Okamoto Kidō
Okamoto Kidō ( Japanese 岡本 綺 堂 ; actually: Okamoto Keiji ( 岡本 敬 二 ); born November 15, 1872 in Tokyo ; † March 1, 1939 ) was a Japanese playwright.
The son of a samurai serving the Tokugawa family wrote nearly 200 kabuki dramas. His first piece, Kogane no Shachihoko Uwasa no Takanami , premiered in 1902. His play Ishin Zengo was created while working for the Nichinichi newspaper and was premiered in 1908 by Ichikawa Sadanji II's theater troupe . Other well-known pieces were Shuzenji monogatari (1911), Muromachi gosho , Sasaki Takatsuna (1914), Toribeyama shinjū (1915) and Banchō Sarayashiki (1916).
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- Louis Frédéric: "Japan Encyclopedia", new edition Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-01753-6 , p. 744 ( Google Books )
- Encyclopaedia Britannica - Okamoto Kidō
- Kabuki21.com - Okamoto Kidō
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SURNAME | Okamoto, Kido |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 岡本 綺 堂 (Japanese); Okamoto, Keiji (real name); 岡本 敬 二 (Japanese, real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese playwright |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1872 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |
DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1939 |