<span style>Hello KineJapan.</span><br style><br style><span style>I'm writing from Cabinet magazine, a non-profit art and culture</span><br style><span style>> quarterly based in New York (</span><a href="http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/" target="_blank" style>www.cabinetmagazine.org</a><span style>). Our upcoming issue</span><br style>
<span style>> features an essay on the history of silent films, subtitling, and early</span><br style><span style>> forms of narration, including benshi. We're trying to hunt down images</span><br style><span style>> of benshi in the act of narrating films, and we're having a fairly</span><br style>
<span style>> difficult time locating images of this nature.</span><br style><span style>></span><br style><span style> I have briefly perused the Makino collection and been in touch</span><br style><span style>with Matsuda to little end. The Makino collection is still in the process</span><br style>
<span style>of being cataloged and without any Japanese language skills, my search is</span><br style><span style>largely unorganized and even the immense help that Beth, the collection's</span><br style><span style>archivist, has given, I'm still wandering around in the dark. If anyone</span><br style>
<span style>knows where in Makino's collection I might focus my search your help would</span><br style><span style>be greatly appreciated. Any other information you may have on the</span><br style><span style>whereabouts of benshi images or resources would also be excellent.</span><br style>
<br style><span style>Thank you for reading through my few requests and for letting me post to</span><br style><span style>your listserv.</span><br style><br style><span style>All the best,</span><br style><span style>Dan</span><br clear="all">
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