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Thanks for the links, Bubu! emoticon

I had really liked Matsuzaka Keiko since we saw her in the 2005 taiga Yo****sune, where she played the role of Kiyomori's widow excellently. That's why I was really happy when I found out she had a main role in Atsu-hime too, as Ikushima. I've only seen her in taiga roles before, so it was very refreshing to see some her musical work. I loved the song Ai no Suichuuka - has a very distinct sound to it. The melody is catchy too, so this is definitely one of my new enka favorites.

5/11/2008, 5:22 am

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Thanks so much for the links, Bubu! She is so stunning in the video and pictures and still very beautiful!

5/11/2008, 8:42 am

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Fun with Computers
Thought this was pretty cool... details on how they used C.G. to create some of the Edo Castle scenes seen in last night's episode.
http://www.nhk.or.jp/taiga/topics/sp02/edoguide/index.html (Japanese)
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That's so cool - the power of CGI animation is incredible. One of my favorite scenes in last night's episode was when Atsu and the procession from Satsuma marched into Edo... the way they re-created those town scenes was great. A glimpse of what Tokyo looked like 150 years ago.

5/11/2008, 9:41 pm

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I willl have to look it up but I think my maternal Grandfather was alive when Atsuhime was in Edo and influencing things politically. I find it fascinating that Japan was so closed to the rest of the world and still not at all modern. However they must have had cameras because there are pictures of Japan scenes and the people.

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5/11/2008, 11:49 pm

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class blockquote brad6 wrote:

I willl have to look it up but I think my maternal Grandfather was alive when Atsuhime was in Edo and influencing things politically. I find it fascinating that Japan was so closed to the rest of the world and still not at all modern. However they must have had cameras because there are pictures of Japan scenes and the people.

PegOh yeah, there were cameras. I think once Japan was opened to the west in the 1850s, the foreigners bought cameras and took pictures of life in Japan during this time. Its very interesting because it was the final years of feudalism in Japan, so the pictures from the period really caught a glimpse into what life was like in Japan for centuries during its isolation.

5/12/2008, 6:09 am

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I've had a nagging question that I don't know if anyone can answer: What do the women in the Satsuma Ooku do when there is no Lord or Lady around? It seems that all of Lord Nariakira's family is in Edo. I don't know why by I was surprised that he had two or three concubines.

5/12/2008, 4:41 pm

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The Front Page was maxed out (+10000), so I'll post a Updated Cast and Character Chart here.

Cast

• Heroine
    * Miyazaki Aoi as Okatsu → Atsu-hime → Teshouin
        * Iwamoto Chinami (岩本千波) as Okatsu (child)
        * Nagai Honoka (永井穂花) as Okatsu (child)

• Imaizumi Shimazu Family
    * Nagatsuka Kyozo as Shimazu Tadatake
    * Higuchi Kanako as Oyuki
    * Okada Yoshinori as Shimazu Tadayuki
        * Sakai Kazuhisa (坂井和久) as Tadayuki (child)
    * Sasaki Sumie as Kikumoto
    * Umeno Yasukiyo (梅野泰靖) as Kurikawa Magoroku
    * Shoji Yusuke (少路勇介) as Takuma Harumichi
    * Kobayashi Asako (小林麻子) as Shino
    * Kono Yasuro (河野安郎) as Shimazu Tadafuyu
        * Fujisaki Go (藤崎剛) as Tadafuyu (child)
    * Matsuo Katsuhisa (松尾勝久) as Shimazu Hisayuki
        * Tanaka Oga (田中碧海) as Hisayuki (child)
    * Tanahashi Sachiyo (棚橋幸代) as Mine
    * Miura Kiyomitsu (三浦清光) as a retainer

Satsuma Feudal Clan
• Shimazu Family
    * Takahashi Hideki as Shimazu Nariakira
    * Yamaguchi Yuichiro as Shimazu Hisamitsu
    * Nagato Hiroyuki as Shimazu Narioki
    * Suzukaze Mayo as Oyura
    * Kondo Takatada (近藤隆正) as Shimazu Hironosuke
    * Motokawa Ransho (本川嵐翔) as Shimazu Tokunosuke
    * Yo Kimiko as Hisa-hime
    * Yo****aka Yuriko as Otetsu
    * Kaji Masaki (加治将樹) as Shimazu Ukon
    * Aka Marino (阿嘉真理乃) as Osada
    * Ebisu Reina (戎怜菜) as Ohiro
    * Watanabe Takuto as Torajumaru (Shimazu Chujiro)
    * Ida Shion (飯田汐音) as Teruhime

• Elite Clan Members
    * Eita as Komatsu Tatewaki / Kimotsuki Naogoro
    * Enoki Takaaki as Kimotsuki Kaneyoshi
    * Hira Mikijiro as Zusho Hirosato
    * Sawamura Ikki as Komatsu Kiyomichi
    * Tomosaka Rie as Ochika
    * Misawa Akemi (三沢明美) as Kimotsuki Kinu
    * Sakabe Fumiaki (坂部文昭) as Shimazu Hisakaze
    * Asanuma Shinpei as Shimazu Bungo
    * Tengenji Ryu (天現寺竜) as Shimazu Shozo
    * Yamamoto Ryuji as Tateyama Buhei
    * Nagasawa Dai (長沢大) as a Shimazu Family retainer
    * Okamoto Kotaro (岡本光太郎) as Kawakami Chikugo

• Lower Clan Members
    * Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Saigo Kichinosuke (Takamori)
    * Harada Taizo as Okubo Shosuke (Toshimichi)
    * Maya Kyoko as Okubo Fuku
    * Matoba Koji as Arima Shinshichi
    * Owada Shinya (大和田伸也)as Okubo Toshiyo
    * Miyake Hiroki as Ijichi Masaharu
    * Hirayama Hiroyuki as Arimura Shunsai
    * Kurihara Hitomi (栗原瞳) as Okubo Suma
    * Takamatsu Iku (高松いく) as Okubo Mine
    * Endo Yuya (遠藤雄弥) as Arimura Jizaemon
    * Tanoue Koukichi (田上晃吉) as Arimura Yusuke
    * Mizutani Momosuke as Saigo Shingo
    * Go Shiro (五王四郎) as Saigo Kichibe
    * Moriwaki Yuki (森脇由紀) as Suga
    * Suzuki Heitaro (鈴木兵太郎) as Saigo Kichijiro
    * Takaoka Masako (高岡雅子) as Masako
    * Koizumi Tatsuhiko (小泉龍彦) as Saigo Ryuemon
    * Murofushi Yukie (室伏由紀江) as Koto
    * Aoki Kotoko (青木琴子) as Taka

• Ladies-in-Waiting
    * Sato Aiko as O-no-shima
    * Itaya Yuka as Hirokawa
    * Hidari Tokie (左時枝) as Takayama
    * Matsuda Miho (松田美保) as Yuki
    * Oishi Yoshimi (大石好美) as Hisa
    * Kitahara Sachiko (北原佐和子) as Fujino

Shogunate
• Shogun's Family
    * Sakai Masato as Tokugawa Iesada
    * Saiki Shigeru (斉木しげる) as Tokugawa Ieyoshi
    * Matsuda Shota as Tokugawa Iemochi
    * Hira Takehiro as Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu / Tokugawa Yoshinobu

• Ooku
    * Matsuzaka Keiko as Ikushima
    * Inamori Izumi as Takiyama
    * Tsuruta Mayu as Oshiga
    * Takahata Atsuko as Honjuin
    * Takahashi Yumiko as Karahashi
    * Iwai Yumi (岩井友見) as Utahashi
    * Yamamoto Ikuko (山本郁子) as Kameoka
    * Miyaji Masako as Hatsuse
    * Totani Tomo (戸谷友) as Tokiwai

• Shogun's Advisors
    * Kusakari Masao as Abe Masahiro
    * Nakamura Baijaku as Ii Naosuke
    * Tatsumi Takuro as Hotta Masayoshi


• Shogun's Retainers
    * Kitaoji Kinya as Katsu Kaishuu
    * Nomura Shinji (野村信次) as Fukaya Morifusa

The Imperial Court
    * Horikita Maki as Kazunomiya Chikako
    * Wakamura Mayumi as Kangyouin
    * Togi Hideki (東儀秀樹) as Koumei Tenou
    * Shunputei Koasa (春風亭小朝) as Konoe Tadahiro
    * Hayakawa Yuri (早川ゆり) as Ikuhime
    * Hoshi Yuriko as Muraoka
    * Nakamura Meiko as Niwata Tsuguko
    * Mitsueda Akihiko (光枝明彦) as Takatsukasa Masamichi

• Other Clans
    * Tamaki Hiroshi as Sakamoto Ryoma
    * Ichikawa Mikako as Oryu
    * Yajima Kenichi as Matsudaira Yoshinaga
    * Morita Junpei (森田順平) as Date Munenari
    * Emori Toru as Tokugawa Nariaki

• Other Cast
    * Maro Akaji as the shadow
    * Sasaki Yohei (佐々木洋平) as a roamer
    * Kitayama Yuichiro (北山雄一郎) as a roamer
    * Kondo Tsuyoshi (近藤剛史) as a peasant
    * Ian Moore (イアン・ムーア) as captain of the Morrison
    * Katsuji Ryo as John Manjiro (Nakahama Manjiro)
    * Croquette (コロッケ) as the newsboy Taisuke
    * Mitani Masato (三谷昌登) as the newsboy Senkichi
    * Nino A (ニーノA) as Perry
    * Minami Kazue (南一恵) as Masa
    * Blake Crawford (ブレイク・クロフォード) as Harris
    * マキシム・ツェリッシェフ as Heusken
    * Ohbayashi Takeshi (大林丈史) as Nagano Yo****oki

• Minor Cast & Guests

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class blockquote sylia74 wrote:

I've had a nagging question that I don't know if anyone can answer: What do the women in the Satsuma Ooku do when there is no Lord or Lady around? It seems that all of Lord Nariakira's family is in Edo. I don't know why by I was surprised that he had two or three concubines.The reason why Nariakira's family had to stay in Edo was because of the Tokugawa policy called the "Alternate Attendance System". With this system, the family of any daimyo (like the Shimazu clan) would be residing in Edo away from their hometown, and the lord of that family would have to rotate between his daimyo (in this case Satsuma) and Edo. This was to limit chances of rebellion - as these journeys would take both a lot of time and money. The lord was never in one place for too long of a time, and his family was pretty much kept in hostage right under the nose of the shogun. This system did work for almost two centuries though. But that's why all of Nariakira's family and the Ooku are just residing in Edo and not in Satsuma.

Thanks for re-posting the chart and info, Bubu! I just realized that Nariakira's retainer (the one Atsu always used to call "Sensei" - the one who is going to be sent off to Ryukyu) is Naogoro's paternal uncle!

5/13/2008, 5:17 am

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