Tsuruya Namboku IV.

Tsuruya Namboku IV.

Tsuruya Namboku IV. ( Japanese 鶴 屋 南北 ; Katsu Hyōzō I , 勝 俵 蔵 ; Sawa Hyōzō , 沢 兵 蔵 bw. 澤 兵 藏 ; Sakurada Hyōzō , 桜 田 兵 蔵 or 櫻 田 兵 藏 ; * 1755 in Edo ; † 22 December 1829. † 22 December 1829 ibid) was a Japanese kabuki author.

Tsuruya was born the son of the dyer Ebiya Izaburō and in 1776 became a student of the kabuki author Sakurada Jisuke I. From 1777 he worked under the name Sakurada Hyōzō for the Nakamura-za theater from 1880 as Sawa Hyōzō for the Ichimura-za in 1788, he took over the death of his father-in-law Tsuruya Namboku III. the name Tsuruya Namboku IV .

With the support of the actor Bandō Hikosaburō III. he became the main author ( tatesakusha ) on the Kawarazaki-za in 1803 . He was only successful as a playwright after 1800. He then wrote more than 120 plays and was best known as the author of ghost dramas such as Sakurahime azuma no bunshō (1817) and Yotsuya kaidan (1825). His use of technical stage effects such as quick costume changes ( hayagawari ) and flying through the air ( chūnori ) were famous . The main characters in his plays included actors such as Onoe Shōroku I. , Onoe Kikugorō III. , Matsumoto Kōshirō and Ichikawa Danjūrō ​​VII.

Works

• Toki-mo Kikyō , 1808
• Okuni Gozen Keshō no Sugatami , 1809
• Kokoro no Nazo Toketa Iroito (with Sakurada Jisuke II ), 1810
• Kachi Zumō Ukina no Hanabure ( Shirafuji Genta ), 1810
• Ehon Gappō-ga-Tsuji (with Sakurada Jisuke II), 1810
• Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri ( Osome no Nanayaku ), 1813
• Sumidagawa Hana no Goshozome ( Onna Seigen , premiere with the actors Iwai Hanshirō V. , Ichikawa Danjūrō ​​VII. And Matsumoto Kōshirō V. ), 1814
• Kakitsubata Iro mo Edozome ( Oroku to Gantetsu , WP with the actors Iwai Hanshirō V., Ichikawa Danjūrō ​​VII., Bandō Mitsugorō III. And Matsumoto Kōshirō V.), 1815
• Haji Momiji Ase no Kaomise ( Date no Jūyaku , with Ichikawa Danjūrō ​​VII. In ten roles), 1815
• Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshō , 1817
• Sakura Butai Maku no Datezome , 1820
• Tsuki no En Tsuki no Shiranami (with Onoe Kikugurō in the lead role), 1821
• Imoseyama Hitome Sembon , 1821
• Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma , 1823
• Kesakake Matsu Narita no Riken (with Onoe Kikugorō III. And Ichikawa Danjūrō ​​VII. In the leading roles), 1823
• Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan , 1825
• Kamikakete Sango Taisetsu , 1825
• Oniwaka Kongen Butai (with Ichikawa Danjūrô VII., Iwai Shijaku I. and Iwai Kumesaburō II in the leading roles), 1825
• Kin no Zai Saru Shima Dairi (starring Segawa Kikunojō V. and Nakamura Shikan II ), 1829

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• Answers.com - Tsuruya Namboku IV
• Haruo Shirane: "Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900" , Columbia University Press, 2008, ISBN 9780231144155 , pp. 456 ff
• Joy Hendry, Massimo Raveri: "Japan at Play" , Routledge, 2005, ISBN 9780415379373 , p. 75
• Samuel L. Leiter: "Historical dictionary of Japanese traditional theater" , Scarecrow Press, 2006, ISBN 9780810855274 , p. 26
• Adolphe Clarence Scott: "The Kabuki Theater of Japan" , new edition Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 9780486406459 , p. 234
• Kabuki21 - Tsuraya Namboku IV

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