Trefwoord Meiji Period

1890. Ten tijde van het Meji-tijdperk in Japan hebben samoerai geen plek meer in de maatschappij omdat krijgers minder waardevol zijn geworden dan gewone boeren die aan ruilhandel doen.

Kenshin Himura gaat de strijd aan met de kwaadaardige Makoto Shishio. Makoto Shishio werkte vroeger voor de Meiji-regering maar wil deze nu ten val brengen. Kenshin Himura pakt het zwaard dat hij zwoer nooit meer te trekken. Hiermee bepaalt hij het lot van het hele land.

Chiyoko Fujiwara, ooit de grootste actrice van Japan, leidt een rustig, teruggetrokken leventje, ver weg van alle publiciteit. Toch stemt ze in met een interview met filmproducent Genya Tachibana. Wanneer ze hem vertelt over haar leven, beginnen feit en fictie met elkaar verstrengeld te raken.

Nadat Kenshin Himura op Shishio's slagschip overboord sprong om zijn minnares te redden, komt hij bij zijn herstel oog in oog met Seijuro. Seijuro heeft hem toen hij klein was leren vechten. Kenshin realiseert zich dat hij de schurkachtige Shishio niet kan verslaan en wil daarom dat zijn meester hem een ultieme techniek leert. Kenshin zal moeten leren hoe hij zijn innerlijke kracht kan ontgrendelen voor zijn eindstrijd met Shishio.

In een klein Japans dorp aan het einde van de 19e eeuw neemt de vrouw van een riksjachauffeur een veel jongere minnaar aan en de twee spannen samen om hem te vermoorden.

Yuki neemt wraak op de vier mannen die, twintig jaar geleden, haar moeder hebben verkracht en mishandeld en haar vader hebben vermoord.

Een oude zwaardvechter, zijn voormalige kameraad en een jonge opschepper worden door prostituees ingehuurd om bandieten op te sporen die een van de vrouwen hebben verminkt.

Ushimatsu Segawa, een leraar, verbergt zijn achtergrond als hisabetsu-buraku (een lage sociale klasse in het oude Japan) uit angst voor discriminatie, maar wanneer hij het werk leest van een dichter die mede-burakumin is, veranderd zijn visie.

De veelgeprezen Japanse acteerrevue Takarazuka brengt Rurouni Kenshin tot leven en creëert een nieuwe draai aan een wereldwijd geliefd verhaal.

Een jonge vrouw, die haar vader moet onderhouden als minnares van een man van middelbare leeftijd, wordt verliefd op een student die dichter bij haar leeftijd staat.

Ten years have passed since the end of Bakumatsu, an era of war that saw the uprising of citizens against the Tokugawa shogunate. The revolutionaries wanted to create a time of peace, and a thriving country free from oppression. The new age of Meiji has come, but peace has not yet been achieved. Swords are banned but people are still murdered in the streets. Orphans of war veterans are left with nowhere to go, while the government seems content to just line their pockets with money.

Miyo's abusive family deems her worthless – but together with her powerful husband-to-be, her true self and hidden powers slowly begin to shine.

The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin Himura, formerly one of the most brutal of killers, hopes to keep his swordsman's honor and still live in the new era.

Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.

In this world, creatures like vampires and werewolves still walk about, but Aya Rindo can’t say the same for herself. This beautiful disembodied head, carried by her maid Shizuku Hasei, is a detective in search of her stolen body. One evening, they meet half-human Oni Slayer Tsugaru Shunichi, who offers a lending hand. Now, the trio is traveling through Europe, solving mysteries along the way.

Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa shogunate, she lives positively and tries to keep up Shoin Yoshida's will. Shoin Yoshida is her older brother and intellectual.

Mei Ayazuki, an ordinary high school girl, becomes the object of affection for a bunch of handsome historical figures when she accidentally time-travels back to Tokyo during the Meiji Era.

When swords were outlawed in the eleventh year of the Meiji era, the mighty samurai population began to dwindle. Those who rejected the ban on blades rebelled, causing violent unrest to erupt throughout the countryside. To combat the rise in criminal activity, an inescapable lake prison was constructed. Three young men, born of the Kumo line, were given the duty of delivering criminals to their place of confinement – but could there be more to their mission than meets the eye?

A former samurai, a yakuza bodyguard, a devious spy, and a geisha assassin try to find their place in the rapidly evolving Meiji-era while escaping the sins of their pasts.

The year is 1931. Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu holds absolute control over Japan. Remnants of the Meiji era’s culture can be seen around the city, but scientific technology and Japanese esoteric cosmology Onmyodo are also developing. Yet lurking behind the glitz is Kuchinawa, a dissident group planning the assassination of the prince. Tasked to extinguish these dissidents is Nue, the government’s secret executioner group. Sawa Yukimura, who works for this organization, suffered at the hands of the Kuchinawa boss. Her entire family was murdered and she dedicated her life to avenging their death.

Strong, intense, and cute! The most laid-back Shinsengumi in history arrives!! An official spinoff series by Hashimoto Eiji (manga) and Umemura Shinya (story) of "Chiruran Shinsengumi Requiem." Here's the laid-back everyday life of the Shinsengumi warriors.

It is the end of the Meiji Era. The genius poet Ishikawa Takuboku, who’s struggling financially, starts a detective business out of his lodging in response to a certain murder case. He calls it the Woodpecker Detective’s Office. “The ghosts of the Twelve-Story Tower in Asakusa,” “the man-eating figure who wanders the streets on snowy nights”… Takuboku involves himself in one bizarre case after another with his hometown acquaintance, Kindaichi Kyosuke, as his assistant. Other literary men such as Nomura Kodo, Yoshii Isamu, Hagiwara Sakutaro, and Wakayama Bokusui are also dragged into Takuboku’s exploits as he races all around Tokyo at the height of Westernization!

Set during the early Meiji era, Private Detective Shinjuro Yuki returns to Japan from abroad. He is trusted by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Strange cases take place. Private Detective Shinjuro Yuki attempts to solve the cases. Meanwhile, Rie is the daughter of a powerful business man. She becomes attracted to Shinjuro Yuki.

Nakane Kyoko (Ono Machiko) grew up in a wealthy family and was raised by her strict father Shigekazu (Tachi Hiroshi) who did not see learning as a necessity. At 19, Kyoko was introduced to Natsume Soseki (Hasegawa Hiroki) as a prospective marriage partner. The two of them were drawn to each other and got married. Soseki took up a post in Kumamoto as a high school teacher and this was the beginning of their new married life. Although Soseki was an extraordinary intellectual, he did not know the warmth of family because he was given up for adoption as a child. In an attempt to understand her husband, Kyoko tried to read what he read, interacted with his friends and joined difficult conversations. But she was not exactly successful. Then she miscarried their first child and her attempted suicide because of loneliness caused a commotion. How would husband and wife overcome this crisis?

In post-samurai era Japan, 292 fallen samurais are lured into a survival game where the last competitor standing claims 100 billion yen. Prepare to witness a battle royale like no other. Based on Shogo Imamura's

15-year-old Inako Momokawa lives in the Fushimi area of Kyoto, and is the second daughter of a sake brewer. Nothing she does ever comes out right, and she receives a scolding from her father every day. Her only relief is the trust she places in her prayers to the gods. One day while at Fushimi Inari shrine, she meets a freewheeling young man named Kihachi Sakamoto. He rejects the gods, and boasts of the incoming age of electricity.