Masakazu Yamazaki
Masakazu Yamazaki ( Japanese 山崎 正 和 , Yamazaki Masakazu ; born March 26, 1934 in Kyōto ; † August 19, 2020 in Hyōgo Prefecture ) was a Japanese playwright , literary critic and philosopher .
life and career
Born in Kyoto in 1934, Yamazaki grew up in Manchuria during the Second World War and studied philosophy with a focus on aesthetics and art history at the University of Kyoto . After obtaining his doctorate, he continued his education from 1965 to 1967 at Yale University , where he also taught. After his return to Japan he taught at Kansai University and until his retirement at Osaka University . In 1972 he founded the theater group Te no Kai with Minoru Betsuyaku and Toshifumi Sueki , for which he a. a. wrote the pieces Fune wa Hosen yo ( 舟 は 帆船 よ ) and Mokuzō Haritsuke ( 木 像 磔 刑 ).
In addition, Yamazaki wrote literary reviews, writings on aesthetic questions and historical topics as well as works on literary history and the like. a. about Mori Ōgai ( 鴎 外 戦 う 家長 , Ōgai tatakau kachō ; 1972). In English translation appeared u. a. his work on the Nō-Theater On the Art of the Nō Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami , in German translation The emergence of a gentle individualism. On the aesthetics of consumer society .
For his first major drama Zeami ( 世 阿 弥 ) about the founder of the medieval Nō theater, Zeami Motokiyo , he received the Kishida Kunio Prize in 1963 . In 1975 he was awarded the Mainichi Culture Prize in the category of culture and society for Yamiagari no Amerika ( 病 み あ が り の ア メ リ カ ) . In 1984 he received the Yomiuri Literature Prize for Oedipus shōten ( オ イ デ ィ プ ス 昇天 , Oidipusu shōten ) and the Yoshino Sakuzō Prize for Yawarakai kojinshugi no tanjō ( 柔 ら か い 個人主義 の 誕生 ). In 2006 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits ( Bunka Kōrōsha ), in 2011 he was awarded the Japanese Academy of Arts prize “for his longstanding services to acting and as a critic”. In 2018 he was honored with the Order of Culture .
swell
- Scott J. Miller: Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater . Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-6319-4 , pp. 143 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe (Ed.): Who's Who in Contemporary World Theater . 2nd Edition. Routledge, 2002, ISBN 0-415-14162-1 , pp. 331 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- William D. Hoover: Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan . Scarecrow Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-8108-5460-4 , pp. 250–251 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Web links
- Literature by and about Masakazu Yamazaki in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japanese Critic Masakazu Yamazaki Dies at 86 , nippon.com, August 21, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yamazaki, Masakazu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 山崎 正 和 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese playwright, literary critic and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kyoto |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 2020 |
| Place of death | Hyogo Prefecture |