Cover: Kidō, May 1986
The covers of Kidō magazine were always beautiful and unique and conveyed the essence of Japanese tradition. Within the magazine an explanatory note about the scene was always given. The May 1986 cover featured a cultural event unique to Japan.
Text by the artist:
In Kanagawa Prefecture [just south of Tōkyō], a cultural-puppet jōruri [ballad/drama], the “Hayashi-Za,” is held by the girl students of the Atsugi-Higashi High School to carry on the tradition.
<From the bottle gourd shelf over there…
Proclaiming these words, Takechi Mitsuhide is artfully made to dance. It is cute and stirring at the same time.
Yamamoto Masao
Three booklets have been assembled into the collection here.
This is a semi-autobiographical novel that depicts a unique American success story; a rags to riches tale of a man escaping his humble origins to make millions of dollars, but then he throws it all away due to the ancient character flaw of hubris.
© 2022 Go Wizardry. All rights reserved. Diagrams created in SmartGo
WordPress with Pico theme, a mod of Mimbo.
