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Roughly equivalent to 'Feudal Japan', any series set before (or around the beginning of) the [[wikipedia:Meiji period|Meiji era]] when the [[wikipedia:Shogun|Shoguns]] were deposed. The time subdivisions most often found in Japanese media include the [[wikipedia:Sengoku period|Sengoku period]] (the "Warring States" era of civil war, from about 1467-1573), the [[wikipedia:Edo period|Edo period]] (after Japan was united under the Tokugawa shogunate, 1603-1868),<ref>For the curious, the 30 years in between those two is called the Azuchi-Momoyama period; important in history, not so much in media.</ref>
Jidai Geki, like the American [[The Western|Western]], can be idealized or realistic, [[Soap Opera|soapy drama]] or hardass action, and feature a rich cast of [[Characters As Device|character tropes]]. Jidai Geki that emphasize swordplay are often referred to as ''chanbara'', especially the live-action movies, and counted on for lots of hot [[Samurai]] action ([[Ninja]], [[Ronin]], and [[Yakuza]] are also frequent players).
Though it may seem American and European directors have been <s>pilfering</s> borrowing these
▲A subtrope of [[Period Piece]].
Some notable historical names that have been originating from this era includes:
* '''Genpei War''':
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** [[Honda Tadakatsu]]
** [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]]
** [[Ishida Mitsunari]]
** [[Ishikawa Goemon]]
** [[Miyamoto Musashi]]
** [[Mouri Motonari]]
** [[Sanada Yukimura]]
** [[Sasaki Kojiro]]
** [[Takeda Shingen]]
** [[Uesugi Kenshin]]
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** [[Amakusa Shiro]]
** [[The 47 Ronin|The Forty-seven Ronin]]
* '''Bakumatsu period''':
** [[Saigo Takamori]]
** [[Sakamoto Ryoma]]
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== Vague Period ==
=== [[Video Games]] ===▼
▲== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Kenseiden]]'' in which Benkei shows up as a boss and the final boss is an indeterminate individual named "Yonensai"
* ''[[Okami]]'': Sure it's an alternate world, but the setting clearly takes inspiration from Heian and Sengoku period stories, events and characters.
* ''Kid Niki'', despite the [[Totally Radical]] American marketing, clearly takes place in some sort of medieval Japanese setting.
== Genpei War ==
=== [[Literature]] ===▼
▲== [[Literature]] ==
* ''Heike Monogatari'' (a.k.a. ''The Tale of the Heike'')
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[Genji]]''
* ''Genpei Toumaden'' naturally.
* ''[[Total War|Shogun 2: Total War: Rise of the Samurai DLC]]''
== Sengoku Period ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===▼
▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[The Hakkenden]]''
* ''[[Inuyasha]]''
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* ''[[Vagabond]]''
=== [[Film]] ===
* Many [[Akira Kurosawa]] films:
** ''[[The Hidden Fortress]]''
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* ''[[Sword of the Stranger]]''
=== [[Literature]] ===
* ''[[Asian Saga|Shogun]]''
* ''[[Tales of the Otori]]'' is set in a fictional version of this.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* The Summer arc of ''[[AIR]]''
* One of the [[Game Mod|mods]] that came bundled with ''[[Civilization]] III'''s second expansion pack, ''Conquests'', is called "Sengoku: Sword of the Shogun," and is more or less [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: A ''Daimyo'' Is You. Unite Japan and become Shogun.
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* ''[[Way of the Samurai]] 3'', which puts it before the creation of the "Way of the Samurai" (now known as Bushido) in the title.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* The short Australian CGI spoof ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPy_4HYqGs Samurice]''.
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* The [[MSF High Forum]] has recently had a theme day, that replicates this era.
== Edo Period ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===▼
▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Amatsuki]]''... the [[Inside a Computer System|virtual setting]] at least.
* ''[[Basilisk]]''
* ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]''
* ''[[Gintama]]''... all things considered.
* ''[[House of Five Leaves]]''
* ''[[Katanagatari]]''
* ''[[Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran]]'' (''Carried by the Wind - Tsukikage Ran'')
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* ''[[Tsukigasa]]''
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''[[Azumi]]''
* ''[[Zatoichi]]''
* ''[[Zenigata Heiji]]''
=== [[Literature]] ===
* The ''[[Sano Ichiro]]'' series.
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* ''[[Abarenbou Shougun]]''
* ''Chou Ninja Tai Inazuma!''
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* ''[[Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger]]''. At least for 2 episodes.
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* ''[[Look to the West]]'' is an alternate history story that, at one point, features Japan balkanized by the European powers after an apocalyptic civil war.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[The Legend of Kage]] 2''
* ''[[Muramasa: The
* ''[[Uncharted Waters]]'' has Japan visitable by the main characters, complete with Atakebune and Tekkousen ship classes available
* ''[[Way of the Samurai]] 2''
== Bakumatsu/Early Meiji ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===▼
▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Ayakashi Ayashi]]''
* ''[[Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto]]''
* ''[[Jin (manga)]]''
* ''[[Kaze Hikaru]]''
* ''[[Kidou Shinsengumi Moeyo Ken]]''
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* ''[[Winter Cicada]]''
=== [[Film]] ===
* More from [[Akira Kurosawa]]:
** ''[[Yojimbo]]'' and ''[[Sanjuro]]''
* ''[[The Last Samurai]]'' is very loosely based on the Satsuma revolt
* ''[[Red Sun]]'', where the idea of jidai-geki being the Japanese equivalent to the western is taken to [[Let's You and Him Fight|its logical conclusion]].
* ''[[The Twilight Samurai]]''
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[Hakuouki]]''
* ''[[Last Blade]]'', as told in its Japanese title of ''Bakumatsu Roman: Gekka no Kenshi'' ("A Bakumatsu Romance: Swordsmen in the Moonlight"), and evidenced in many visual elements in the game.
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