Tatsuyuki Takano

A scholar of Japanese literature and theater researcher. His pen name was Madarayama. He was born in Nagano Prefecture. He graduated from Nagano Normal School in 1897 (Meiji 30). He studied under Ueda Kazutoshi. After serving as a member of the Ministry of Education's committee for compiling Japanese language textbooks, he became a professor at the Tokyo Music School, where he worked hard to establish a Japanese music department. He later became a lecturer at the University of Tokyo and a professor at Taisho University. He researched the history of Japanese popular music and the history of Japanese theater, and in 1928 (Showa 3) he received the Academy Prize for his work "History of Japanese Popular Music." His main works include "A Study of Song, Dance and Music," "Study of Japanese Theater," "Collection of Japanese Popular Music," "History of Edo Literature," and "History of Japanese Theater." He collected books, calligraphy, and paintings, and his collection became known as the Madarayama Library. He was also famous as a song lyricist.

[Akira Kikuchi]

"History of Japanese Theatre" (1947-49, Tokyodo)

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国文学者、演劇研究家。号斑山(はんざん)。長野県に生まれる。1897年（明治30）長野師範学校卒業。上田万年(うえだかずとし)に師事。文部省の国語教科書編纂(へんさん)委員を経て、東京音楽学校教授となり邦楽科の設立に尽力。のち東京大学講師、大正大学教授。日本歌謡史、日本演劇史を研究、1928年（昭和3）『日本歌謡史』で学士院賞を受賞。主編著に『歌舞音曲考説』『日本演劇の研究』『日本歌謡集成』『江戸文学史』『日本演劇史』がある。書籍書画を収集し、斑山文庫として知られた。唱歌の作詞者としても著名。

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『『日本演劇史』（1947～49・東京堂）』

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