Minoru Takada

Japanese: 高田実 - たかた・みのる

Year of death: September 24, 1916
Year of birth: March 19, 4th year of Meiji (May 8, 1871)
A Shinpa actor from the Meiji and Taisho periods. Born in Tokyo. He entered the theater world in 1892 (Meiji 25) after working for a railroad company. His breakthrough role was playing Li Hongzhang in Kawakami Otojiro's troupe's "Sino-Japanese War" (1894). In 1896 he formed the Seibi-dan troupe in Osaka, and made an effort to pioneer realism. In 1891 he published the critique "Advocating New Naturalist Drama," and played an active role as a central actor in the Kansai Shinpa school. He later returned to Tokyo and became the head actor of the Hongo-za theater, ushering in the heyday of Shinpa drama. His hit roles included Arao Josuke in "Konjiki Yasha," Sakubei in "Okina no Tsumi," and Sanzo in "Biwa Uta." He was known as the "Danjūrō of New Drama" for his skill at expressing inner thoughts in his acting. <References> Yanagi Eijiro, "Study on Takada Minoru" ("Sixty Years of Shinpa")

(Hiroyuki Fujiki)

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Japanese:

没年：大正5.9.24(1916)
生年：明治4.3.19(1871.5.8)
明治大正期の新派俳優。東京生まれ。鉄道会社員から明治25(1892)年劇界に入った。川上音二郎一座の「日清戦争」(1894)で李鴻章に扮したのが出世役となる。29年大阪で成美団を結成,写実芸の開拓に尽力し,34年には評論「自然主義新演劇を唱ふ」を発表,関西新派の中心俳優として活躍した。のち帰京して本郷座の座頭俳優となり,新派劇全盛時代を招来した。当たり役に「金色夜叉」の荒尾譲介,「己が罪」の作兵衛,「琵琶歌」の三蔵など。内面的な演技表現が巧みで「新演劇の団十郎」と呼ばれた。<参考文献>柳永二郎「高田実研究」(『新派の六十年』)

(藤木宏幸)

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