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    Kawakami Otojirō (川上 音二郎, 8 February 1864 – 11 November 1911) was a Japanese actor and comedian. Kawakami was born in present-day Hakata-ku, Fukuoka on...
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  • Kawakami formed his own theatre troupe in 1891 and celebrated his biggest success with the patriotic play Kawakami Otojirō semchi kenbunki ("Kawakami...
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  • Noriko Kawakami (川上 紀子), Japanese electrical engineer Otojirō Kawakami (1864–1911), a Japanese actor and theatrical manager Richard Kawakami (1931–1987)...
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    came to California in 1899 with her uncle, Otojirō Kawakami, his geisha wife, Kawakami Sadayakko, and Otojirō's troupe of actors. At their first stop in...
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    Sadayakko (川上 貞奴, Kawakami Sadayakko, July 18, 1871 – December 7, 1946) was a Japanese geisha, actress and dancer. Sadayakko Kawakami was born July 18...
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  • out of fear that it may lead to the end of his career. Otojirō Kawakami (川上音二郎, Kawakami Otojirō) Voiced by: Kōsuke Toriumi (anime & games) (Japanese);...
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    screenings at the Kawakami-za in Kanda, a modern Western-style theater opened the previous year by actor-playwright Kawakami Otojirō. Kawakami's meeting with...
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    Europe. In 1893, Kawakami Otojiro and his troupe of actors arrived in Paris, returning again in 1900 and playing in Berlin in 1902. Kawakami's troop performed...
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    the State Shinto System of ranked Shinto shrines. In 1907, the actor Kawakami Otojirō, who was performing a historical drama with Kojima Takanori as the...
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    Europe. In 1893, Kawakami Otojiro and his troupe of actors arrived in Paris, returning again in 1900 and playing in Berlin in 1902. Kawakami's troop performed...
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  • - Backup Cells at Work - Bacillus Cereus 2019 Meiji Tokyo Renka – Otojirō Kawakami The Rising of the Shield Hero – Shirono Mamoru (Previous Shield Hero)...
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    Theatre, under the stage name Yoko Kawakami ("Kawakami" was the family name of Sada Yacco's late husband, Kawakami Otojirō). She was popular in Japanese silent...
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  • Nobuhiko Okamoto Ōgai Mori - Daisuke Namikawa Shunsō Hishida - KENN Otojirō Kawakami - Kousuke Toriumi Gorō Fujita - Jun Fukuyama Yakumo Koizumi - Shinnosuke...
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    venue to use the name Hakata-za, as the first Hakata-za was opened by Otojirō Kawakami and his troupe in Chiyo, Hakata Ward in 1910. Curtain seats are available...
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    ISBN 978-0486406459. Joseph L. Anderson (2011). Enter a Samurai: Kawakami Otojiro and Japanese Theatre in the West, Volume 1. Wheatmark. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-1604943672...
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    Kawabata Yasunari (1899 – 1972) 1999 Writer 2000 Kawakami Otojiro (1864 – 1911) 1999 Actor Kawakami Sadayakko (1871 – 1946) 1999 Actress, Business woman...
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  • Okayama Kawakami Gensai Hiromi Kawakami Juria Kawakami Kenji Kawakami Kenshin Kawakami Kiyoshi Kawakami Masashi Kawakami Otojirō Kawakami Tomoko Kawakami Kawaminami...
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  • 1833) September 16 – Hishida Shunsō, painter (b. 1874) November 11 – Otojirō Kawakami, actor and comedian (b. 1864) November 25 – Komura Jutarō, politician...
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    example being Osero, a new version of Othello commissioned for the Otojiro Kawakami troupe and set in the Taiwan of 1903, in which the Othello figure,...
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    recovering from her suicide attempt, Yōko remembered the stage of Otojirō Kawakami and others she had seen in her school days and aimed for theatre. The...
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  • Nobuhiko Okamoto Ōgai Mori – Daisuke Namikawa Shunsō Hishida – KENN Otojirō Kawakami – Kousuke Toriumi Gorō Fujita – Jun Fukuyama Yakumo Koizumi – Shinnosuke...
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    Eguchi Rinroku 13 December 1915 Tsuchiya Mitsukane 13 December 1915 Itō Otojirō 13 December 1915 Sekino Kenkichi 1 December 1916 Tanaka Morihide 1 December...
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  • motifs. The artist depicted two Japanese male figures — on the left Otojirō Kawakami, a Meiji performing artist known for his Oppekepe songs criticizing...
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    half an hour. During 1900 he witnessed the kabuki performances of Otojirō Kawakami in London. In December 1903 Markino advised on costume design and set...
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  • Dynamite Stanzas" (ダイナマイト節).[why?] The songs during this time include Otojiro Kawakami's "Oppekepe".[why?] In the Taishō period (1912–26), enka-shi began to...
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    and America. Japanese actor and a founder of Japanese modern theatre Otojirō Kawakami staged the play in Japan in 1909, changing the setting to Japan and...
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    special effects. Japanese actor and a founder of Japanese modern theatre Otojirō Kawakami staged the play in 1909 with Fujisawa Asajiro and Ii Yoho at Hongo-za...
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    myself." Othello was performed in the Shimpa style in Japan in 1903 by Otojiro Kawakami, resetting the location Cyprus to Taiwan, which was then a Japanese...
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    visits, the first professional performance of Hamlet in Japan was Otojirō Kawakami's 1903 Shinpa ("new school theatre") adaptation. Tsubouchi Shōyō translated...
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  • (1981) - Senkichi Kotetsu Yūkai Hōdō (1982) - Pilot Seiha (1982) - Koji Kawakami Shura no Mure (1984) The Burmese Harp (1985) - Platoon Commander Rokumeikan...
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