Difference between revisions of "Kawatake Mokuami"
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*''Born: [[1816]]/3/1'' | *''Born: [[1816]]/3/1'' | ||
*''Died: [[1893]]/1/22'' | *''Died: [[1893]]/1/22'' | ||
| − | *''Japanese'': | + | *''Other Names'': 二世河竹新七 ''(nisei Kawatake Shinshichi)'', 其水 ''(Kisui)'', 古河黙阿弥 ''(Furukawa Mokuami)'' |
| + | *''Japanese'': 河竹黙[[阿弥]] ''(Kawatake Mokuami)'' | ||
Kawatake Mokuami was a prominent [[kabuki]] playwright of the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, and one of the most celebrated kabuki playwrights today. He is known chiefly for ''shiranamimono'' (stories of charming thieves) and other ''[[kizewamono]]'' (a type of play set in low-class contemporary settings, focusing on gamblers and thieves). Roughly 360 of his works survive today; many are still performed today, with [[Benten Kozo|Benten Kozô]] ([[1862]]) being the most famous. | Kawatake Mokuami was a prominent [[kabuki]] playwright of the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, and one of the most celebrated kabuki playwrights today. He is known chiefly for ''shiranamimono'' (stories of charming thieves) and other ''[[kizewamono]]'' (a type of play set in low-class contemporary settings, focusing on gamblers and thieves). Roughly 360 of his works survive today; many are still performed today, with [[Benten Kozo|Benten Kozô]] ([[1862]]) being the most famous. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
*Plaques at the former site of Mokuami's home.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/8487702145/in/photostream/] | *Plaques at the former site of Mokuami's home.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/8487702145/in/photostream/] | ||
| + | *Plaque at site of Kyôgen-zuka, in [[Mukojima Hyakkaen|Mukôjima Hyakkaen]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15110768536/sizes/l] | ||
[[Category:Bakumatsu]] | [[Category:Bakumatsu]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:21, 18 January 2017
- Born: 1816/3/1
- Died: 1893/1/22
- Other Names: 二世河竹新七 (nisei Kawatake Shinshichi), 其水 (Kisui), 古河黙阿弥 (Furukawa Mokuami)
- Japanese: 河竹黙阿弥 (Kawatake Mokuami)
Kawatake Mokuami was a prominent kabuki playwright of the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods, and one of the most celebrated kabuki playwrights today. He is known chiefly for shiranamimono (stories of charming thieves) and other kizewamono (a type of play set in low-class contemporary settings, focusing on gamblers and thieves). Roughly 360 of his works survive today; many are still performed today, with Benten Kozô (1862) being the most famous.
For much of his life, he lived and worked in the Asakusa neighborhood, a few blocks from Sensô-ji. Today, statues of the chief characters of the play Benten Kozô can be seen on that street corner.
Other works by Mokuami include Keian Taiheiki (1870), and Gosannen Ôshû Gunki, written specially for the 1879 visit of Ulysses S. Grant to Tokyo.
References
- Plaques at the former site of Mokuami's home.[1]
- Plaque at site of Kyôgen-zuka, in Mukôjima Hyakkaen.[2]
