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*''Died: [[1807]]/7/25''
*''Childhood Name'': 正吉 ''(Shoukichi)''
*''Other Names'': 浅尾正三 ''(Asao Shouzou)''
*''Japanese'': [[並木]]正三 ''(Namiki Shouzou)''
Namiki Shôzô II was a [[kabuki]] playwright, active in [[Kamigata]] in the 1790s-1800s.
He was born into a family which ran a ''[[shibaijaya]]'', that is, a tearoom attached to a theatre, in the Dôtonbori area of Osaka. It is said he was of some relation to the wife of [[Namiki Shozo I|Namiki Shôzô I]].
He performed as an actor for a time, under the name Asao Shôzô, having trained as a disciple of [[Asao Tamejuro|Asao Tamejûrô]], but beginning in the 11th month of [[1787]], he appeared on the ''[[banzuke]]'' of Osaka's [[Onishi no Shibai|Ônishi no Shibai]] as a playwright, under the name Namiki Shôzô.
He became the chief playwright (''[[tatesakusha]]'') of the [[Naka no Shibai]] in Osaka in [[1794]], but after that worked under [[Tatsuoka Mansaku]], [[Chikamatsu Tokuzo|Chikamatsu Tokuzô]], and [[Nagawa Shimesuke I]], and never again achieved the position of ''tatesakusha'' for a theatre. He worked alongside Mansaku and Tokuzô in writing the play ''[[Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba]]'', which premiered at the [[Kado no Shibai]] in [[1796]], but is no other plays he created are said to be of particular note.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%A6%E6%9C%A8%E6%AD%A3%E4%B8%89%282%E4%BB%A3%29 Namiki Shôzô II]." ''Asahi Nippon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' (朝日日本歴史人物事典, "Asahi Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Figures"). Asahi Shimbun. Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 27 January 2011.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
*''Childhood Name'': 正吉 ''(Shoukichi)''
*''Other Names'': 浅尾正三 ''(Asao Shouzou)''
*''Japanese'': [[並木]]正三 ''(Namiki Shouzou)''
Namiki Shôzô II was a [[kabuki]] playwright, active in [[Kamigata]] in the 1790s-1800s.
He was born into a family which ran a ''[[shibaijaya]]'', that is, a tearoom attached to a theatre, in the Dôtonbori area of Osaka. It is said he was of some relation to the wife of [[Namiki Shozo I|Namiki Shôzô I]].
He performed as an actor for a time, under the name Asao Shôzô, having trained as a disciple of [[Asao Tamejuro|Asao Tamejûrô]], but beginning in the 11th month of [[1787]], he appeared on the ''[[banzuke]]'' of Osaka's [[Onishi no Shibai|Ônishi no Shibai]] as a playwright, under the name Namiki Shôzô.
He became the chief playwright (''[[tatesakusha]]'') of the [[Naka no Shibai]] in Osaka in [[1794]], but after that worked under [[Tatsuoka Mansaku]], [[Chikamatsu Tokuzo|Chikamatsu Tokuzô]], and [[Nagawa Shimesuke I]], and never again achieved the position of ''tatesakusha'' for a theatre. He worked alongside Mansaku and Tokuzô in writing the play ''[[Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba]]'', which premiered at the [[Kado no Shibai]] in [[1796]], but is no other plays he created are said to be of particular note.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%A6%E6%9C%A8%E6%AD%A3%E4%B8%89%282%E4%BB%A3%29 Namiki Shôzô II]." ''Asahi Nippon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' (朝日日本歴史人物事典, "Asahi Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Figures"). Asahi Shimbun. Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 27 January 2011.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
