Hideo Nagata

Poet and playwright. Born in Tokyo. Older brother of Mikihiko. Studied at Meiji University after attending Dokkyo Junior High School. Loved poetry from childhood, and published poems in "Myojo". In 1909 (Meiji 42), he founded the magazine "Roof Garden" with Kinoshita Mokutaro and Kitahara Hakushu. He wrote plays under the influence of Ibsen, and his play "Demon of Pleasure" (1910) was performed at the Jiyugeki Theater, attracting attention as a playwright. He switched from aestheticism to realism, but his most famous works are the play "Hunger and Thirst" (1915) and the cultural history play "Great Buddha's Opening of the Eyes" (1920). In the 1920s, he joined the Ichimuraza Theatre, and in 1934 (Showa 9), he became an advisor to the Shinkyo Theater Company with Akita Ujaku, and became an important elder in the new theater world.

[Hiroyuki Fujiki]

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詩人、劇作家。東京生まれ。幹彦(みきひこ)の兄。独協中学を経て明治大学に学ぶ。少年時代より詩作を好み、『明星』に詩を発表。1909年（明治42）木下杢太郎(もくたろう)、北原白秋(はくしゅう)と雑誌『屋上庭園』を創刊。イプセンの影響下に戯曲を書き、『歓楽の鬼』（1910）が自由劇場で上演され、劇作家として注目を浴びた。耽美(たんび)派から写実主義に転じたが、戯曲『飢渇(きかつ)』（1915）や文化史劇『大仏開眼(だいぶつかいげん)』（1920）が代表作。1920年代に市村座に入り、1934年（昭和9）には秋田雨雀(うじゃく)と新協劇団の顧問となり、新劇界の長老として重きをなした。

［藤木宏幸］

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