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Title (English) Ikkyu-san
Title (Japanese) Ikkyusan
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Fantasy Novel

Notes It.= "Ikkyusan, il Piccolo Bonze"
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Synopsis Stories about a young monk set in the Japanese feudal period. After the Ashikaga shogun unifies Japan, the emperor's son is sent to the Yasukuni shrine. He shaves his head and changes his name to Ikkyu. Though trying to follow the monastic lifestyle, he frequently tries to outwit the greedy merchant Kikoya, the merchant's daughter Yayoi, and even the shogun Yoshimitsu Ashikaga.
Drama, daily life, religion, Buddhism
Review This is a fairly old anime. The one episode I saw had a lot of action in it, and some comedy. It seemed a tad simplistic compared with the best recent anime.
Credits Production Company: Toei Animation
Episodes 298
Release It:TV
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Date 1975 October 15 - 1982 June 28
Production Toei Animation
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Animation
References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
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