The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the foothills of Mt. Fuji. Fearing attacks from within and without, the Shogunate planned to build a training castle utilizing the most advanced techniques. Two master castle architects, Sato Kikutaro and Kumai Hakuten, were selected to compete for the honor of building this castle. Lord Mizuno Dewa has even ordered the townspeople to assist both sides with their land surveys and preparations. This leads to fear on the part of farmers that their land will be taken away from them, and sets off a series of events which rock the nation to its very roots. With an all-star cast, this is an important story with relevance to current times. One of Ichikawa Utaemon's finest performances, a true classic!
Japanese study overview
Fuji ni Tatsu Kage is a Japanese movie of 14,653 characters, with 1,925 unique words and 845 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,925 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 様Mr×75
- 先生teacher×70
- 佐藤Saiu×60
- 殿Mr.×56
- 伯典Hakuten×51
- 菊太郎Kikutarō×36
- 築城castle construction×35
- 裾野foot of a mountain×32
- 熊木Kumaki×29
- 問答questions and answers×28
- 流way×24
- 左left×22
- 之this×21
- 調練military drill×16
- 牛車ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles)×14
- 文六Fumiroku×13
- 三平Kazuhira×12
- 禄stipend (paid to court officials, samurai, etc.)×10
- 賛praise×9
- 家老chief retainer×9