Shigure Hasegawa

Playwright. Real name Yasu. Born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. After learning to read, write and use the abacus at Akiyama Gensen Elementary School, he entered Chikuhakuen to study the classics. After a failed marriage, in 1901 (Meiji 34), he submitted "Uzumibi" to "Jogaku Sekai" and it was selected. In 1905, his play "Umichoon" was selected and performed in the Yomiuri Shimbun, after which he set out as a playwright, and his status was established with "Sakura Fubuki" (1911). In 1916 (Taisho 5), he met Mikami Otokichi and they began living together. In 1918, he published "Nyonin Geijutsu" (Women's Art) with Okada Yachiyo, but it ceased publication after the second issue due to the Great East Japan Earthquake. He later took over and published "Nyonin Geijutsu" (Women's Art) (1928-1932). After the magazine was discontinued, he started publishing "Kagayaku." Although there are limitations due to his old education, his attitude, which is consistent through his writings about women in "Bijin-den" (1918), "Kyubun Nihonbashi" in which he talked about his upbringing, and "Onna no Geijutsu" by Shigure, can be said to be a true expression of humanism and women's liberation.

[Akiko Ogata]

"The Complete Works of Hasegawa Shigure, Five Volumes (1941-42, Nihon Bunrinsha)" ▽ "Kyubun Nihonbashi" (1983, Seigabo/Iwanami Bunko)" ▽ "Hasegawa Shigure, eds. Hasegawa Jin and Kono Toshiro (1981, Domesu Publishing)" ▽ "The World of Women in the Art - Hasegawa Shigure and Her Times" by Ogata Akiko (1980, Domesu Publishing)

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劇作家。本名ヤス。東京日本橋生まれ。秋山源泉小学校で読み書きそろばんを習ったのち、竹柏園(ちくはくえん)に入門し古典を学ぶ。結婚に失敗し、1901年（明治34）『うづみ火』を『女学世界』に投稿し入選。05年戯曲『海潮音』が『読売新聞』に入選、上演されてのち劇作家として出発し、『さくら吹雪(ふぶき)』（1911）で地位が定まる。16年（大正5）三上於菟吉(おときち)と出会い同棲(どうせい)。23年、岡田八千代(やちよ)とともに『女人(にょにん)芸術』を出すが大震災のため2号で廃刊となり、のちにこれを引き継いで『女人芸術』（1928～32）を発行。同誌廃刊後は『輝(かがや)ク』を発刊。古い教養からくる限界はあるが、同性を書き続けた『美人伝』（1918）、生い立ちを語った『旧聞日本橋』および時雨の『女人芸術』をも貫く姿勢は、実感としてのヒューマニズムであり女性解放であったといえよう。

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『『長谷川時雨全集』全五巻（1941～42・日本文林社）』▽『『旧聞日本橋』（1983・青蛙房／岩波文庫）』▽『長谷川仁・紅野敏郎編『長谷川時雨』（1981・ドメス出版）』▽『尾形明子著『女人芸術の世界――長谷川時雨とその時代』（1980・ドメス出版）』

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