Ishii Baku

Japanese: 石井漠 - いしいばく

Born: December 25, 1886 in Shimoiwakawa, Akita
[Died] January 7, 1962. Tokyo dancer. Real name Ishii Tadazumi. Known as the father of modern Japanese dance. He moved to Tokyo with the aim of becoming a writer, but later, under the stage name Ishii Hayashiro, he became a member of the Imperial Theatre Orchestra and the first class of its opera company, studying ballet under Giovanni V. Rosi. He advocated the "pure dance" movement together with Yamada Kosaku, and in 1916 he participated in the "New Theatre" group led by Oyamauchi Kaoru and Yamada Kosaku. In 1922, he traveled to Europe with his sister-in-law Ishii Konami, and in 1925 he traveled to the United States, returning to Japan the following year in 1926. In 1928, he opened the Ishii Baku Dance Institute in Jiyugaoka, Meguro Ward, Tokyo, and presented over 150 original dances. In April 1938, he opened the Ishii Baku Dance School (which was renamed the Ishii Baku Dance and Physical Education School in October), where he trained many students, including Choi Seung-hee, Tani Momoko, and Ishii Midori. He received the Tokyo Shimbun Dance Arts Award in 1954 and the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1955. His representative works include the large-scale work "Resurrected New World" (1933) and "Ningen Shaka" (1953, Minister of Education's Entertainment Encouragement Award), which he performed in his later years after he had almost lost his eyesight. His eldest son, Ishii Kan, and third son, Ishii Maki, were active as composers.

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Japanese:

[生]1886.12.25. 秋田，下岩川
[没]1962.1.7. 東京
舞踊家。本名石井忠純。日本の現代舞踊の父といわれる。文学を志して上京したが，のちに石井林郎の芸名で帝国劇場付属管弦楽部員，同歌劇部第1期生となり，ジョバンニ・V.ローシーにバレエを学ぶ。山田耕筰と「純舞踊」運動を提唱，1916年には小山内薫，山田耕筰の「新劇場」に参加。1922年義妹石井小浪とともに渡欧，1925年アメリカ合衆国に渡り，翌 1926年帰国。1928年東京都目黒区自由ヶ丘に石井漠舞踊研究所を開き，150余の創作舞踊を発表。1938年4月石井漠舞踊学校（10月に石井漠舞踊体育学校と改称）を開設して，チェ・スンヒ（崔承喜），谷桃子，石井みどりほか多くの門下生を養成した。1954年東京新聞社の舞踊芸術賞，1955年紫綬褒章を受ける。代表作に，大作『甦る新世界』（1933）や，晩年視力をほとんど失ってから上演した『人間釈迦』（1953，芸能選奨文部大臣賞）などがある。長男石井歓，三男石井眞木は作曲家として活躍。

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