Hōshō Kurō

Hōshō Kurō Tomoharu ( Japanese 宝 生 九郎 知 栄 ; nickname: Fukagawa-san , born July 10, 1837 , † March 9, 1917 ) was a Japanese Nō actor.

Life

Hōshō Kurō

Hōshō was the second son of the respected Nō actor Hōshō Yagorō Tomoyuki , who was appointed teacher of the Shōgun's family . As a result, Hōshō received state funding in early childhood. After the death of his older brother, he became head of the family at the age of seventeen and, in the sixteenth generation, head of the Hōshō school of Nō drama.

After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, he lost his position, but an appearance in front of the Prince of Wales is recorded for example in 1869 . At an appearance in front of the Japanese emperor in 1876, he met the influential politician Iwakura Tomomi , who made and promoted him as his teacher. This enabled him to perform in the following years. a. with Umewaka Minoru I. and Sakurama Banma , with whom he led the art of Nō drama to a final bloom. From 1893 he headed the Hōshō School, the Hōshō-kai (Hōshō Society) for the preservation of the art of Nō drama. He promoted actors like Sakurama Kintarō and had a formative u. a. on Matsumoto Nagashi , Noguchi Kanesuke and Kondō Kenzō . In 1906 he was on stage in the last formal Nō play Ataka . He stayed alongside Umewaka Minoru I. ( 梅 若 実 , 1828–1909) and Sakurama Banma ( 桜 間 伴 馬 , 1835–1917) as one of the "Three Great Masters" ( 明治 の 三 名人 , Meiji no Sanmeijin ) of the Meiji period known.

source

• Great Masters of Noh: Hōshō Kurō Tomoharu (1837-1917)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1] The name Fukagawa comes from an old district in Tokyo, where Hōshō lived for many years.
2. ↑ Great Masters of Noh (Japanese)
3. ↑ Great Masters of Noh (Japanese)

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Hōshō is the family name, Kurō the first name.