[KineJapan] Inabata letters

[Jeremy Harley]

So cool! Thank you so much, Aaron.

For those who read French but not Japanese, here's the direct link to the
PDF:
https://www.inabata.co.jp/themes/inabata/ik/assets/pdf/inabata_lumiere.pdf

Can anyone make out the ******* word on the first page?
Suivant la loi japonaise, on interdisait les *******, les instruments de
musique, enfin tout ce qui concerne les distractions.
(日本の法律に従って、＊＊ ＊ や楽器の演奏、要するに娯楽に関わるすべての事柄が禁じられました。)

Jeremy Harley
Mabashi Wonderland Movie Festival

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 2:17 AM Gerow Aaron <aaron.gerow at yale.edu> wrote:

> The Kyoto Shinbun has reported that a graduate student at Kyoto
> University, Hase Ken'ichiro, has discovered notes for four letters that
> Inabata Katsutaro, known in Japanese film history as the man who imported
> the Lumiere Cinematograph to Japan, sent to the Lumiere Brothers. The notes
> are likely transcripts of letters in French Inabata sent from March to
> October of 1897, and describe the importation of the apparatus. What is
> wonderful is that Inabata Co. (which still exists), has put the letters on
> their home page, complete with a Japanese translation by Hori Junji.
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> https://www.inabata.co.jp/ik/digital/
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