Daigo Ikeda

Playwright. Born in Tokyo. Real name Ginjiro. After graduating from the Department of English Literature at Waseda University, he became a director of the Literary Arts Association and assisted Tsubouchi Shoyo in his work. After the association was dissolved in 1913 (Taisho 2), he founded the Mumeikai Society with Togi Tetteki and Doi Shunsho, and wrote and contributed works such as "Ibaragiya Kosai" (1915) and "Saigo and Butahime" (1917). Later, as the brain of Ichikawa Sadanji II, he wrote his representative works "Meigetsu Hachiman Matsuri" (1918) and "Otokodate Bayari" (1926), displaying a style rich in Edo tastes. He was also a researcher of Genzatugeki (traditional opera), and in addition to his posthumous work Selected Plays of Daigo Ikeda (1942), his Five Types of Genzatugeki (traditional opera) has been reprinted.

[Hiroyuki Fujiki]

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劇作家。東京生まれ。本名銀次郎。早稲田(わせだ)大学英文科卒業後、文芸協会幹事となり坪内逍遙(しょうよう)の事業を助けた。1913年（大正2）協会解散後、東儀鉄笛(とうぎてってき)、土肥春曙(しゅんしょ)らと無名会(むめいかい)をおこし、『茨木屋(いばらぎや)幸斎』（1915）、『西郷と豚姫』（1917）などを執筆、提供した。のち2世市川左団次のブレーンとして、代表作『名月八幡祭(めいげつはちまんまつり)』（1918）、『男達(おとこだて)ばやり』（1926）を書き、江戸趣味豊かな作風をみせた。また、元雑劇(げんざつげき)の研究家でもあり、遺著『池田大伍戯曲選集』（1942）のほか、『元曲五種』が復刻されている。

［藤木宏幸］

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