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Shigetoshi Kawatake

かわたけ しげとし

Kawatake Shigetoshi

別名: 市村 繁俊

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1889-06-09 (Yamamoto Village, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture (now Iida City), Japan)
死没
1967-11-15 78歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Yamamoto Village, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture (now Iida City), Japan → Tokyo (mainly the Waseda area)

経歴

職業
Theatre scholar, University professor, Researcher, Museum director
活動期間
1911年〜1967年
所属
Waseda University, Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University (Director), Imperial Theatre (Literary Department), Japan Theatre Studies Association (Founding Chair), Japan Art Academy (Member)
所属団体
Japan Theatre Studies Association, Japan Art Academy
影響を受けた人物
Tsubouchi Shoyo, Kawatake Mokuami, Kabuki playwrights and performance history of the early modern and modern periods
影響を与えた人物
Toshio Kawatake (son, theatre researcher), Subsequent Japanese theatre scholars

学歴

Waseda University
Department of English / Department of English
学位: 学士(英文科)
卒業年: 1911
国: Japan
While a student he joined Tsubouchi Shoyo's Bungei-kai Theatre Research Institute, serving as an actor and assistant director.
学位: 文学博士
卒業年: 1943
国: Japan
Doctoral thesis: 'Study of Kabuki History'.

受賞歴

Kikuchi Kan Prize (4th)
1956
対象作品: For long-term research on kabuki
結果: 受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
1956
結果: 受章
NHK Broadcasting Culture Award (9th)
1958
主催: NHK
結果: 受賞
Japan Academy Prize
1960
対象作品: Complete History of Japanese Theatre
主催: Japan Academy
結果: 受賞
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class
1966
結果: 受章
Person of Cultural Merit
1967
結果: 選定
Junior Fourth Rank (posthumous)
1967
結果: 叙位

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Study of Kabuki History: Focusing on the Character of Early Modern Kabuki

1943年 Theatre history / Research

A detailed study analyzing the characteristics of early modern kabuki based on primary sources. This work formed the basis of his doctoral research and is one of his representative studies.

Kabuki historyEarly modern theatreSource-based criticism

Complete History of Japanese Theatre

1959年 Theatre history

A comprehensive history of Japanese theatre covering kabuki, bunraku and modern drama. It earned him the Japan Academy Prize in 1960.

History of Japanese theatreComparative theatreActor history

Comprehensive History of Japanese Theatre

1951年 Theatre history

An overview history of Japanese theatre subsequently revised and published in popular editions; it has served as an accessible introduction to the subject.

Theatre historyOverviewKabuki and Bunraku

全著作

  • Kawatake Mokuami
  • Studies on Kabuki Authors
  • Japanese Theatre
  • Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
  • Study of Kabuki History
  • Kabuki Eighteen: Research and Works
  • Miscellaneous Notes on Kabuki
  • Talks on Kabuki
  • The Dawn of the Shingeki Movement
  • Mokuami and Namboku
  • Theatre
  • Studies on Kabuki
  • Studies on Kabuki Direction
  • The Art of Love and Death: An Analysis of Chikamatsu's Dramatic Literature
  • Comprehensive History of Japanese Theatre
  • Stories of Kabuki and Bunraku
  • Biographies of Kabuki Great Actors
  • Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Theatre
  • Complete History of Japanese Theatre
  • Tsubouchi Shoyo: Aspects of the Modern Theatre World
  • Memoirs: Seventy Years of Slow Steps
  • History of Japanese Playwriting
  • Cultural Stories of Japanese Theatre
  • Alongside Japanese Theatre
  • Tragedies of Shoyo, Hogetsu and Sumako: Secrets of the New Theatre
  • Outline of the History of Japanese Theatre

作風・主題

文体
Historical and scholarly proseMeticulous source-based analysisComparative-theatre approach
頻出モチーフ
KabukiBunrakuActor studiesTransition of theatre from early modern to modern periods

健康

  • senility
    1967
    Died of senility in 1967. He remained active in research and teaching until late in life.

評価・遺産

Shigetoshi Kawatake was a leading theatre scholar in kabuki and theatre history from the prewar through postwar periods. He taught for many years at Waseda University, served as director of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum and as the founding chair of the Japan Theatre Studies Association. His major works became foundational texts and greatly influenced subsequent researchers.

記念館・博物館

  • Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University Waseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

関連学会

  • Japan Theatre Studies Association

資料所蔵先

  • Holdings at the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University

豆知識

  • Born with the family name Ichimura (third son of Yosaburo Ichimura).
  • Walked about 10 km daily to attend school until middle school in Iida.
  • Graduated from Waseda University, Department of English, in 1911.
  • In 1911 he was adopted (by the family related to Kawatake Mokuami) on Tsubouchi's recommendation.
  • Received a Doctor of Literature in 1943 for 'Study of Kabuki History'.
  • Received the Japan Academy Prize in 1960 for 'Complete History of Japanese Theatre'.
  • Grave is at Gentsuji Temple in Nakano, Tokyo.
  • In 2008 he was posthumously granted the title of Honorary Director of Waseda University's Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum.