Maple Leaf Viewing

Taira no Koremochi defeats the Kijo Momiji.

Maple Leaf Viewing — Plot

A reel of the Noh drama Momiji-gari, in which Danjuro Ichikawa played opposite Onoe Kikugoro V as an ogress who has disguised herself as the Princess Sarashina. Filmed by Shibata Tsunekichi in the open air on a windy day in November 1899, Danjuro would allow only the one take, so that when his fan blew away in mid-performance the scene had to stay. The film re-emerged at the Kikikan theatre in 1907 where it was a great success and inspired a wave of fiction filmmaking based on traditional Japanese narratives.

• Release date
• November 28, 1899
• Runtime
• 6 min
• Genres
• Action, Fantasy, Music, Horror
• Director
• Tsunekichi Shibata

Maple Leaf Viewing — Cast

Danjuro Ichikawa Princess Sarashina / Momiji Kikugoro Onoe V Taira no Koremochi