Yanagiya Shicho - Yanagiya Shicho

Japanese: 柳家紫朝 - やなぎや・しちょう

Year of death: May 12, 1918
Year of birth: 1873 (Meiji 6)
A Shinnaibushi Tayuu (a chanter of Shinnaibushi) from the Meiji and Taisho periods. His real name was Oyama Kamejiro. He was blind. He first became a disciple of Tsuruga Hanadayu, and later studied under the first Fujimatsu Shicho, so he had both the Tsuruga and Fujimatsu surnames. However, due to a dispute between the two schools, he remained registered as a Tsuruga chanter and joined the Yanagi school of comedy halls, becoming Yanagiya Shicho.

(Masami Negishi)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：大正7.5.12(1918)
生年：明治6(1873)
明治大正期の新内節の太夫。柴朝とも書く。本名尾山亀次郎。目が不自由だった。はじめ鶴賀花太夫の門に入り,のち初代富士松紫朝に学んだことから鶴賀,富士松両方の姓を持ったが,両派の争いから鶴賀に籍を残したまま,寄席の柳派に加盟,柳家紫朝となった。

(根岸正海)

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