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:''Japanese'': 秦河勝 ''(Hata no Koukatsu)''

:''Japanese'': [[秦]]河勝 ''(Hata no Koukatsu)''

Hata no Kôkatsu, sometimes called Hada no Kawakatsu, was a semi-mythical figure in Japanese mythical history, who is believed to have introduced ''[[kagura]]'' [[Shinto]] dances to Japan in the sixth century. He is also considered the progenitor of a hereditary line which includes many of [[Noh]]'s greatest playwrights and actors, such as [[Hata no Ujiyasu]], [[Zeami]] and [[Komparu Mitsutaro|Komparu Mitsutarô]]. Though in legend he is portrayed as the reincarnation of the first emperor of Qin, if Kôkatsu truly existed he was likely a Chinese immigrant to [[Japan]], or someone from further afield who came to Japan via China or Korea (see [[Hata clan]]).

Hata no Kôkatsu, sometimes called Hada no Kawakatsu, was a semi-mythical figure in Japanese mythical history, who is believed to have introduced ''[[kagura]]'' [[Shinto]] dances to Japan in the sixth century. He is also considered the progenitor of a hereditary line which includes many of [[Noh]]'s greatest playwrights and actors, such as [[Hata no Ujiyasu]], [[Zeami]] and [[Komparu Mitsutaro|Komparu Mitsutarô]]. Though in legend he is portrayed as the reincarnation of the first emperor of Qin, if Kôkatsu truly existed he was likely a Chinese immigrant to [[Japan]], or someone from further afield who came to Japan via China or Korea (see [[Hata clan]]).

==Reference==

==Reference==

*Rimer, J. Thomas and Yamazaki Masakazu trans. (1984). "On the Art of the Nō Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami." Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

*Rimer, J. Thomas and Yamazaki Masakazu trans. (1984). "On the Art of the Nō Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami." Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

[[Category:Yayoi Period]]

[[Category:Yayoi Period]]

[[Category:Nobility]]

[[Category:Nobility]]