Jidaigeki (時代劇) Tag?

Just recently read Premature Revenge by fu-ta, which featured ninja characters, when I realized that there was no "ninja" or "kunoichi" tags... which is odd, considering the other "professions" that get their own tags (maid, nurse, office lady... hell, even shrine maidens get their own tag!).

I've always had a soft-spot for stories set in a historical Japanese setting (a genre often referred to as Jidaigeki or "period drama" in film and television), so being able to more easily find similar-themed stories would be a plus for me. An over-arching "historical" or "Jidaigeki" tag would be good, since not every story with a historical setting has ninja or samurai in them.

A separate distinction could be made for historical fantasy stories like Once Upon a Time! by Solopip B, but then we'd run into the headache of distinguishing Japanese fantasy from Western fantasy...

Thoughts?

I don't think we have enough ninja chapters yet to warrant a tag. I could be wrong but outside of the fu-ta I think we only have 4 others, max. One of them being by SAVAN if you haven't read it yet. Historical tag I agree with, we do have a lot of chapters with a historical setting. Tags though have to go through a big process and I'm not sure were ready to add any new ones yet.

You can find most of what you're looking for through the yukata tag. They'd be mixed with modern japanese festivals and hot springs, but those still stand out.

Man, "Hot Springs" could be it's own tag :)

Thanks for the suggestion, it really helped out a lot! Here's what I've got so far...

Jidaigeki (Historical stories):
Love Cage by Yuugiri
The Night of the Anemone Blooms by SAVAN
Waiting Out the Rain by Midorino Tanuki
Honnoji's Charm by Natsumi Iroha
I Want to Rape the Hostess (Chapters 1-4) by Maakurou
Premature Revenge by fu-ta [Ninja!]
Pregnant Ninja By Moonlight by SAVAN [Ninja!]
On the Third Year, the Tiger Wept by Heriyama [non-h]
Rubber Ball Yearning by Sakurai Energy [non-h]
A-chan Slips Through Time by Sakurai Energy [non-h]

A couple of the stories could be debatable... it's hard to figure out the time-period of most of them, it's just assumed they're historical due to the abundance of old-fashioned kimonos worn by all of the characters.

I also created a second list of stories based on Japanese folktales and ghost-stories, which I think would be cool to tag as Kaidan (怪談), mostly for the old-fashioned feel of the term. There may be a dude in t-shirt and jeans in a couple of these, but as far as the folktales they're based on, these stories also have a historical bent to them:

Kaidan (ghost-stories/folktales):
Yuki-Onna by Kisen
The Clam Bride by Kisen
Plump Man by Kisen
Once Upon a Time! by Solopip B
Ogre Bath by Nippa Takahide
Ogre Child by Ishikawa Shisuke
Maiden Venus by Hakano Shinsir
The Story of Urashima by Kito Sakeru
Hanafuda by Okama [Book]
Welcome to the Palace of the Dragon King by Sakurai Energy [non-h]

If anyone else knows of any stories dealing with historical settings, ninjas, and/or old-fashioned Japanese mythology, let me know! I'm definitely always looking forward to new releases as well!

Well slap me silly and call me billy, looks like we got a fantasy tag on the site now.

Well yes a fantasy to us, the readers, however it does not always take place within an imaginary universe, and those that do will go under the fantasy tag.

The term is used the same way as with "normal" stories: the genre fantasy refers to a story about a fantasy world and/ or use of magic (like @luckydog001-6127865 already said), the word you mean is fiction as opposed to non-fiction like documentaries or biographies (although I would say most biographies could also qualify as fiction...)



Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? (Sorry, it had to be done...)

(Drops a landslide on GHOE. The poor boy.)

I need no sympathy, cause I might not be able to escape reality, but I was able to escape the landslide!

(Pulls out a petrified carp, the traditional weapon of his family.) Hand. Let's have... words.

(Pulls out a flaming sword, the traditional weapon of his family.) A nice discussion with Eddie? I'm in for that! What's the topic? Cool traditional weapons?

Ninja do not fall under fantasy. They're just characters, as much "fantasy" as nurses or teachers.

So fantasy more refers to setting?

As cool as that is (and yes, I do think we needed that tag a long time ago), it still doesn't quite cover what I was originally going for as far as a historical tag goes... I suppose I'm really just more interested in seeing more stories with characters in traditional costumes. Fantasy is great, but it's still limiting a bit, as wavedashh pointed out:

If need be, a Jidaigeki tag could maybe be used more broadly as a general "historical" tag, to also include stories set in other (Western) historical settings, such as Hitori's Kairaku Historie collection.

Then how about a 'history' tag instead?

Yeah, that's what I meant to say.

Then again, I'm not sure how many more stories would be included beyond those two non-H comedy stories I mentioned...