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is the Japanese word for ''era'' and can refer to: * Jidai (Arashi song) * Jidai (Miyuki Nakajima song) * Jidaimono, a Japanese dramatic genre; * Jidaigeki is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—''Portrait of Hel ...

Jidai (Arashi Song)
is the sixth single of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The single was released in two editions. While both the regular edition and limited edition contains two songs and its instrumentals, the two have different covers and only the limited edition included cards and a poster. It was certified platinum by the RIAJ for a shipment of 400,000 copies. Content "Jidai" was used as the theme song for the drama ''Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 3'' starring Arashi member Jun Matsumoto in his first lead role. The single is also the last single to be released under the Pony Canyon label before the group moved to their private label J Storm is a Japanese music and film company owned by Johnny & Associates. It was established on November 12, 2001, initially as a label for the Johnny's group, Arashi, after which it was named. Aside from producing and releasing CDs and DVDs, the co ... by the end of 2001. On September 19, 2001, "Jidai" was named ''Best Theme Song'' in the 30th Television Drama ...
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Jidai (Miyuki Nakajima Song)
is a 1975 song by Miyuki Nakajima. She redubbed it in 1993 for her album '' Jidai: Time Goes Around''. A popular cover was also released by Hiroko Yakushimaru in 1988. Hayley Westenra translated it and sung it in Hayley Sings Japanese Songs in 2008. An instrumental version was used in the opening credits of Leiji Matsumoto's series Cosmo Warrior Zero. It won the grand prize at the World Popular Song Festival in November 1975. It was released as a single in December 1975 and sold over 2 million copies.富澤一誠『フォーク名曲事典300曲〜「バラが咲いた」から「悪女」まで誕生秘話〜』ヤマハミュージックメディア、2007年、361頁。 In 2007 it was included in the ''Nihon no Uta Hyakusen is a selection of songs and nursery rhymes widely beloved in Japan, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Parents-Teachers Association of Japan. A poll was held in 2006 choosing the songs from a list of 895. The results were announc ...''. R ...
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Jidaimono
are Japanese kabuki or plays that feature historical plots and characters, often famous samurai battles. These are in contrast to , contemporary plays, which generally focus on commoners and domestic issues. is usually translated as "period plays". Film and television productions in this mode are called , and share many of the same features. Overview As the stereotypical audience for and kabuki were the merchant classes () of Edo period Japan, stories involving court nobles and heroic samurai were somewhat far removed from daily life, and the more everyday stories that dealt with contemporary, urban themes. Even though many of the viewers may have been samurai, the Edo period in which these plays were largely composed and performed was a period of peace, and so the notion of fierce battles and heroic sacrifices represented something of a romanticised escape in fiction. Stories were almost always derived from classic epics () or other historical sources, often with elements cha ...
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