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Ôoku: Tanjo, Episode 3
Ooku, Vol. 2, p. 205 Ooku, Ep. 3. Ain’t no party like an ooku drag party… Image via TBS Hello to my new readers from d-addicts, where my blog was linked on the Ôoku drama thread. I know I’m rather...
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Ôoku Tanjô, Episode 5
Aired Nov. 9, 2012 on TBS. This recap contains spoilers for the drama and the manga, including the Tsunayoshi story arc (vol. 4-6 and the film Ôoku: Eien). Episode 4 recap here; manga analysis here;...
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Ôoku Tanjô, Ep. 6
Have no fear–I didn’t forget about this project! Aired Nov. 14, 2012, on TBS. This recap contains spoilers for the drama and the manga. Episode 5 recap here; manga analysis here; Ôoku category (film,...
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Ôoku: Tanjô, Ep. 7
First of all, a bit of (old?) news from the entertainment world: Kanno Miho, who played Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi in the film Ôoku: Eien, and Sakai Masato, who played Arikoto in the drama and...
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Ôoku: Tanjô: Episode 8
Aired Nov. 30, 2012, on TBS. This recap contains spoilers for the drama and the manga. Episode 7 recap here; manga analysis here; Ôoku category (film, manga, and drama) here. I am probably never going...
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Ôoku: Tanjô: Episode 9
Finally reunited with my manga and it feels so good! Image via TBS Aired Dec. 7, 2012, on TBS. This recap contains spoilers for the drama and the manga. Episode 8 recap here; manga analysis here; Ôoku...
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Ôoku: Tanjô: Episode 10 (Finale)
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you enjoy the final tragic episode of Ôoku: Tanjô, a.k.a. a preponderance of nope. This recap contains (major) spoilers for the drama and the manga. Episode 9 recap here;...
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History Lessons from the Tokugawa Matriarchy: Ôoku: The Inner Chambers
Vol. 8, p. 188. Yoshimune and Hisamichi I know most of my readers are familiar with Yoshinaga Fumi’s Ôoku, but in case you’re new here or would like to recommend the manga to a friend, I wrote a guest...
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New Page: Masterpost on Ôoku
First of all, many thanks to the audience member who attended Kathryn‘s and my Sakuracon panel “Cross-dressing for Fun and Profit in Anime and Manga”! You were all great, and we enjoyed your questions...
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Mandate of Heaven, Law of Compassion: Ôoku: Eien (Emonnosuke/Tsunayoshi)...
[Image: Kanno Miho as the Shogun Tsunayoshi; she is holding a fan] Credit: moviecollection.jpOKAY. IT’S BEEN TWO YEARS. LET’S DO THIS. Contains major spoilers for Ôoku: Eien (Emonnosuke/Tsunayoshi)...
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