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Ando Tsuruo
あんどう つるお
Ando Tsuruo
Aliases:
アンツル
Pen Names:
Hanashima Tsuruo（birth name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1908-11-16 （Mukōyanagihara-cho, Asakusa, Tokyo (now Asakusabashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan)）
- Died
- 1969-09-09 （Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan） age 60
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Asakusabashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan (birthplace) → Wakaba 1-chome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, critic, essayist, entertainment producer, rakugo critic
- Active Years
- 1934-1969
- Affiliations
- International Theatre Institute (board member), Japan Theatre Association (executive board member)
- Memberships
- International Theatre Institute, board member, Japan Theatre Association, executive board member
- Influenced By
- Kubota Mantaro
- Influenced
- Kobayashi Nobuhiko, Takada Fumio, Saijo Noboru
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosei University | Faculty of Letters | Department of French Literature | — | — | Japan |
Hosei University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of French Literature
Year of Graduation:
1934
Country:
Japan
Graduated in 1934. Anecdote: cut his hair at graduation and thereafter kept an 'igaguri' (spiky) hairstyle.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Naoki Prize | Kodan Honmokutei | — | Naoki Prize Selection Committee | 受賞 |
Naoki Prize
1963
Work:
Kodan Honmokutei
Organization:
Naoki Prize Selection Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Rakugo Appreciation
1949 criticism / oral interviewsA collection of interviews and essays on rakugo originally serialized in the magazine 'Kuraku'. Reproduced performance speech in print and established his reputation as a yose critic.
rakugoyose (traditional variety theatre)performing arts criticismoral interviews
Yose: From Rakugo to the Circus
1957 criticism / essaysA critical essay collection covering a wide range of performing arts centered on yose, from rakugo to the circus. Contributed to the postwar reevaluation of traditional performance and the establishment of hall rakugo.
yoseentertainmenttraditional performing arts
Kodan Honmokutei
1963 novelA novel drawing on performing arts and human stories; won the 50th Naoki Prize. It was dramatized by the Zenshinza theatre troupe and staged domestically and abroad.
performing artshumanityTokyo/Edo
Adaptations
- [stage] Kodan Honmokutei (stage adaptation by Zenshinza) (1964)
Rakugokuni: Gentlemen's Directory
1959 essays / criticismEssays and criticism compiling figures and art of the rakugo world. Contains many yose critiques and discussions of performers.
rakugobiographical sketchescriticism
My Rakugo Appreciation
1965 essays / criticismA collected essays and critiques based on many years of rakugo commentary. Notable for advocating the revival of classical rakugo.
classical rakugocriticismyose culture
Bunraku: Kiritake Monjurō
1967 performing arts criticismCriticism and interviews on bunraku. His attempt to render bunraku storytelling in print was highly regarded.
bunrakujoruri (puppet theatre narration)traditional performing arts
Bibliography
- Essays: Stage Notes
- Rakugo Appreciation
- Masterpiece Interviews: Rakugo and Kodan
- Stage People
- Yose: From Rakugo to the Circus
- Rakugokuni: Gentlemen's Directory
- Yose Gentlemen's Directory
- Father's Woman
- One Day, That Person
- On the Arts
- Revolving Stage
- Kodan Honmokutei
- Old Visiting Cards
- Snow Maroge
- Bamboo Dragonfly
- My Rakugo Appreciation
- My Yose
- At Hyakkaten
- Bunraku: Kiritake Monjurō
- My Tokyo
- Rainy Day
- Year After Year
- Yose: Spring and Autumn
- Four Seasons of the Flute
- Collected Works of Ando Tsuruo (6 vols.)
Adaptations
- Kodan Honmokutei (stage adaptation by Zenshinza; performed in China)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- a critical style that reads performing arts as literatureessayistic and colloquial voice mixing humor and acerbic commentary
- Recurring Motifs
- rakugobunrakukabukiyose and Tokyo's downtown scenery
Health
-
diabetes1960年代（晩年）Suffered from diabetes in his later years; health declined and he died in 1969 from diabetic coma. The illness affected his activities and efforts for preservation of venues.
Legacy
A leading postwar critic of performing arts (especially rakugo and bunraku), he greatly contributed to the reevaluation of classical rakugo and the establishment of hall rakugo. His work as a critic and essayist influenced later critics and performers.
Academic Societies
- Japan Theatre Association
- International Theatre Institute
Archives
- Shinjuku City Library 'People Related to Shinjuku' database — Ando Tsuruo
- Kawade Shobo Shinsha 'Ando Tsuruo: 100th Anniversary Special Issue' (materials)
In Popular Culture
- TV appearances such as NHK's 'Yume de Aimashou' (notable anecdote: he was moved to tears on air)
- Stage adaptation of 'Kodan Honmokutei' by Zenshinza; performed in China
Quotes
-
A very Edo‑style way to die
Source: Comment on the death of rakugo performer Harukaze-tei Ryuko (yose commentary) (1956)
Trivia
- Nickname: 'Antsuru' (アンツル).
- Cut his hair at graduation and thereafter kept an 'igaguri' (spiky) hairstyle.
- Wrote about a taiyaki shop in Yotsuya being filled with bean paste to the tail, which made the shop popular.
- Buddhist posthumous name: 'Juntoku-in Kakuo Doju Koji'.
- Buried at Zoshigaya Cemetery.