Maple Leaf Viewing (1899)

紅葉狩 [Maple Leaf Viewing] (Shibata Tsunekichi, 1899), Japanese/English, new soundtrack

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-perf...