Kyuukokai - Kyuukokai

...The term "Katsureki" is said to have originated in October 1878, when Mokuami's work "Nicho Yumi Chigusa Shigefuji" was performed, Yoda Gakukai and others stated that "jidai-mono must be living history," and Kanagaki Robun commented in the Kanayomi Shimbun that it was "living history." In January 1883, Yoda Gakukai, Konakamura Kiyonori, Sekine Tadamasa, Kawabe Mitate, Okamoto Hankei and other scholars, theater connoisseurs, painters, and court nobility scholars gathered to form the "Kyukokai" (Kyoto Association), which sought to strongly promote lively history plays under the guidance of court nobility scholars. Despite the enthusiasm of Danjuro and others, the performances were poorly received by the general audience, criticized by newspapers, and gradually lost support from intellectuals, eventually coming to an end in the late 1880s. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Gukokai" is listed below.

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…〈活歴〉の語は，78年10月黙阿弥作の《二張弓千種重藤》が上演された際，〈時代物は活きたる歴史〉でなくてはならぬと依田学海らが述べたのに対し，《かなよみ新聞》で仮名垣魯文が〈活歴史〉と評したのにはじまるという。83年1月には依田学海，小中村清矩，関根只誠，川辺御楯，岡本半渓ら学者，劇通，画家，有職故実家らを集めて〈求古会〉をつくり，有職故実の指導をうけて活歴劇を強力に推進しようとした。こうした団十郎らの熱意とは裏腹に，一般観客の評判は悪く，新聞からも批判され知識人の支持もしだいに失い，明治20年代後半には終焉した。…

※「求古会」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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