Ihara Seiseien - Ihara Seiseien

Theater researcher, theater critic, playwright, novelist. Doctor of Literature. Real name Ihara Toshiro. Born in Matsue to a family of former Matsue feudal lords. Dropped out of First High School. Joined the Nijūroku Shinpo newspaper as a theater critic, and was later invited by Tsubouchi Shoyo to edit Waseda Bungaku. In 1897 (Meiji 30), he joined the Miyako Shimbun newspaper, and served as a theater critic for the next 50 years. During that time, he presided over and edited Kabuki, which was published after the death of Miki Takeji. His novels include Gosunkugi Torakichi and Kanaya Koume, and his plays include Izumo no Okuni and Kasugayama. Encouraged by Shoyo, he decided to study Japanese theatrical history from an early age, and published the trilogy "Japanese Theatrical History" (1904), "Modern Japanese Theatrical History" (1913), and "Meiji Theatrical History" (1933), as well as the 8-volume "Kabuki Chronology" (1956), as well as "The Autobiography of Utaemon" and "Ichikawa Danjūrō."

[Akira Kikuchi]

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演劇研究家、劇評家、劇作家、小説家。文学博士。本名伊原敏郎(としろう)。松江の元松江藩士の家に生まれる。第一高等学校中退。『二六新報』に入り劇評を担当、のち坪内逍遙(しょうよう)に招かれて『早稲田(わせだ)文学』の編集にあたる。1897年（明治30）『都新聞』に入り、以後50年間劇評を担当。その間三木竹二没後の『歌舞伎(かぶき)』を主宰、編集。小説に『五寸釘寅吉(ごすんくぎとらきち)』『仮名屋小梅』、戯曲に『出雲(いずも)の阿国(おくに)』『春日(かすが)山』がある。早くから逍遙の勧めで日本演劇史の研究を志し、『日本演劇史』（1904）、『近世日本演劇史』（1913）、『明治演劇史』（1933）の三部作、『歌舞伎年表』8巻（1956）のほか『歌右衛門(うたえもん)自伝』『市川団十郎』などがある。

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