Project Videos
This page features videos produced in connection with the Blood, Tears, and Samurai Love project.
Introduction to the Project
Haruko Nakamura (Yale University Library) introduces the eighteenth-century manuscript from Yale’s Beinecke Library that is at the heart of this project.
Animated teaser: The True and Tragic Tale of Genta
Watch an animated retelling by Aafke van Ewijk (Leiden University) of the scandalous events that unfold in the project manuscript.
Research talk: Blood, Tears and Samurai Love: A Tragic Tale from Eighteenth-Century Japan and its Digital Future
Presentation by Dr. Angelika Koch (Leiden University) at the European Association for Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS) Conference 2023.