Active history - Katsurekimono

Japanese: 活歴物 - かつれきもの

Katsureki means "live history" and refers to historical period kyogen that respects historical facts and was performed by Ichikawa Danjūrō IX from the early Meiji period to the 1880s. Riding the wave of the government's policy of appointing actors to the role of instructors for the enlightenment of modernization and theatrical reform movement, Danjūrō attempted to reform the historical period plays of Kabuki, which had been historically absurd up until that point, by obtaining new and revised plays by Kawatake Mokuami and Fukuchi Ochi, and by first researching the truth of the lines, costumes, props, and sets, and then trying new realistic direction. The plays were not well received by the general public, and Danjūrō abandoned katsureki in his later years, but his direction and acting had a great influence on later generations, paving the way for the later promotion of historical dramas. His works include "Jinshin Kato," "Ise Saburo," "Kasuga no Tsubone," "Omori Hikoshichi," and others.

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Japanese:

活歴とは活 (い) きた歴史の意で，明治初頭から明治 20年代にかけて，9世市川団十郎によって上演された史実尊重の時代狂言をいう。俳優を文明開化の教導職に任じるという政府の方針や演劇改良運動の波に乗って，それまで史実的に荒唐無稽であった歌舞伎の時代物を改革しようと，団十郎が河竹黙阿弥や福地桜痴の新作，改作を得て，せりふ，衣装，小道具，装置にいたるまで，考証第一に，写実的な新演出を試みたもの。一般の評判は悪く，団十郎も晩年には活歴を捨てたが，その演出，演技はのちの史劇振興に道を開くなど後世に与えた影響は大きい。『地震加藤』『伊勢三郎』『春日局』『大森彦七』そのほかの作品がある。

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