Person

Name der Person Namiki Sōsuke
Alternative Namen Namiki Senryū (Earlier stage name) ,
Namiki Senryu (Alternate transliteration) ,
Namiki Sosuke (Alternate transliteration) ,
Matsuya Sōsuke (Birth name) ,
Senryū (Pen or literary name) ,
Shichūan (Pen or literary name)
Geschlecht [männlich] Male
Kulturzugehörigkeit Japanese
Wohort (Land / Länder) Japan
Geburtstag [1695] 1695
Sterbetag [ 7, 1751] September 7, 1751
Beschäftigungszeit Mid-Tokugawa
Gattungenspäzialität Puppetry, Kabuki
Geographische Beziehungen Osaka (Japan)
Referenz(en) Kabuki jiten (p.312)
Anmerkungen Playwright. First he was a priest named Dankei esui in Rinzai shu Joujuuji temple in Bingo Mihara (Hiroshima).　He left the priesthood and became a playwright for Toyotakeza Theatre. He moved to Takemotoza Theatre in 1745 and wrote along with Takeda Izumo and Miyoshi Shoraku of the classic jōruri plays "Kanadehon chūshingura", "Yoshitsune senbon zakura", and "Sugawara denju tenarai kagami." In 1975 he changed his name back to Namiki Sousuke and moved back to Toyotakeza Theatre.

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