Also known as On'yado Kawasemi Genre Jidaigeki | ||
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Based on On'yado Kawasemi (novel) Written by Nobuyuki Ōnishi
(Series 1-2)
Takehiro Nakajima
(2013 version) Directed by Kiyū Okamoto (Series 1)
Mitsuru Shimizu
(Series 2)
Rintarō Mayuzumi
(2013 version) Starring Kyōko Maya
(Series 1-2 and 2013 version)
Reiko Takashima
(Series 3-5) Theme music composer Shinichirō Ikebe
(Series 1-2)
Norihito Sumitomo
(2013 version) | ||
On'yado Kawasemi or On-yado Kawasemi (御宿かわせみ) is a Japanese series of novels written by Yumie Hiraiwa and dramas and a play based on it. It is set in "Kawasemi" ("kingfisher" in Japanese), an inn in Ōkawabata, Edo (now Sumida, Tokyo). It was serialised in a magazine Shosetsu Sunday Mainichi from 1973 but was interrupted because of the discontinuance of the magazine. Later, it was serialised in All Yomimono from 1982 to 2005.
Contents
Plot
At the end of Edo period, Shoji Rui hands over her birthright to her relatives with the death of her father and begins running an inn "Kawasemi" in Ōkawabata. And she settles the matters in their daily lives with her lover Kamibayashi Tōgo, doshin (a sort of constable) Une Genzaburō, physician Amanō Sotarō, and O-Kichi.
Main characters
People of Kawasemi
The Kamibayashi family
The Une family
The Asō family
Other characters
Bunshun bunko (pocketbooks published by Bungei Shunju)
- On'yado Kawasemi (御宿かわせみ)
- Edo no komoriuta (江戸の子守唄)
- Suigō kara kita onnna (水郷から来た女)
- Sazanka wa mita (山茶花は見た)
- Yūrei goroshi (幽霊殺し)
- Kitsune no yomeiri (狐の嫁入り)
- Hōzuki wa koroshi no kuchibue (酸漿は殺しの口笛)
- Shirahagi yashiki no tsuki (白萩屋敷の月)
- Ichiryō nibu no onnna (一両二分の女)
- Enma mairi (閻魔まいり)
- Nijūrokuya machi no satsujin (二十六夜待ちの殺人)
- Yogarasu O-Kin (夜鴉おきん)
- Oni no men (鬼の面)
- Kami kakushi (神かくし)
- Koibumi shinjū (恋文心中)
- Hacchōbori no yuya (八丁堀の湯屋)
- Ugetsu (雨月)
- Hikyoku (秘曲)
- Kakurenbo (かくれんぼ)
- O-Kichi no chawan (お吉の茶碗)
- Inu hariko no nazo (犬張子の謎)
- Kiyohime O-Ryō (清姫おりょう)
- Gentarō no hatsukoi (源太郎の初恋)
- Haru no takasebune (春の高瀬舟)
- Takarabune matsuri (宝船まつり)
- Chōsuke no nyōbō (長助の女房)
- Yokohama bojō (横浜慕情)
- Sasuke no botan (佐助の牡丹)
- Hatsuharu benzaisen (初春弁才船)
- Kijo no hanatsumi (鬼女の花摘み)
- Edo no shōryō nagashi (江戸の精霊ながし)
- Jyūsann sai no nakōdo (十三歳の仲人)
- Koban shōnin (小判商人)
- Ukare kichō (浮かれ黄蝶)
Hardcovers
- Haru no kyaku (初春の客)
- Shūgen (祝言)
- Senju kannon no nazo (千手観音の謎)
TV Series
NHK adapted the series to TV series in 1980, 1982, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Series 1 was broadcast from 8 October 1980 to 24 March 1981 and Series 2 was broadcast from 6 October 1982 and 13 April 1983 by NHK. And in 2013, both series and newly produced episodes starring Kyōko Maya and is set in Meiji era were broadcast by Jidaigeki Senmon Channel, describing Kawasemi and those who are related to the inn twenty years later. It was produced by NHK Enterprize and Jidaigeki Senmon Channel with the intention to keep the tradition of jidaigeki and it is the first case in which NHK Enterprize did not produce a programme for NHK.
In 1973, TBS adapted one of the novels "Aki no hotaru" ("Fireflys in Autumn") to drama.
TV Asahi also adapted it to two TV dramas and one TV series, starring Yūko Kotegawa and Yasuko Sawaguchi respectively.
Cast
NHK Series 1 and 2 (1980-1983)
NHK Series 3-5 (2003-2005)
Shin On'yado Kawasemi (2013 version, broadcast by Jidaigeki Senmon Channel)
Aki no hotaru
TV Asahi dramas (1988 and 1989)
TV Asahi Series 1 (1997-1998)
Play
It was adapted to a play and Yuko Hama played the role of Rui at the Imperial Theatre in 1984.
Comic
From 2012 to 2013, it was adapted to manga by Yuzuru Shimazaki and was published serially in a magazine "Comic Ran Twins". It was published as two volumes of books by Leed Publishing co, Ltd. in November 2012 and May 2013.