Atsumi Dontaro

...A researcher of Kabuki, Japanese dance and music. Pen names include Dontaro and Imaya Kyuhei. Born in Shita-ya, Tokyo. Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin Senior High School. Self-taught since childhood, he studied Kabuki scripts and materials, and from 1911 (Meiji 44) worked on editing the magazine Engei Gaho and its successor Engeki Kai. He worked to promote Kabuki with his vast knowledge and keen knowledge, which made him known as a living dictionary. His major works include Kabuki Kyogen Orai, Japanese Theater Dictionary, and Japanese Music and Dance Dictionary, and he has edited and compiled the Complete Collection of Japanese Dramas (Kabuki Edition, 50 volumes), and many works have been supplemented and written with lyrics for old plays and dance. ...

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…歌舞伎･邦舞･邦楽の研究家。筆名鈍太郎，今谷久平など。東京下谷の生れ。青山学院高等部卒業。少年時代から独学で歌舞伎の脚本や資料を研究，1911年(明治44)から雑誌《演芸画報》，その後身の《演劇界》の編集に従事，生き字引といわれる博覧強記によって歌舞伎の啓蒙につとめた。主著に《歌舞伎狂言往来》《日本演劇辞典》《邦楽舞踊辞典》など，編著に《日本戯曲全集》(歌舞伎編･50巻)などがあり，古劇や舞踊で補綴･作詞した作品も多い。…

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