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{{Short description|Cultural relationship between Japanese and Meitei traditions}}
{{Distinguish|India–Japan relations}}
{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}
[[Japanese people]] and [[Meitei people]] (also known as [[Manipuri people]]) have a long history of sharing and interacting with each other's art and cultural heritages, including but not limited to cinema, music, mythology, language, literature and theatre.
[[File:Translation of Japanese language into Meitei language (Manipuri language).jpg|thumb|300px|An illustration of [[Japanese language]] and [[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]]) in their native writing systems]]

[[Japanese culture]] and [[Meitei culture]] started their interaction, interconnection, interrelation, significantly during and after the occurrence of the [[Battle of Imphal]] as a part of the [[WWII]], fought between [[British Empire]] and [[Empire of Japan]], with the [[Imphal Valley]] (primary homeland of the [[Meiteis]]) in central [[Manipur]] as its main battleground.<ref>Meetei Kangjam, Y. (2019). Forgotten Voices of the Japan Laan: The Battle of Imphal and the Second World War in Manipur. India: INTACH.</ref><ref>Chongtham, Samarendra (2008). The Land of The Rising Sun: Numitna Thorakpham Japan Urubada. ISBN 978-81-8370-147-1.</ref>

== In cinema {{Anchor|Cinema|Film|Motion picture|Movie}} ==
{{See|Meitei cinema|Japanese cinema}}
{{See also|Imphal 1944}}
=== Japan Landa Imphal ===
{{Main|Japan Landa Imphal}}
'''[[Japan Landa Imphal]]''' ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯖꯄꯥꯟ ꯂꯥꯟꯗ ꯏꯝꯐꯥꯜ}}||Imphal in the Japanese war}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipur film hits silver screen after five years 20120908 |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.News_Links.News_Links_2012.Manipur_film_hits_silver_screen_after_five_years_20120908}}</ref> is a 2012 Indian [[Meitei language]] [[WWII]] historical romantic fiction film about a romance between a [[Meitei lady]] and a [[Japanese soldier]], who met each other, during the outbreak of the [[WWII]]'s [[Battle of Imphal]], in [[Imphal Valley]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Japan Landa Imphal – Manipur News|date=21 August 2012 |url=http://www.manipur.org/news/2012/08/21/japan-landa-imphal/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Manipur film hits silver screen after five years - Celluloid movies revived after a decade, premiered in a packed new 900-seat auditorium|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/manipur-film-hits-silver-screen-after-five-years-celluloid-movies-revived-after-a-decade-premiered-in-a-packed-new-900-seat-auditorium/cid/382267|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

=== My Japanese Niece ===
{{Main|My Japanese Niece}}
[[File:My Japanese Niece.jpg|thumb|300px|The title "My Japanese Niece" in three languages]]
'''[[My Japanese Niece]]''' ({{lang-mni|Eigi Japangi Imou}}, {{lang-ja|マイ・ジャパニーズ・ニース|mai Japaniizu niisu}}) is a 2015 [[Japanese language|Japanese]]-[[Meitei language|Meitei]] bilingual film, directed by Mohen Naorem.<ref>—{{Cite web|title=My Japanese Niece Movie Review (2015) - Rating, Cast & Crew With Synopsis|url=https://nettv4u.com/movie-review/english/my-japanese-niece|language=en}} —{{Cite web|last=Times|first=Manipur|title="My Japanese Niece" – a masterpiece from Mohen Naorem {{!}} Manipur Times|date=19 March 2013 |url=https://manipurtimes.com/my-japanese-niece-a-masterpiece-from-mohen-naorem/|access-date=|language=en-US}} —{{Cite web|title=100 Thai soldiers to act in Manipuri film 'My Japanese Niece' : 19th mar13|url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=3..190313.mar13|access-date=|website=e-pao.net}} —{{Cite web|title=Interaction program with actors of film My Japanese Niece Junichi and Yu Asada 20130111|url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.Press_Release.Press_Release_2013.Interaction_program_with_actors_of_film_My_Japanese_Niece_Junichi_and_Yu_Asada_20130111}}</ref>
It shows three major roles; the Japanese soldier (played by [[Junichi Kajioka]]), the Japanese niece named ''Asada'' (played by actress ''Yu Asada'') and the adopted daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-08-28|title=Japanese girl 'finds' her uncle in Manipur|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/japanese-girl-finds-her-uncle-in-manipur/|access-date=|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Times|first=Manipur|title="My Japanese Niece" – a masterpiece from Mohen Naorem {{!}} Manipur Times|date=19 March 2013 |url=https://manipurtimes.com/my-japanese-niece-a-masterpiece-from-mohen-naorem/|access-date=|language=en-US}}</ref>

== In language {{Anchor|Language|Languages|In languages}} ==
{{See also|Japanese language education in India|Meitei language#Software}}

In [[Meitei language]] (officially called [[Manipuri language]]), the [[Battle of Imphal]], a historical [[WWII]] Japanese-British combat fought in [[Imphal]], is popularly known as "Japan Lan" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯖꯄꯥꯟ ꯂꯥꯟ}}|{{Script|Latn|/Japaan Laan/}}|}}) or "Japan Lal" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯖꯄꯥꯟ ꯂꯥꯜ}}|{{Script|Latn|/Japaan Laal/}}|}}), where "Lan" or "Lal" means "battle", "combat", or "war".{{efn|For the "Japan Lal",<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mukherji |first=Priyadarśī |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa5Pp0zSAmoC&dq=japan+lal+manipuri&pg=PA93 |title=Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Contemporary Anecdotes, Reminiscences, and Wartime Reportage |date=2009 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn=978-81-241-1428-5 |pages=93 |language=en |quote=Due to their ignorance, and the numerically vast presence of the Japanese divisions, the people of Manipur were made to understand that this was Japan-lal (which in the Manipuri language means 'Japanese War').}}</ref>; For the "Japan Lan",<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kangjam |first=Yaiphaba Meetei |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABRxxwEACAAJ |title=Forgotten Voices of the Japan Laan: The Battle of Imphal and the Second World War in Manipur |date=2019 |publisher=INTACH |isbn=978-81-7305-618-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Rajkumar Mani |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8jlWVP4uKsC&dq=japan+lan+manipuri&pg=PA47 |title=Khwairakpam Chaoba Singh |date=2002 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |isbn=978-81-260-1519-1 |pages=47 |language=en |quote=... By that time the title was also popularly known as Japan Lan (war) as the play covered the experiences of Manipur during the Second World War. ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Phuritshabam |first1=Chaoba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dF0oCgAAQBAJ&dq=japan+lan+manipuri&pg=PT8 |title=Tattooed with Taboos: An Anthology of Poetry by Three Women from Northeast India |last2=Ningombam |first2=Shreema |last3=Haripriya |first3=Soibam |date=2015-07-06 |publisher=PP |isbn=978-1-4828-4851-9 |pages=8 |language=en |quote=Manipur, a princely state before its merger with India on October 15, 1949 was a backdrop of the Second World War which was at that time locally known as Japan lan (war). ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Baral |first=Kailash C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uE2_EAAAQBAJ&dq=japan+lan+manipuri&pg=PA173 |title=Cultural Forms and Practices in Northeast India |date=2023-05-16 |publisher=SN |isbn=978-981-19-9292-6 |pages=173 |language=en |quote=... It was around 1940 CE, before World War II, which was generally known as Japan Lan (Japan war) that this...}}</ref>; For the "Lān" ("Laan"),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=H. Surmangol |date=2006 |others=[[Chicago University]] |title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary ("Lān") |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9F&matchtype=default |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu |page=170, 171 |language=mni, en |quote=lān ꯂꯥꯟ /lan/ n. war; battle. Variant: lāl. ~ ngam- /~ ŋəm/ v. to win a war. Morph: ~ ngam- [~ to win]. ~ cang- /~ cə́ŋ/ v. to engage oneself at a war. Morph: ~ cang-}}</ref>; For the "Lāl" ("Laal"),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=H. Surmangol |date=2006 |others=[[Chicago University]] |title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary ("Lāl") |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9C&matchtype=default |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu |page=52, 172, 183 |language=mni, en}}</ref>}}
=== Multilingual dictionary {{Anchor|Dictionary}} ===
On the [[World Book Day]] 2022, the Sahitya Thoupang Lup (STL) published a trilingual dictionary of English, [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[Meitei language]]s, written in [[Latin script]], authored by Ph. Nandakumar Sharma, in a function organised in the DIPR Auditorium in [[Imphal West district]]. It was produced in the aim to help Meitei speaking students who are learning or want to learn Japanese language, as well as vice versa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Book Day: English-Japanese-Manipuri dictionary released |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/books/world-book-day-english-japanese-manipuri-dictionary-released |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=[[Imphal Free Press]] |language=en}}</ref>

== In literature ==
{{See also|Meitei literature|Japanese literature}}
''"Nungshibi Japan"'' is a [[Meitei language]] travelogue about Japan, authored by Saratchand Thiyam, formally released in the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Imphal.<ref>—{{Cite web |title='Nungshibi Myanmar', 'Nungshibi Japan' released |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/books/nungshibi-myanmar-nungshibi-japan-released |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=[[Imphal Free Press]] |language=en}} —{{Cite web |title='Nungshibi Myanmar', 'Nungshibi Japan' released : 10th apr23 |url=https://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=37..100423.apr23 |access-date=2023-12-29}} —{{Cite web |title=Saratchand Thiyam delivers two new travelogues, 'Nungshibi Myanmar' and 'Nungshibi Japan' |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2023/4/10/By-Our-Staff-ReporterIMPHAL-Apr-9-Two-travelogues-authored-by-Saratchand-Thiyam-entitled-Nungsh.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com |language=en}} —{{Cite web |title=Saratchand Thiyam delivers two new travelogues, 'Nungshibi Myanmar' and 'Nungshibi Japan' : 10th apr23 |url=https://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=11..100423.apr23 |access-date=2023-12-29}}</ref>

''"The Land of The Rising Sun: Numitna Thorakpham Japan Urubada"'' is authored by Samarendra Chongtham, published in 2008, in English and [[Meitei language]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chongtham |first=Samarendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNFTPgAACAAJ |title=The Land of The Rising Sun: Numitna Thorakpham Japan Urubada |date=2008 |publisher=Akansha Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8370-147-1 |language=en}}</ref>

== In music {{Anchor|Music}} ==
{{See|Music of Manipur|Music of Japan}}
=== Shakuhachi meets Pena ===
{{Main|Shakuhachi meets Pena|Shakuhachi|Pena (musical instrument)}}
[[Shakuhachi meets Pena]] is a maiden India-Japan musical collaboration, which is a fusion of the traditional musical instrument [[Shakuhachi]] of [[Japanese culture]] and the traditional [[Pena (musical instrument)]] of [[Meitei culture]].<ref>—{{Cite web|last=KanglaOnline|title=Shakuhachi meets Pena – KanglaOnline|date=December 2016 |url=http://kanglaonline.com/2016/12/shakuhachi-meets-pena/|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701045303/http://kanglaonline.com/2016/12/shakuhachi-meets-pena/|url-status=live}} —{{Cite web|title=Shakuhachi meets Pena Manipuri and Japanese traditional music collaboration By James Khangenbam|url=http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Shakuhachi_meets_Pena_Manipuri_and_Japanese_traditional_music_collaboration_By_James_Khangenbam.html|archive-date=2022-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702204024/http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Shakuhachi_meets_Pena_Manipuri_and_Japanese_traditional_music_collaboration_By_James_Khangenbam.html|url-status=live}} —{{Cite web|last=KanglaOnline|title=When Japan's Shakuhaci meets pena – KanglaOnline|date=26 November 2016 |url=http://kanglaonline.com/2016/11/when-japans-shakuhaci-meets-pena/|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701045240/http://kanglaonline.com/2016/11/when-japans-shakuhaci-meets-pena/|url-status=live}} —{{Cite web|title=Shakuhachi meets Pena – Manipur News|date=December 2016 |url=http://www.manipur.org/news/2016/12/01/shakuhachi-meets-pena/|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421093751/http://www.manipur.org/news/2016/12/01/shakuhachi-meets-pena/|url-status=live}} —{{Cite web|title=When Japan's Shakuhaci meets pena – Manipur News|date=25 November 2016 |url=http://www.manipur.org/news/2016/11/25/when-japans-shakuhaci-meets-pena/|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701050850/http://www.manipur.org/news/2016/11/25/when-japans-shakuhaci-meets-pena/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== In theatres {{Anchor|Drama|Play|Theatre}} ==
=== Yamata Amasung Keibu Keioiba ===
{{Main|Yamata Amasung Keibu Keioiba}}
'''[[Yamata Amasung Keibu Keioiba]]''' ({{lang-en|Yamata-no-Orochi and Keibu Keioiba}}) is a [[Meitei language]] theatrical production, showing a fusion of mythological stories of [[Keibu Keioiba]] of [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Yamata-no-Orochi]] of [[Japanese mythology]], written and directed by Heisnam Tomba, and produced by the [[Kalakshetra Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/01.03.2020-B7.pdf|title='য়ামাতা' অমসুং 'কৈবু কৈওইবা'|website=hueiyenlanpao.com|language=mni}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Yamata Amasung Keibu Keioiba – 21st Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2020|url=https://www.21brm.nsd.gov.in/yamata-amasung-keibu-keioiba/|access-date=|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-16|title=Heisnam Tomba's Play: Yamata Amasung Keibu Keioiba|url=https://stagebuzz.in/2020/02/16/heisnam-tombas-play-yamata-amasung-keibu-keioiba/|access-date=|website=SB|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Imphal Peace Museum]] and [[Maibam Lokpa Ching]]
* [[Japanese people in India]]
* [[International recognition of Meitei culture]]
* [[National recognition of Meitei culture]]
* [[Classicism in Meitei civilization]]
* [[Intangible cultural heritage of Meitei civilization]]
* [[Women in Meitei civilisation]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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[[Category:Japanese-Meitei culture]]
[[Category:India–Japan relations]]
[[Category:Bangladesh–Japan relations]]
[[Category:Japan–Myanmar relations]]
[[Category:Japan–United Kingdom relations]]

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