Director: Sumiko Haneda

The film revolves around the picture scroll "Yamanaka Tokiwa," which is said to be the work of the painter Iwasa Matabei, who lived between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The theme of the picture scroll is the tale of Ushiwaka-maru and his mother, Lady Tokiwa, which was a popular joruri puppet theater drama in early modern times. By introducing Matabei's background, light is shed on his state of mind as he painted the picture scroll. The rhythm of the joruri musical accompaniment and the editing is exquisite.

100 min, Japanese w/English subtitles, 2004, 35mm

Post-screening Q&A with the filmmaker and scholar Livia Monnet

Event is co-sponsored by DocuLens Asia at the University of Minnesota.

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