#shinsaku fujita

[easternmind]

Here's an internet first to celebrate my forty-first birthday: I submit to you the complete illustrations SCEJ used as cover art for the Japanese editions of Siren and Siren 2, created by Shinsaku Fujita. Uncropped. No logotypes. No text.

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Japanese covers for Stephen King’s IT (4 Volumes) by Shinsaku Fujita

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Misery Japanese paperback illustration by Shinsaku Fujita

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IT  by Stephen King Japanese Book Covers Illustration by Shinsaku Fujita (藤田新策)

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"11-22-63″ fan art by Japanese artist Shinsaku Fujita (*1956).

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Joyland by Stephen King Japanese Book Cover Illustration by Shinsaku Fujita

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List of swordsmanship schools at the end of the Edo period! Dojos where swordsmen such as the Shinsengumi and Takasugi Shinsaku studied

What kind of swordsmanship were the Shishi and Shinsengumi practicing at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate?

A brief summary of the main schools and who studied in them.

Shindo Munen-ryu

Shindo Munen-ryu was founded by Fukui Hyoemon in the Genroku era.

"Peace" was their principle. It was forbidden to solve problems unreasonably with swords, and academics were also emphasized .

Saito Yakuro's dojo, Renpeikan, was famous as one of the three major dojos in Edo at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Who studied the Shindo Munen-ryu?

Egawa Tarozaemon: Shogunate official

Katsura Kogoro: Choshu Domain

Takasugi Shinsaku: Choshu Domain

Inoue Mita: Choshu Domain

Ito Hirobumi: Choshu Domain

Shinagawa Yajiro: Choshu Domain

Nagakura Shinpachi: Shinsengumi 2nd Squad Captain

Fujita Toko: Mito Domain, scholar

Katsura Kogoro was convinced to study this style when he heard that Shindo Munen-ryu swordsmen valued peace and used their swords as little as possible.

He served as the head instructor of the dojo for five years from Kaei 5 to Ansei 4, and his ability was also well documented.

As you can see, the Renpeikan was a dojo with many Choshu clan students.

On the other hand, Nagakura Shinpachi, who is said to have been the strongest in the Shinsengumi, also practiced the same style. However, he went to the Gekikenkan instead of the Renpeikan.

[T/N: Isn’t Serizawa also Shindo Munen-ryu? I guess he didn’t take its teachings to heart 😅]

Hokushin Itto-ryu

The Hokushin Itto-ryu was new style at that time, and was founded by Chiba Shusaku in Edo in the 5th year of Bunsei. Genbukan, one of the three major dojos in the Edo at the end of the Edo period, had more than 6000 students.

Since the Hokushin Itto-ryu was newly established, it adopted a rational tactic that was not bound by the old ways. There were no moves like exaggerated deadly sword attacks. It emphasized actual battle.

Who studied the Hokushin Itto-ryu?

Sakamoto Ryoma: Tosa dappan

Kiyokawa Hachiro: Shonai Domain

Ito Kashitaro: Shinsengumi

Todo Heisuke: Shinsengumi

Sannan Keisuke: Shinsengumi

Yoshimura Kuniichiro: Shinsengumi

Tennen Rishin-ryu

Tennen Rishin-ryu was founded by Kondo Tsukisuke during the Kansei era.

It was the Shinsengumi that made this style suddenly famous. Before, it was despised as a countryside swordsmanship style from Tama.

Most of the main members of the Shinsengumi were from this dojo, the Shieikan. 

(On the other hand, I don't hear anything else about this dojo other than the Shinsengumi)

It was a sword that made enemies tremble in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. The idea was to focus on actual battles and win no matter what kind of tactics you use.

The Tennen Rishin-ryu took their fights seriously even in practice, and some moves involved suddenly slashing at the opponent’s legs.

Hijikata Toshizo kicking up sand to blind the enemy? He was really strong because he was not above using any method (this is not a real move from this sword style, but lol).

At the bloody end of the Edo period, it's no wonder that the Shinsengumi was strong when they used a style that focused on winning.

Who studied the Tennen Rishin-ryu?

Kondo Isami: Commander of the Shinsengumi

Okita Souji: Shinsengumi 1st Squad Captain

Inoue Genzaburo: Shinsengumi 6th Squad Captain

Yagyu Shinkage-ryu

Yagyu Shinkage-ryu was the Tokugawa clan’s style.

It was founded by Yagyu Ishifune Munetoshi.

It’s famous for the mutō (無刀取り) technique, where you can win without having a sword.

Who studied the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu?

Takasugi Shinsaku: Choshu Domain, Licensed

Katsura Kogoro: Choshu Domain

Kyoshin Meichi-ryu

The Kyoshin Meichi-ryu was founded by Momoi Hachirozaemon. By the time his son Momoi Shunzo inherited the dojo, the Shigakukan became popular as one of the three major dojos in Edo .

In the Kyoshin Meichi-ryu, honor was especially important, and both Momoi Hachirozaemon and Shunzo were very strong swordsmen. Rather, they had strong personalities.

Who studied the Kyoshin Meichi-ryu?

Takechi Hanpeita: Tosa Domain

Okada Izo: Tosa Domain

It’s ironic that the Four Manslayers of the Edo period came out of the Kyoshin Meichi-ryu that emphasized honor.

At least, the famous ones in modern times are Takechi and Okada.

Nodachi Jigen-ryu

Nodachi Jigen-ryu was founded in 1822 by Kanetake Yakumaru as a branch of Jigen-ryu, and was also called Yakumaru-ryu.

It often appeared in the taiga drama Segodon. It’s the one with the strange battlecry, "Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!” lol.

It was said to be Satsuma's one-shot deadly sword style, and it was a style that pushed hard with power and spirit.

When training using tree branches, they scream “Kyaaa!!!!!” as they hit.

Their tactic was to jump before their opponent and slash no matter what happens. Don't hold back.

In this aspect, there’s something similar to Tennen Rishin-ryu.

This school was able to play an active role at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and had an obsession with slashing, instead of other moves.

As a side note, isn't that a little crazy to shout like that? People have also said that for a long time, and it seemed that even Shimazu Narioki, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, jolted up saying "They're like mad swordsmen".

Certainly, if you didn't know anything about them, you'd be surprised at their sudden scream lol

Who studied the Nodachi Jigen-ryu?

Nakamura Hanjiro: Satsuma Domain

Arimura Tsugusaemon: Satsuma Domain, Seichugumi

Oyama Tsunayoshi: Satsuma Domain, Seichugumi

Arimura Shunsai: Satsuma Domain, Seichugumi

Shinohara Kunimoto: Satsuma Domain

Togo Heihachiro: Satsuma Domain, Admiral

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Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report released on April 9, 1994.

Studio(s): Studio Pierrot and Movic

Director: Masakatsu Iijima

Producers: Haruo Sai, Ken Hagino, and Naoji Hōnokidani

Score: Yusuke Honma

I'll also list all of the artists involved in making the background art and the key animators! This movie looks incredible and directors tend to get a much bigger cut of the credit than they deserve.

Background Art: Emi Kitahara, Emiko Koizumi, Hideaki Kudo, Hirofumi Shiraishi, Hisae Saito, Hitoshi Nagasaki, Ikuko Ōoka, Kaoru Inoda, Kazuo Ebisawa, Kumiko Nagashima, Masumi Nishikawa, Mio Isshiki, Ryō Kōno, Sadayuki Arai, Sawako Takagi, Shigenori Takada, Shinichi Uehara, Shinobu Takahashi, Shuichi Hirose, Toshiharu Mizutani, Toshiyuki Yoshimura, Yasunari Usuda, Youngil Park, Yuka Kawashima, Yuka Okamoto, Yūko Kobayashi

Key Animation: Akihide Saitō, Chihiro Hayashi, Fuminori Kizaki, Hajime Kamegaki, Hideyuki Motohashi, Hikaru Takanashi, Hiroharu Nishida, Hiromi Niioka, Hirotaka Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Kanbe, Hiroyuki Okuno, Hisahito Natsume, Isao Sugimoto, Junichi Kigawa, Junko Abe, Kari Higuchi , Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazumi Minahiro, Kazuya Kuroda, Kazuyuki Ikai, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Keiko Shimizu, Kenji Yamazaki, Kunihiko Ito, Mamoru Hosoda, Mamoru Kurosawa, Masahito Yamashita, Masaki Hosoyama, Masayuki Fujita, Mayumi Hirota, Munenori Nawa, Naoyuki Owada, Osamu Nabeshima, Satoru Iriyoshi, Satoshi Fukushima, Shinji Seya, Shinsaku Kōzuma, Shuji Kawakami, Shunji Suzuki, Susumu Yamaguchi, Tadakatsu Yoshida, Tadashi Abiru, Takashi Yamazaki, Takayuki Gorai, Takenori Mihara, Takuya Satō, Toyoaki Shiomi, Yasunari Nitta, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Yoshinori Kanada, Yoshiyuki Kishi, Yuichi Endo, Yuko Kusumoto

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Le long d'un reflet de Shinsaku Fujita   

[Chronique petite Enfance - Artemissia] Mon avis sur Le long d'un reflet de Shinsaku Fujita. Un très joli petit livre.

Une petite fille et son grand frère partent explorer leur petite ville qui s’étend le long d’un cours d’eau. Ils admirent les façades des maisons qui se mirent dans l’onde, et observent chaque remous à la surface de l’eau. Car leur ville est certes minuscule, mais son reflet la fait paraître gigantesque ! Le long d’un reflet de Shinsaku Fujita  Album : 40 pages Tranche d’âges : 3 années et plus…

[easternmind]

Before obtaining a book deal with Kodansha in 2004, Miyuke Miyabe’s novel adaptation of ICO, entitled ‘Kiri no Shiro’ (Castle in the Mist), was first published as a weekly serial on the Shūkan Gendai magazine between May 2002 and May 2003. For the occasion, Miyabe teamed up with preeminent illustrator and long time collaborator Shinsaku Fujita, whose artworks adorned the covers of most her every book.

Because Miyabe took certain liberties when deviating from the original story and concept, Fujita’s illustrations do reveal a host of characters and events finding no parallel with the game experience itself. Other drawings produce highly evocative reproductions of some its most emblematic moments, demonstrating not only firsthand knowledge but a veritable affinity for Fumito Ueda’s debut work. Departing from his habitual style, quite possibly due to ICO finding its own references within ancient and contemporary Italian art, the presence of the Italian renaissance masters is strongly felt in each of the seventy illustrations he created. It is fascinating how the artist restructures elements of the story to fit the period’s composition of prevalent religious icons, such as the Madonna and the Child or the Dead Christ. Together, they display an extraordinary reverence for Masaccio, Mantegna, Titian and Botticelli, to mention only a few.

Fujita earned a reputation in Japan for illustrating a variety of book editions, most notably the Japanese translations of Stephen King’s and Dean Koontz’s horror paperbacks. He also famously produced the artwork for a special edition of Edogawa Ranpo’s popular sleuth novel series ‘The Boy Detectives Club’. Japanese horror game enthusiasts will recognize his brushstroke from the original Siren game cover art, as well as that of Famitsu’s ‘Silent Hill Perfect Navigation Book’. Perhaps an even lesser known fact is that Fujita also created spellbinding cover for the 2001 Playstation edition of Yoshitaka Nishida’s RPG maker cult classic, ‘Palette: Forget me Not'.

Because these illustrations were a requirement that needed to be met for the publishing of a novel in Kodansha’s Modern Weekly magazine, as is quite customary in the case of such serializations, they were never again featured in any of the different editions of Miyabe’s book. If I am allowed a personal closing remark, I must say that I was astounded to find no mention whatsoever of these works anywhere online, even in dedicated wikis. I lived all these years assuming someone else from among the ever-inquisitive community had picked this up - apparently, that was not the case. Two decades too late, I nevertheless uploaded the complete gallery of illustrations to a Flickr album for your perusal.

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Cast and characters for some BSP plays

in chronological order

BSP「壬生狼」 

“Miburo” / “The Wolves of Mibu” (2014.1)

Info: site, DVD, PV

CAST:

Matsuda Gaku - Hijikata Toshizou Tabuchi Noriaki - Okita Souji Aoki Takeshi - Kondou Isami Tokura Yuuki - Serizawa Kamo Kanegae Kou - Yamanami Keisuke Yamamoto Masahiro - Saitou Hajime Tanaka Naoki - Toudou Heisuke Kitaguchi Shouhei - Harada Sanosuke Hirayama Shou - Nagakura Shinpachi Yamasaki Touma - Tachikawa Chikara Umebayashi Ryouta - Katsura Kogorou Yamamoto Kenji - Sakamoto Ryouma, etc.

Director: Ootsuka Masashi Music: Wada Shunsuke, Matoda Hideya Choreography: Kakitani Yui

BSP「幸村」－真田戦記－ 

“YUKIMURA - Sanada Senki” / “YUKIMURA - Sanada’s War History” (2015.3,5)

Info: site, DVD, PV 

CAST:

Matsuda Gaku - Sanada Nobushige (a.k.a. Yukimura) Tabuchi Noriaki - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Yodo-dono Tanaka Naoki - Sarutobi Sasuke Umebayashi Ryouta - Mouri Katsunaga Aoki Takeshi - Gotou Matabei Ishida Naoya - Toyotomi Hideyori Yamamoto Masahiro - Chousokabe Morichika Kanegae Kou - Akashi Teruzumi Yamamoto Kenji - Oono Harunaga Kitaguchi Shouhei - Tokugawa Hidetada Kuroda Yousuke - Kirigakure Saizou Nakauchi Tenma - Sanada Daisuke Ogawa Katsuya - Sanada Nobuyuki, etc.

Director: Ootsuka Masashi Music: Wada Shunsuke Choreography: Kakitani Yui

Theme Song: "Glorious Death" Lyrics: Ootsuka Masashi; music: Wada Shunsuke; vocal: Niira Etsuko

BSP「雪の女王」（BSP版）

“Yuki no Joou” / “The Snow Queen” (BSP edition) (2015.9-11)

Info: site, DVD, PV

CAST:

Hanafusa Chika - Karen Terashita Remi - Anna Matsuda Gaku - Chris Aoki Takeshi - Carl Umebayashi Ryouta - Gert Ishida Naoya - Abel Hara Kouki - Elmer Tabuchi Noriaki - Chris' Shadow Yamamoto Masahiro - Carl's Shadow Tanaka Naoki - Gert's Shadow Harada Kenji - Abel's Shadow Shin Masatoshi - Elmer's Shadow Yamamoto Kenji - the nonexistent

Director: Ootsuka Masashi Music: Matoda Hideya Choreography: Kakitani Yui

BSP「 真田幸村 」

“Sanada Yukimura” (2016.3-4)

Info: site, DVD, PV

CAST:

Matsuda Gaku - Sanada Nobushige, Takeda Shingen Tabuchi Noriaki - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Yodo-dono  Umebayashi Ryouta - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Sanada Nobuyuki  Tanaka Naoki - Sarutobi Sasuke, Sanada Daisuke  Ishida Naoya - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Sen-hime  Aoki Takeshi - Gotou Matabei, Miyoshi Seikai Nyuudou Kanegae Kou - Oda Nobunaga, Mochizuki Chiyome  Yamamoto Masahiro - Toyotomi Hideyori, Kirigakure Saizou  Kuroda Yousuke - Nezu Jinpachi, Chousokabe Morichika  Ogawa Katsuya - Mochizuki Rokurou, Mouri Katsunaga  Yamamoto Kenji - Sanada Masayuki, Tokugawa Hidetada Tokura Yuuki - Hattori Hanzou, Oono Harunaga, etc.

Director: Ootsuka Masashi Music: Wada Shunsuke Choreography: Kakitani Yui

BSP「龍の羅針盤」 ��Ryuu no Rashinban” / “Dragon Compass”

第一部 幕末死闘篇 (2016.11-12) Part 1 - Bakumatsu shitou hen / Bakumatsu death battle 第二部 維新回天篇 (2017.2) Part 2 - Ishin kaiten hen / The changing world of the [Meiji] Restoration

Info: site, DVD1, DVD2, PV, OP dance part 1, part 2

CAST:

Matsuda Gaku - Sakamoto Ryouma Tabuchi Noriaki - Thomas Blake Glover Umebayashi Ryouta - Katsu Kaishuu Ishida Naoya - Iwasaki Yatarou Aoki Takeshi - Takechi Hanpeita, Ookubo Toshimichi Yamamoto Masahiro - Takasugi Shinsaku Kuroda Yousuke - Saitou Hajime Ikenoue Yoritsugu - Gotou Shoujirou Nakauchi Tenma - Itou Hirobumi Shin Masatoshi - Kondou Choujirou Fujita Kyouhei - Mochizuki Kameyata Sawada Makoto - Murata Shinpachi Yamamoto Kenji - Saigou Takamori Part 2 only: Tanaka Naoki - Nakaoka Shintarou Kanegae Kou - Katsura Kogorou Tokura Yuuki - Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Director: Ootsuka Masashi Music: Wada Shunsuke, Matoda Hideya, Toyoda Kensuke Choreography: Kakitani Yui

Theme Songs: Part 1: "Tasogare no Umi no Ryuu" 「黄昏の海の龍」 Lyrics: Ootsuka Masashi; music: Wada Shunsuke; vocal: Niira Etsuko Part 2: "Suiheisen ni Kieta Rashinban" 「水平線に消えた羅針盤」 Lyrics: Ootsuka Masashi; music: Toyoda Kensuke; vocal: Niira Etsuko

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Japanese cover for Needful Things by Shinsaku Fujita