"Autobiography of Onoe Kikugorou"

…In modern times, "art talk" was welcomed as a kind of reading material. The main focus of these books was on the art of Kabuki actors, and the first books were "Danshu Hyakuwa" (1903, edited by Matsui Matsuba) by Ichikawa Danjūrō ​​IX and "Onoue Kikugōrō Jiden" (1903, edited by Isaka Baisetsu) by Onoe Kikugōrō V. Since then, many excellent books on art talk have been published, such as "Kaigiyokuyawa" (by Nakamura Utaemon V), "Art" and "Dance" (by Onoe Kikugōrō VI), "Ume no Shitakaze" and "Onnagata no Koto" (by Onoe Baiko VI), "Matsu no Midori" (by Matsumoto Koshiro VII), and "Mitsugorō Art Talk" (by Bandō Mitsugō VII). These books are now valuable assets for the tradition and creation of Kabuki. In fields other than Kabuki, representative books on Noh and Kyogen include "Rokupeita's Art Talks" (Kita Roppeita), "Kanesuke's Art Talks" (Noguchi Kanesuke), "Manzaburo's Art Talks" (Umewaka Manzaburo), "80 Years of Kyogen" (Shigeyama Sensaku), and "The Way of Kyogen" (Nomura Manzo), and in Bunraku puppet theater, "Yoshida Eizo's Autobiography," "Bungorō's Autobiography" (Yoshida Bungoro), and "Yamashiro Shōjō's Notes" (Toyotake Yamashiro Shōjō).

*Some of the terminology used in "Onoue Kikugorou Autobiography" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…近代には，〈芸談〉が読み物の一種として歓迎された。その中心は歌舞伎俳優の芸談で，9世市川団十郎の《団州百話（だんしゆうひやくわ）》(1903，松居松葉編)，5世尾上菊五郎の《尾上菊五郎自伝》(1903，伊坂梅雪編)が先蹤（せんしよう）となり，以後《魁玉夜話（かいぎよくやわ）》(5世中村歌右衛門)，《芸》《おどり》(6世尾上菊五郎)，《梅の下風》《女形の事》(6世尾上梅幸)，《松のみどり》(7世松本幸四郎)，《三津五郎芸談》(7世坂東三津五郎)など，数多くのすぐれた芸談の書物が出版され，こんにちでは歌舞伎の伝承と創造にとって貴重な財産となっている。歌舞伎以外の分野では，能，狂言で《六平太芸談》(喜多六平太)，《兼資芸談》(野口兼資)，《万三郎芸談》(梅若万三郎)，《狂言八十年》(茂山千作)，《狂言の道》(野村万蔵)など，人形浄瑠璃で《吉田栄三自伝》，《文五郎自伝》(吉田文五郎)，《山城少掾聞書》(豊竹山城少掾)などがそれぞれ代表的な書物である。…

※「《尾上菊五郎自伝》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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