A collection of three scary stories from medieval Japan, all featuring famous early samurai and told using real pre-modern artwork!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
2:07 Hidesato and the Mukade
13:09 Yorimitsu and the Tsuchigumo
25:49 Yorimasa and the Nue
33:07 Outro
Original source texts:
- Gamō Ujisato: Shōnen Meishō (1934) ([ Ссылка ])
- Tsuchigumo-zōshi ([ Ссылка ])
- Shōnen Nihon Densetsu Dokuhon ([ Ссылка ])
Music:
- Peritune
- Dova Syndrome (Artist: スエノブ)
- Tam Music Factory ([ Ссылка ])
- Music-Note.jp ([ Ссылка ])
- H/MIX GALLERY ([ Ссылка ])
- Myself (Final beat)
Sound effects:
- 効果音ラボ ([ Ссылка ])
- Pixabay ([ Ссылка ])
- Eエスフェクツ ([ Ссылка ])
Images
(1) Hidesato and the Mukade
- Tawara Tōda Hidesato Emaki (The National Diet Library)
- Hidesato Sōshi (Kunaichō)
- Tawara Tōda (Keio University Libraries)
- Tawara Tōda Hidesato (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
- Tawara Tōda Monogatari (Chester Beatty Online Collections)
- My Lord Bag-O’-Rice by Basil Hall Chamberlain
(2) Yorimitsu and the Tsuchigumo
- Tsuchigumo-zōshi (ColBase)
(3) Yorimasa and the Nue
- Various out-of-copyright print materials from the late Edo and early Meiji periods. About 90% of the images are directly related to the story, and about 10% are unrelated but "look the part."
Any other images used likely came from one of the following wonderful web resources:
The National Diet Library Digital Collections ([ Ссылка ])
The Waseda University Library ([ Ссылка ])
The Tokyo Metropolitan Library ([ Ссылка ])
Colbase ([ Ссылка ])
Penn Libraries ([ Ссылка ])
The Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works ([ Ссылка ])
The Hiroshima University Library ([ Ссылка ])
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The British Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Kyoto University, National Institute of Japanese Literature
Photo AC ([ Ссылка ])
Illust AC ([ Ссылка ])
Translated, written, and edited by Buyuuden Japanese History.
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