《Oiwa Inari》 - Festive

Japanese: 《お岩稲荷》 - おいわいなり
《Oiwa Inari》 - Festive

… [Hirosue Tamotsu]
[movie]
There is a genre of Japanese movies that could be called "ghost movies," and a wide variety of "ghost movies" have appeared on the screen, particularly as an indispensable part of the summer cinema. Among them, the "Yotsuya Kaidan" movies based on Tsuruya Namboku's "Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan" have been made in great numbers as a representative work. The oldest one recorded is Yokota Shokai's "Oiwa Inari" from 1910, which is thought to be the first "Yotsuya Kaidan" movie, followed the following year by Yoshizawa Shoten's "Yotsuya Kaidan." In 1912, Nikkatsu produced "Yotsuya Kaidan," starring Japan's first movie director and movie star, Makino Shozo and Onoe Matsunosuke, and since then, "Yotsuya Kaidan" movies have been produced one after another.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oiwa Inari" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【広末 保】
[映画]
 日本映画には〈怪談映画〉とも呼ぶべきジャンルがあり,ことに夏期興行には欠かせぬものとして〈お化け映画〉が多種多様にスクリーン上に現れ,なかでも鶴屋南北の《東海道四谷怪談》を原作とする〈四谷怪談〉映画は,その代表作として数多くつくられてきた。1910年の横田商会作品《お岩稲荷》が記録に現れる最古のもので,これが〈四谷怪談〉映画の最初と思われ,翌11年の吉沢商店作品《四谷怪談》がそれにつづく。さらに12年には,日本最初の映画監督と映画スターである牧野省三・尾上松之助の《四つ谷怪談》が日活でつくられ,以後,〈四谷怪談〉映画は続出する。…

※「《お岩稲荷》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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