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<div>Shortly after I sent my previous message, I started thinking about Kyoto’s Aoi Matsuri, which serves as a parade of Heian Fashion, and realised that Rashomon’s Kanazawa must be a 検非違使 (kebiishi), a 武官 position that combined the duties of a judge and a policeman.</div><div>After a search for Akutagawa in my library, one book confirmed that Kanazawa’ s job in Akutagawa’s story is indeed that of 検非違使</div><div>(See attachment)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>María José</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Saturday, 27 March 2021, 04:50:04 PM GMT+9, Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">Interesting question.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">See my observations on this character, written rather casually but with some visuals, in the attached pdf file.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">María José González Muñoz</div><div dir="ltr">Kwansei University</div><div dir="ltr">Nishinomiya, Japan</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Friday, 26 March 2021, 10:02:54 PM GMT+9, Markus Nornes via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv7752159486ydp782357d2yiv4982064180ydp3f0e65d3yiv4214269239">There seems to have been a problem with this message from Lorenzo, so I’m forwarding it here. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>Markus</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);">From: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano </span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:29:44 +0000</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Subject: Doubt on RASHÔMON</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><div lang="ES" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><div class="yiv7752159486ydp782357d2yiv4982064180ydp3f0e65d3yiv4214269239m_-1369807922390621779WordSection1" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><p class="yiv7752159486ydp782357d2yiv4982064180ydp3f0e65d3yiv4214269239MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:ibarraReal, serif;">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p class="yiv7752159486ydp782357d2yiv4982064180ydp3f0e65d3yiv4214269239MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:ibarraReal, serif;">I’m contributing to Japan Foundation Spain, with a colleague, on a course on <i style="font-family:ibarraReal, serif;">Rashômon</i>. I just wanted to bring one apparent secondary doubt: the man who is killed, is a public servant or a samurai? Is it both, taking in mind the etymology of the word “samurai”, “saburau” or “server”?</span></p><p class="yiv7752159486ydp782357d2yiv4982064180ydp3f0e65d3yiv4214269239MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:ibarraReal, serif;">In most of the synopsis you can find he is a samurai, but in Akutagawa’s homonymous tale he is a “public servant”.</span></p></div></div></div></div>-- <br clear="none"><div class="yiv7752159486ydp782357d2yiv4982064180ydp3f0e65d3yiv4214269239gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small;"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b><img class="yiv7752159486ydp782357d2yiv4982064180" src="https://drive.google.com/a/umich.edu/uc?id=1i0izwlsrcSvQgU4nMCzTLiOhmdDMm-xZ&export=download" width="56" height="96"><br clear="none"></b></font></div><div style="font-size:small;"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:monospace;"><font color="#38761d" style="background-color:inherit;"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div><div><font size="1" color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Film, Television and Media</font><span style="font-family:monospace;">, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span style="font-family:monospace;">School of Art & Design</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:small;"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Department of Film, Television and Media</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>6348 North Quad</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>105 S. State Street</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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