Katyusha (theater) - Katyusha

...After being expelled from the association and forced out of her position as a university professor due to her love affair with Shimamura Hogetsu, she formed a theater company called Geijutsuza with Hogetsu in 1913 (Taisho 2), and as the female leader she continued to play the lead role in every performance thereafter. A distinctive feature of her direction was the singing of songs within the plays, and her performances as Katyusha (the song "Katyusha is so cute") and Salome in "Resurrection" were particularly well-received. Nakamura Kichizo's original plays and small performances at the Art Club next to her home were part of her artistic activities. ...

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…島村抱月との恋愛で協会を除名され，大学教授の座を追われた抱月と芸術座という劇団を1913年(大正2)に結成，女座長として以後毎公演の主役を演じ続けた。劇中歌を歌うのがその演出の特色で，特に《復活》のカチューシャ(〈カチューシャ可愛や〉の歌)，サロメが評判であった。中村吉蔵の創作劇や自宅に隣接した芸術俱楽部での小公演は，芸術的な活動であった。…

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