Daimyo: The Arts of Feudal Japan

“Daimyo,“ a 27-minute film from 1988, explores the “dual way” of the feudal lords (Daimyo) in Japan, in which skill in the warrior arts was balanced by time and attention to the peaceful arts, including calligraphy, poetry and the tea ceremony. Long segments are devoted to the tea ceremony and a performance of Noh Theatre by noted actor Otoshige Sakai. The narrator asserts that the feudal lords preserved Japanese culture during a turbulent period of civil war preceding the unification of Japan engineered by