The first kendo motion picture - from 1897
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Uploaded by Srapnel on Nov 10, 2011
This is the first motion picture about kendo. (So the word "probably" in the movie title is not correct and it was confirmed after I had made the title.)
According to the deleted french narrator the film was shot in Kyoto during a kind of warming-up training of a kendo competition at the end of October 1897 by Constant Girel. Louis Lumière was apparently not satisfied with the work of Girel, for unknown reasons.
Anyway, this is a true treasue of the Kendo World.
***I do not own any copyrights of the clip.***
Information about the clip in french:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escrime_au_Sabre_Japonais
For a collection of kendo videos througout the history visit:
http://www.kinsho.hu/2011/11/az-elso-mozgokep-kendorol.html
Kendo in the First Movies (c. 1897)
In 1897, the Lumiere brothers sent their representative, Gabriel Veyre, to Japan, who made several short films about 3 minutes long: Geisha in a Jinriksha , Kendo Combat, Rain Dance of Spring.
forrás: Source: Lionel Lambourne, Japonisme: Cultural Crossings Between Japan & the West at 223 (2005).
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Brilliant, love the two guys in the early bit o the clip really giving it laldy
GlenislaGhillie 1 month ago
Actors !
qinglear1 1 month ago
Is this really how they do kendo in the meiji era?
ronin0726 2 months ago
Not sure what kind of drum that is in the background - but that would be awesome to have at practice!
michelkurita 3 months ago
Very interesting piece. Love to know more about it --- i.e. where exactly and who were the participants.
The boy in the background banging on the taiko and the guy on the horagai makes we wonder how staged it was.
Thanks for posting this!
kenshi247net 3 months ago
Wow!If you watch it in slomo,you will see that there is method to this madness.Everything is happening so fast like a melee but you can see swordsmanship at its subtleness!brilliant!thank you for posting. THIS IS KENDO HERITAGE.
ronin0726 3 months ago
Thank you for that fine piece of kendo history! :)
TheTrismegistos 3 months ago
Great stuff! Love it!
nestoj 3 months ago
Thanks for sharing!!!! ^^
jonathan8ayanez 3 months ago
@Priest105 hahahahahahahahahaha !! ROFL !! OMG !! > _ < I freaking thought they were kids.. he looked like a bunny playing copter.. HAHAHAHAHA !! freaking hilarious phew**
Black0Eater 3 months ago