Sugi Ganami

Japanese: 杉贋阿弥 - すぎ・がんあみ

Year of death: May 13, 1917
Year of birth: 1870 (Meiji 3)
Kabuki theater critic. Honna Taiichiro. Born in Okayama Prefecture. He moved to Tokyo at the age of 17 in 1886 (Meiji 19) and joined the Yubin Hochi Shimbun newspaper. He later moved to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper and the Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, where he was in charge of theater criticism. He gave brilliant performances in major plays such as "Terakoya" and "Kumagaya Jinya" at the performances of the Wakaba-kai, the predecessor of the literati theater. His performance reviews of Marumoto period pieces (katamono, gidayu kyogen), based on his stage experience, were unique and unmatched. His directing reviews, based on a view of Kabuki that harmonizes faithfulness to the original work with respect for formal beauty, are of great significance in the modernization of Kabuki theater criticism. His "Stage Observation Handbook" (reprinted in 1957) is a masterpiece that became a guidepost for subsequent Kabuki researchers. <References> Gondo Yoshikazu, "Modern Kabuki Theater Critics"

(Gondo Yoshikazu)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：大正6.5.13(1917)
生年：明治3(1870)
歌舞伎劇評家。本名諦一郎。岡山県生まれ。明治19(1886)年17歳で上京し,『郵便報知新聞』に入社。のち『毎日新聞』『東京毎夕新聞』に転じて劇評を担当。文士劇の前身「若葉会」の公演で「寺子屋」「熊谷陣屋」など大物を見事に演じた。その舞台経験を踏まえた丸本時代物(型物,義太夫狂言)の演技評は他の追随を許さぬユニークさがあった。原作忠実と形式美尊重の調和した歌舞伎観を根底にした演出評は,歌舞伎劇評の近代化の上で大きな意義を持つ。『舞台観察手引草』(復刻,1957)は以後の歌舞伎研究家の指標となった名著。<参考文献>権藤芳一『近代歌舞伎劇評家論』

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