[KineJapan] Tokugawa Musei

[Jasper Sharp]

My only thought is to contact Matsuda Productions, who I'm sure have some materials on Tokugawa Musei.
https://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/b_pages/be.html
MATSUDA FILM PRODUCTIONS: SERVICES<https://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/b_pages/be.html>
Established in 1952 by Matsuda Shunsui with the purpose of excavating and restoring the then lost from sight Japanese film genre. The company has a collection of over 1000 films (approximately 6000 reels) from which it holds screenings.
www.matsudafilm.com





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Subject: [KineJapan] Tokugawa Musei


Dear KineJapaners,

I’m writing to ask whether anyone has done work on Tokugawa Musei, or knows where his archives are.

I am interested in what he did in his trips to the UK, and, in particular, in 1937. I see from a newspaper cutting that he was on the ship with Prince and Princess Chichibu, bound for the coronation of King George VI, traveling via Canada and New York.

My quest, still, is to try and nail down any history of the Kaguya print in the UK. I have a provenance without a surviving print – the one sent to the Japan Society in Nov>Dec ’36 and kept in London, but lost films are not, alas, news – and the second one sent in early ’37, which is the one that survives (from the Imperial censorship stamp). My best guess, still, is that it was on that ship.

María José has kindly looked at his published reminiscences but they have not revealed anything relevant.

I’ve already tried all the Royal Archives and the Imperial Household Agency. Even if I can’t connect the print to Tokugawa, I’d still like to know something of what he did in the UK.  He has no mention in the ten volumes of Britain and Japan – Biographical Portraits.

Roger

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