Shigetoshi Kawatake

Theater researcher. Doctor of Literature. Born in Iida, Nagano Prefecture. Maiden name Ichimura. Graduated from the Department of English Literature at Waseda University in 1911 (Meiji 44). At the same time, he completed the Literary Association Drama Research Institute, headed by Tsubouchi Shoyo, and participated in the association's new drama movement. In the same year, through Shoyo's mediation, he became the adopted son of Kawatake Mokuami's eldest daughter, Ito. In 1920 (Taisho 9), he entered the Imperial Theater and became the head of the Arts School. He worked hard to establish the Waseda University Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum, and after its opening in 1928 (Showa 3), he became the deputy director and later the director. He also lectured on theater history and other subjects as a professor at Waseda University, and became the head of the Department of Art Studies (Department of Theater) when it was established in 1946 (Showa 21). In 1985, he received the Academy Prize for "The Complete History of Japanese Theater." He was appointed a member of the Japan Art Academy in 1987 and a Person of Cultural Merit in 1987. His major edited works include "Kawatake Mokuami", "Tsubouchi Shoyo" (co-authored), "Studies on Kabuki Authors", "Studies on the History of Kabuki", "Theater Encyclopedia" (6 volumes), and "The Tragedy of Shoyo, Hogetsu, and Sumako".

[Akira Kikuchi]

"The Author's House" by Toshio Kawatake (1979, Kodansha)

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演劇研究家。文学博士。長野県飯田の生まれ。旧姓市村。1911年（明治44）早稲田(わせだ)大学英文科卒業。同時に坪内逍遙(しょうよう)主宰の文芸協会演劇研究所を修了して同協会の新劇運動に参加。同年逍遙の斡旋(あっせん)で河竹黙阿弥(もくあみ)の長女糸(いと)の養嗣子(ようしし)となる。20年（大正9）帝国劇場に入り技芸学校主事。早稲田大学坪内博士記念演劇博物館の設立に尽力し、28年（昭和3）開館後副館長、のち館長となる。また早稲田大学教授として演劇史ほかを講じ、46年（昭和21）芸術学専攻科（演劇科）設置とともにその主任となる。60年『日本演劇全史』で学士院賞受賞。62年芸術院会員、67年文化功労者となる。おもな編著に『河竹黙阿弥』、『坪内逍遙』（共著）、『歌舞伎(かぶき)作者の研究』、『歌舞伎史の研究』、『演劇百科大事典』全6巻、『逍遙、抱月(ほうげつ)、須磨子(すまこ)の悲劇』など。

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『河竹登志夫著『作者の家』（1979・講談社）』

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