Ōoku: The Inner Chamber
Jul. 23rd, 2011 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wombat1138Dangit. I wish I had more familiarity with Tokugawa history, which would probably make this manga series even more awesome wrt recognizing when Fumi Yoshinaga is incorporating actual historical figures.
Lady Kasuga and her personal background; O-Man's former status as the head cleric of Keikoin Temple.
Tsunatoshi's parent O-Tama, formerly serving in O-Man's personal suite, later taking the name Keisho-in.
I really wish this Google Books source text were available as an e-book, or at least as affordable bricks o' paper-- it was originally published in 1930, so it's not quite in the public domain yet; used copies are ridiculously expensive.
There's also a live-action movie of the first arc; it's been given the alternate English-language title "The Lady Shogun and her Men". The wombat-consort found a fansubbed version on torrent, though apparently it may've had a limited arthouse release in the US.
Lady Kasuga and her personal background; O-Man's former status as the head cleric of Keikoin Temple.
Tsunatoshi's parent O-Tama, formerly serving in O-Man's personal suite, later taking the name Keisho-in.
I really wish this Google Books source text were available as an e-book, or at least as affordable bricks o' paper-- it was originally published in 1930, so it's not quite in the public domain yet; used copies are ridiculously expensive.
There's also a live-action movie of the first arc; it's been given the alternate English-language title "The Lady Shogun and her Men". The wombat-consort found a fansubbed version on torrent, though apparently it may've had a limited arthouse release in the US.