I was surprised to hear that next year's Taiga Drama will be "To Hikaru Kimi."

I wondered if NHK would finally abandon the "historical drama" route.

The Tale of Genji is a creation, not a historical tale.

The Tale of Genji is a parade of immorality if applied to current social conventions.

The story is about "cuckold/ cuckolded," "pedophile," "gerontophilia," "cheating," and "forced sexual intercourse (rape)" -- stories of sexual assault (sexual violence) by those in power.

However, the original author (Murasaki Shikibu) must be furious if Hikaru Genji is misinterpreted as a sex offender like "former Johnny Kitagawa of Johnny's Johnny" (by the way, all of Hikaru Genji's victims were women).

The above is an exaggerated (with extreme malice) account of one aspect of the Tale of Genji, so if you are interested, please read on. It is an exciting story in its own way.

I recommend the movie or novel "The Devil Wears Twelve Clothes" (but if you don't know the original story, it may not be interesting).

"Maybe I'm wrong about this story (the dramatization of The Tale of Genji)."

I looked it up and found that the main character was "Fujiwara no Michinaga."

I have heard that "Fujiwara no Michinaga" was the model for Hikaru Genji.

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At least "Nobunaga," "Hideyoshi," and "Ieyasu" are full of them, so that is not a problem.

But the Heian period, huh? And if they are talking about this area, it must be a story about power struggles. And it's a very insidious one at that.

As for the Heian period, I have a considerable prejudice and dislike for it.

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(Episode #1) "If I compare it to after meeting you, in the past, I didn't think about things - Gon Chunagon Atsutada - (Compared to after meeting you, in the past I didn't think about anything - Ebata's interpretation).

This is a famous waka poem from the Hyakunin Isshu, a Japanese anthology of 100 poems. When I first heard this waka poem, I thought, "Do you think you are fooling the people? When I thought of such a terrible person serving as a minister of our country, I felt the anger that the people who must have been suffering from poverty and heavy taxation must have felt.

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Incidentally, Gon Chunagon Atsutada (Minamoto Atsutada) was born in 964 and died in 1039.

And Fujiwara no Michinaga was born in 966 and died in 1028.

As I said, there is an overlap between the background periods.

This is a taiga drama from an era when people who sang songs like this were in power.

(I mean, the primary method of politics in those days was to "sing songs and pray to God," which was the primary method of statecraft (which makes me angry)).

I do not know whether I can accept or reject this great drama.

I don't have to watch it if I don't like it.

Aside from that.

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The wife also expressed another concern.

The problem is the poor production of "Chushingura."

In the old days, during the year-end and New Year's holidays, some terrestrial TV channels used to show "Chushingura," but for the past ten years or so, "Chushingura" has been a poor production.

"If nothing is done, the Japanese people will forget " Chushingura "."

And my wife is concerned.

This time, I did not comment on anything.

Since I once had a 'slip of the tongue' on this subject.