Toyoichiro Nogami

A scholar of English literature and a researcher of Noh. He went by the pen name Usukawa. He was born in Oita Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of English Literature at Tokyo Imperial University in 1908 (Meiji 41). The following year he became a lecturer at Hosei University, and was promoted to become the university's president in 1946 (Showa 21), and the following year he became president of the university. He studied under Natsume Soseki while attending the former First Higher School. He advanced his research from Greek classical drama to Noh. He trained in the Shimogakari Hosho school under Hosho Shin. In 1938 he traveled to the UK as a professor on a Japan-UK exchange program, and continued to contribute to the introduction of Noh overseas. He has written and edited many books, including "Noh Research and Discovery," "Rebirth of Noh," "The Mystery and Flowers of Noh," "Complete Collection of Yokyoku," and "Complete Book of Noh." Following his will, the Nogami Memorial Noh Research Institute was established at Hosei University after his death. His wife is the writer Nogami Yaeko.

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英文学者、能楽研究家。臼川(きゅうせん)と号した。大分県生まれ。1908年（明治41）東京帝国大学英文科卒業。翌年法政大学講師となり、以後昇任して、46年（昭和21）同大学学長、翌年総長に就任。旧制第一高等学校在学中から夏目漱石(そうせき)に師事。ギリシア古典劇から能へと研究対象を進める。宝生新(ほうしょうしん)について下掛(しもがかり)宝生流を稽古(けいこ)。1938年日英交換教授として渡英、以後も能の海外紹介に貢献する。著編書は『能・研究と発見』『能の再生』『能の幽玄と花』『謡曲全集』『能楽全書』ほか多数。没後その遺志を受け、法政大学に野上記念能楽研究所が設立された。作家野上弥生子(やえこ)は夫人。

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