Kawatake Mokuami

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Kawatake Mokuami ( Japanese 河 竹 黙 阿 弥 , Kyūjitai : 河 竹 默阿 彌 ; * March 1, 1816 in Edo ; † January 22, 1893 in Tokyo ), also Kawatake Shinshichi II. ( 二代 目 河 竹 新 七 ), Shiba Shinsuke ( 芝 晋 輔 ), Katsu Genzō (I.) ( 勝 諺 蔵 ), was a Japanese kabuki author.

Mokuami Kawatake

Life

Born as Yoshimura Yoshisaburō, the son of a merchant was disinherited by his father at the age of 14, allegedly because he had indulged in the pleasures of the Yanagibashi entertainment district . He then became an employee of a lending library and gained his first experience as an author of Kyōka songs and short stories ( Sandai Banashi ). Under the name Yoshi Yoshi, he worked as a haiku critic. In 1835 he became a student of the kabuki author Tsuruya Namboku V. and received from him the name Katsu Genzō I. Family and health problems forced him a short time later to leave the world of theater temporarily. As early as 1841 he was working again under the name Shiba Shinsuke at the Kawarazaki Theater, where he performed various auxiliary activities in connection with the performances. After two years he had made it to Tatesakusha (a kind of director) and took the name Kawatake Shinshichi II. According to the records of his grandson, Kawatake Toshio, the first play entirely written by him was Arigataya Oedo no Kagekiyo , which premiered at the Kawarazaki Theater in 1847 . It took five more years before he had his first major success with Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari .

Kawatake published more than 360 plays in his career, with particular success with Kizewamono plays, plays in the tradition of Tsuraya Namboku IV , whose protagonists were thieves, gamblers, prostitutes, etc. But he also wrote contemporary, historical and dance pieces and adaptations of western materials. In the second half of the 19th century he was considered to be the most important kabuki author in Japan. He wrote many of his plays for the actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV , whom he met in 1854. In 1881 he took the name Kawatake Mokuami, under which he has primarily remained known.

Kawatake's students included his adopted son Kawatake Shigetoshi and Kawatake Nōshin II , Kawatake Shinshichi III. , Takeshiba Kisui , Takeshiba Ginzō , Takeshiba Shūyō , Takeshiba Shigezō , Takeshiba Hyōzō I. and Kubota Hikosaku .

Works

  • Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari , 1852
  • Tsuta Momiji Utsunoya Tōge 1853
  • Shōchikubai Yuki no Akebono , 1856
  • Ami Moyō Dōro no Kikukiri ( Kozaru Shichinosuke ), 1857
  • Kosode Soga Azami no Ironui ( Izayoi Seishin ), 1859
  • Jitsugetsusei Chūya no Oriwake ( Ryūsei ), 1859
  • Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai ( Sannin Kichisa ), 1860
  • Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji , 1860
  • Hachiman Matsuri Yomiya no Nigiwai ( Chijimiya Shinsuke ), 1860
  • Sakura Sōshi Gonichi no Bundan , 1861
  • Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishikie ( Shiranami Gonin Otoko ), 1862
  • Kanzen Chōaku Nozoki Garakuri , 1863
  • Soga Moyō Tateshi no Goshozome , 1864
  • Wakaba no Ume Ukina no Yokogushi ( Kirare Otomi ), 1864
  • Koharunagi Okitsu Shiranami , ( Kogitsune Reiza )
  • Kichisama Mairu Yukari no Otozure , 1869
  • Momoyama Monogatari ( Ishin Katō ), 1869
  • Keian Taiheiki , 1870
  • Renjishi , 1872
  • Taiko no Oto Chiyū Sanryaku ( Sakai no Taiko ), 1873
  • Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijō ( Kamiyui Shinza ), 1873
  • Hyōryū Kidan Seiyō Kabuki , 1879
  • Kumo ni Magou Ueno no Hatsuhana , 1881
  • Ōsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono , 1881
  • Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono , 1881
  • Tsuchi Gumo , 1881
  • Kiwametsuki Banzui Chōbei , 1881
  • Shima Chidori Tsuki no Shiranami , 1881
  • Imayō Mochizuki ( Mochizuki ), 1882
  • Medeshi Yanagi Midori no Matsumae , 1883
  • Ibaraki , 1883
  • Shin Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa , 1883
  • Hōjō Kudai Meika no Isaoshi , 1884
  • Suitengū Megumi no Fukagawa , 1885
  • Funa Benkei , 1885
  • Mekura Nagaya Ume-ga-Kagatobi , 1886
  • Momijigari , 1887
  • Modoribashi , 1890

literature

  • Samuel L. Leader: New Kabuki Encyclopedia. A Revised Adaptation of Kabuki Jiten . Greenwood Press, Westport Connecticut and London, 1997, ISBN 0-313-29288-4 , p. 307.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 河 竹 黙 阿 弥 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Kodansha, accessed December 15, 2011 (Japanese).
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Kawatake is the family name, Mokuami the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kawatake, Mokuami
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 河 竹 黙 阿 弥 (Japanese); 河 竹 默阿 彌 (Japanese, pre-war spelling); Yoshimura Yoshisaburō (real name); 吉 村 芳 三郎 (real name, Japanese); Kawatake Shinshichi II (stage name); 河 竹 新 七 (stage name, Japanese); Shiba Shinsuke (stage name); 芝 晋 輔 (stage name, Japanese); Katsu Genzō (I.); 勝 諺 蔵 (Japanese); Yoshi Yoshi (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese kabuki writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Edo , Japan
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1893
Place of death Tokyo , Japan