueno, where the owner was a certain Ito. There Toshi quarreled with the clerk and fled home. And this article even says where this information comes from: it turns out that in 1935, the grandson of Sato Hikogoro and Hijikata Nobu talked about it on the radio.

This same Matsuzakaya still exists today. Here's its website. It's even in English.

The census book for 1845 also exists, but in it, the page about the Hijikata family was "deliberately defaced by someone," as Kikuchi Akira writes. But it's easy to reconstruct the rest from the surviving pieces:

一 Zen sect, Yaho village, Nanyoji temple Parishioner - Servant Tsunakichi (or Tsunayoshi), 21 years old 一 Shingon Sect, Ochikawa Village, Shinshoji Temple Parishioner - Maid Kuni, 17 years old A total of 8 people, of which 5 are male, 3 are female. Another 1 female is in the service of another house: 一 Shingon Sect, Takahata Village, Kongoji Temple Parishioner - Younger sister Ran, 15 years old

Ran was Nobu's childhood name. In theory, she married Sato Hikogoro a year ago, and should have been listed in his household by now. But since she's recorded still in it, Kikuchi-san explains, that means her marriage was nominal at first. It was called asiirekon (足入れ婚 ), when one sort of got married, but the wife continued to live in her parent's house. Or maybe "in the service" meant she was living with Sato anyway.

On the defaced page there should be four more "males" and two females: Hayato, Tamejiro, Daisaku, Toshizo; wife Naka, daughter Nui. Sakusuke was born in 1845, the same year (i.e. not yet born in March), and there is no one "in the service" besides Ran.

So Kikuchi-san, based on the study of some other "private documents", concluded that Hijikata worked for this very Ito from about 12-13 and up to 16 years old (according to our age system), and the story of "quarrel with the clerk" and "dismissal because of a girl" took place at the same location.

But in Hijikata's family another version was passed down from generation to generation: that Toshizo first worked in Ueno, and then in Tenmacho, also in a fabric store, and that's where the story with the girl happened. Hijikata has a haiku about Tenmacho, so he was definitely there :) It's just unknown exactly when.

That Toshizo returned home at the age of 16 (in 1851) is a confirmed fact. This is written about in Kojima Shikanosuke's book "両雄士伝" - "The Lives of Two Great Warriors" written in 1873. About Kondo and Hijikata, yep. The very fact that this book exists is a big surprise to me - it's strange that no mention of it has ever been found anywhere! You can understand why though: it's written in kanbun, a hellish mixture of Chinese and Japanese. So, this book says that Toshizo returned to his hometown at the age of 17 (i.e. 16) and began practicing martial arts, in which he soon became very successful. Anyway, he started selling Ishida Sanyaku and going to different dojos.

However, the monastic registration books for 1854 and 1856 still show "two more males are in the service of other houses". It was not until 1858 that the record that Toshi was finally home appeared for the first time.

Income 39 koku, 7 to 8 go 一 Shingon Sect, Takahata Village, Kongoji Temple Parishioner - Hayato, 38 years old. … wife Naka, 33 …older brother Tamejiro, 43 years old. …younger brother Toshizo, 24. (then there are 6 children, 1 servant and 1 maid) Total 12 people, 9 male, 3 female.

On March 9, 1859, Hijikata was officially enrolled as a student at the Kondo dojo. There is an entry about it in the "Registration book of the Tennen Rishin-ryu" (天然理心流神文帳 ), and then in the diaries of relatives, friends and neighbors there are many entries such as "Toshizo came with Okita Soji, both stayed at our place for the night" (Hashimoto's diary, 09-03-1860), or "Toshizo and Kondo Isami went to Itsukaichi" (Sato's diary, 09-05-1860).

In August 1860, another official registration book was published called "Bujutsu eimei roku" (武術英名録 ) - something like "Names of Glorious Swordsmen". It included the names of 600 swordsmen from all over the Kanto region, including Hijikata. Only those who had a rank no lower than mokuroku were enrolled there, and Hijikata would not have been able to get mokuroku in such a short time if he had not studied the sword before, writes Kikuchi Akira. So he did study, but where - that's the question. That is, what kind of "service" he was in from 1853-4 to 1857-8 is unknown. Maybe he just lived at Sato's house and walked around, selling medicine, but Sato has no mention of it. So this is "another mystery" for Japanese historians.