Nishizawa Ippou

A kabuki writer and historical researcher in the late Edo period. His real name was Risuke. His alias was Ippoken. His great-grandfather was Nishizawa Ippu (1665-1731), the owner of a bookshop who also wrote ukiyo-zoshi and joruri. He ran the family bookshop and rental bookstore, and also experimented with gesaku (comic writing), kyoka (comic poetry), and haikai (comic poetry). During the Bunsei era (1818-1830), he wrote plays for the kyogen writers Nakagawa Issen, Nakagawa Harusuke, and Kanazawa Ryugyoku (the pen name of Nakamura Utaemon III). He first made a name for himself as a kyogen writer in 1830 (Tenpo 1), writing works for Nakamura Tomijuro II and Nakamura Utaemon III. In his later years, he handed over the family business to his brother-in-law and devoted himself to theatrical research. His scripts include "Keisei Chigoga Fuchi," "Hana no Ani Tsubomi no Yatsubusa" (Hakkenden), and "Keisei Hama no Masago" (Onnagoemon), but he adapted and adapted more than he created original works. His historical essays "Denki Sakusho," "Miyako no Hirune," and "Adapted Yoroku" are valuable theatrical resources.

[Yukio Hattori]

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江戸後期の歌舞伎(かぶき)作者、考証家。本名利（理）助。別号一鳳軒。浮世草子や浄瑠璃(じょうるり)の作者を兼ねた正本屋(しょうほんや)の主人西沢一風（1665―1731）は曽祖父にあたる。家業の正本屋と貸本屋を経営、そのかたわら戯作(げさく)、狂歌、俳諧(はいかい)を試みた。文政(ぶんせい)年間（1818～30）には狂言作者奈河一洗(ながわいっせん)、奈河晴助(はるすけ)や金沢竜玉(りゅうぎょく)（3世中村歌右衛門(うたえもん)の筆名）の代作をした。狂言作者として名を出したのは1830年（天保1）からで、2世中村富十郎や3世中村歌右衛門らのために作品を書いた。晩年は家業を義弟に譲って演劇の考証に専念。台本に『けいせい稚児淵(ちごがふち)』『花魁莟八総(はなのあにつぼみのやつぶさ)』（八犬伝）、『けいせい浜真砂(はまのまさご)』（女五右衛門(おんなごえもん)）などがあるが、創作より脚色・改作が多い。考証随筆『伝奇作書』『皇都午睡(みやこのひるね)』『脚色余録』などは貴重な演劇資料となっている。

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