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Tōsha Rosen VI
(born 1944) is a Japanese percussionist in the tradition of traditional Japanese dance and drama, the sixth ''iemoto'' (head) of the Tōsha school. He specializes in the ''taiko'' and ''tsuzumi'', and performs as a member or leader of the ''hayashi'' (musical accompanists) in the kabuki theatre, as well as in a variety of other traditional contexts. Born in 1944, his father was the 4th Tōsha Rosen. He began studying percussion under his father at the age of six, focusing upon the ''ko-tsuzumi'', a small hand-drum. He later studied ''taiko'' under the 5th Tōsha Rosen, ''nagauta shamisen'' under Kondō Chōjūrō II, Kondō Ayako, and Kineya Katsuroku, and '' kiyomoto-bushi''Another style of theatrical narrative chanting accompanied by shamisen. under Kiyomoto Jukuni-tayū. He made his first appearance on stage in 1954, at the ''Kyoto Gion Kaburenjō'' (Song and Dance Practice Hall), under the name Tōsha Toshiaki. He then took up the name Tōsha Naritoshi in 1968, and mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kondō Chōjūrō II
Kondō, Kondo or Kondou (近藤 "near wisteria") is a surname prominent in Japanese culture, although it also occurs in other countries. Notable people with the surname include: * , Japanese ballet dancer * Dorinne K. Kondo, anthropologist * Kondō Isami, chief of the Shinsengumi * Jun Kondo (1930–2022), physicist, researcher of the Kondo effect * Katsuya Kondō, manga artist, character designer, animator and animation director * Koji Kondo, musician, composer *, Japanese ice hockey player * Mamadou Kondo, Malian footballer * Marie Kondo (born 1984), organizing consultant and author * Masaharu Kondo (born 1956), Japanese bureaucrat * Masahiko Kondō, or Matchy, Japanese singer, lyricist and actor * Masakazu Kondō, professional shogi player * Natsue Kondo, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force admiral * Nobutake Kondō, naval commander * Seiya Kondō, professional shogi player * Shuji Kondo, professional wrestler * Syuri Kondo, professional wrestler and shoot boxer *, Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Drummers
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoto University Of Art & Design
is a private university in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1934. It was chartered as a junior college in 1977 and became a four-year college in 1991, known as the Kyoto University of Art and Design (京都造形芸術大学, ''Kyōto zōkei geijutsu daigaku''). The name of the university was changed to Kyoto University of the Arts in 2020. The university retains many distinguished visual and performing artists as regular faculty and guest lecturers. Since 2004, the university's International Research Center for the Arts (IRCA) has welcomed guest artists from the Americas, Europe, and Japan. In 2008, the postmodern critic Akira Asada was appointed as the director of the university's graduate school. Departments and Faculties * Faculty of Art and Design ** Department of Fine and Applied Arts ** Department of Manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genroku
was a after Jōkyō and before Hōei. The Genroku period spanned the years from the ninth month of 1688 to the third month of 1704. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', p. 415. The period was known for its peace and prosperity, as the previous hundred years of peace and seclusion in Japan had created relative economic stability. The arts and architecture flourished. There were unanticipated consequences when the shogunate debased the quality of coins as a strategy for financing the appearance of continuing Genroku affluence. This strategic miscalculation caused abrupt inflation. Then, in an effort to solve the ensuing crisis, the introduced what were called the Kyōhō Reforms. Change of era The was 1688. The new era name was created to mark the beginning of the reign of Higashiyama. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Jōkyō 5, on the 30th day of the 9th month. A sense of optimism is suggested in the era ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shochiku
() is a Japanese film and kabuki production and distribution company. It also produces and distributes anime films, in particular those produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks (which has a long-time partnership—the company released most, if not all, anime films produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks). Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada. It has also produced films by highly regarded independent and "loner" directors such as Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano, Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi and Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien. Shochiku is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and the oldest of Japan's "Big Four" film studios. History As Shochiku Kinema The company was founded in 1895 as a kabuki production company and later began producing films in 1920. Shochiku is considered the oldest company in Japan involved in present-day film production, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Records (Japan)
, commonly known as King Records, is a Japanese record company founded in January 1931 as a division of the Japanese publisher Kodansha. It initially began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s. It later became part of the Otowa Group. Today, King Records is one of Japan's largest record companies which is not owned by a multinational entity. The label's headquarters are in Bunkyo, Tokyo. The label's name is actually based from the now-defunct ''Kingu'' magazine published by Kodansha from 1924 to 1957. Sub-labels Its Starchild label, was managed by animation producer Toshimichi Ōtsuki, specialised in anime music and film. King Records also distributes the Up-Front Works–owned and –operated labels Piccolo Town and Rice Music, and also released video games for the PC-88, Famicom, and MSX2 computers. On February 1, 2016, King Records restructured Starchild and renamed it King Amusement Creative. Paddle Wheel Records is a division of King Record Co. You! Be Cool i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabuki-za
in Ginza is the principal theater in Tokyo for the traditional ''kabuki'' drama form. History The Kabuki-za was originally opened by a Meiji era journalist, Fukuchi Gen'ichirō. Fukuchi wrote kabuki dramas in which Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and others starred; upon Danjūrō's death in 1903, Fukuchi retired from the management of the theater. The theater is now run by the Shochiku Corporation which took over in 1914. The original Kabuki-za was a wooden structure, built in 1889 on land which had been either the Tokyo residence of the Hosokawa clan of Kumamoto, or that of Matsudaira clan of Izu. The building was destroyed on October 30, 1921, by an electrical fire. The reconstruction, which commenced in 1922, was designed to "be fireproof, yet carry traditional Japanese architectural styles", while using Western building materials and lighting equipment. Reconstruction had not been completed when it again burned down during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. Rebuilding was finall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renjishi
''Renjishi'' (連獅子), or Two Lions, is a kabuki dance with lyrics written by Kawatake Mokuami, choreography by Hanayagi Jusuke I and music by Kineya Shōjirō III and Kineya Katsusaburō II, first performed in 1872. Originally staged for a private dance recital in 1861, it was later expanded and reused in July 1872 as the fourth act for another play at the Murayama-za in Tokyo. ''Renjishi'' continued to evolve, with two different sets of music being used (both still performed), and the comic interlude added in 1901. A later version was created for one father and two lion cubs. One of many kabuki works based on the noh play '' Shakkyō'' (The Stone Bridge), in the last stages of ''Renjishi'' development as a kabuki dance it was brought closer back to the noh version. In particular, in the February 1901 performance at the Tokyo-za, ''Renjishi'' was turned into a ''matsubame mono'' (pine-board play), modifying the stage to replicate the noh stage's green pine tree backgrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyomoto Jukuni-tayū
Kiyomoto is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *, Japanese footballer Given name: *, Japanese kabuki actor See also *25075 Kiyomoto, main-belt minor planet *Kiyomoto (music) Kiyomoto is both a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *, Japanese footballer Given name: *, Japanese kabuki actor See also *25075 Kiyomoto 5 (five) is a number, numeral and dig ..., a genre of traditional Japanese music {{given name, type=both Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
