残念でならない、勘三郎の死 "Kabuki star Kanzaburo dies at 57"
こんにちは。
私と同年の勘三郎さんが、亡くなりました。
桑田佳祐、明石家さんま、そして勘三郎、3人は私にとって同じ年のヒーローでした。
そして、偶然に3人とも会ったことがありました。
桑田佳祐さんは私の大学の同級生と高校で同じクラスの縁で、コンサートで、さんまさんとは、入っていたテニスクラブで紹介され、一緒に乱打しました。
勘三郎さん、というより私は勘九朗時代に知人の紹介で、楽屋でご挨拶し、気軽に今度一緒に飲みましょうとお声をかけていただきました。
彼の芝居をもう見られないかと思うと本当に、本当に残念でなりません。
息子の勘九朗の口上で、「そして、、、 父のことは、忘れないでください。。。」この言葉には、胸が詰まりました。
ご冥福をお祈りします。 合掌
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Kabuki star Kanzaburo dies at 57
Kyodo
Leading kabuki actor Nakamura Kanzaburo died early Wednesday of acute respiratory distress syndrome at a Tokyo hospital. He was 57.
Contemporary master: Kabuki actor Nakamura Kanzaburo is interviewed in January 2005. SHOCHIKU CO./KYODO
Kanzaburo, who was also a popular actor in film, TV and stage dramas, made public in June that he had esophageal cancer. He had undergone surgery and had been receiving treatment since then.
Kanzaburo, whose real name was Noriaki Namino, was born in Tokyo, the first son of Nakamura Kanzaburo XVII. He made his debut in 1959 at the age of 3 as the fifth Nakamura Kankuro and became Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII in 2005 in a name-succession ceremony known as "shumei."
Recognized for his outstanding theatrical skills, Kanzaburo won fame for his performances both as a "tachiyaku" male actor and an "onnagata" female impersonator.
As an ambitious actor and director, he undertook various bold initiatives to attract not only conventional fans but also younger audiences to kabuki plays, including staging performances in 1994 at a theater in Tokyo's Shibuya district — an area popular with young people — and founding the Heisei Nakamuraza troupe in 2000.
At Theater Cocoon in Shibuya the dramas were topical and created with a young audience in mind in order to keep kabuki alive as a performing art.
They were set to modern music directed by Kazuyoshi Kushida.
The Heisei Nakamuraza troupe, a 100-strong all-male company, is noted for productions that respect kabuki's centuries-old heritage yet burst with contemporary energy and humor that are evocative of the early days of kabuki theater in the 17th century. The troupe performed in New York in 2004 and in New York and Washington, D.C., in 2007.
Kanzaburo received the Medal with Purple Ribbon, a government award for accomplishments in the arts, scholarship and sports, in 2008.
His sons are Nakamura Kankuro VI and Shichinosuke II, both kabuki actors, and his brothers-in-law are Nakamura Fukusuke and Hashinosuke. His elder sister is actress Kuriko Namino.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121206a2.html
私と同年の勘三郎さんが、亡くなりました。
桑田佳祐、明石家さんま、そして勘三郎、3人は私にとって同じ年のヒーローでした。
そして、偶然に3人とも会ったことがありました。
桑田佳祐さんは私の大学の同級生と高校で同じクラスの縁で、コンサートで、さんまさんとは、入っていたテニスクラブで紹介され、一緒に乱打しました。
勘三郎さん、というより私は勘九朗時代に知人の紹介で、楽屋でご挨拶し、気軽に今度一緒に飲みましょうとお声をかけていただきました。
彼の芝居をもう見られないかと思うと本当に、本当に残念でなりません。
息子の勘九朗の口上で、「そして、、、 父のことは、忘れないでください。。。」この言葉には、胸が詰まりました。
ご冥福をお祈りします。 合掌
以下、Japantimesの記事です。ご紹介します。
Kabuki star Kanzaburo dies at 57
Kyodo
Leading kabuki actor Nakamura Kanzaburo died early Wednesday of acute respiratory distress syndrome at a Tokyo hospital. He was 57.
Contemporary master: Kabuki actor Nakamura Kanzaburo is interviewed in January 2005. SHOCHIKU CO./KYODO
Kanzaburo, who was also a popular actor in film, TV and stage dramas, made public in June that he had esophageal cancer. He had undergone surgery and had been receiving treatment since then.
Kanzaburo, whose real name was Noriaki Namino, was born in Tokyo, the first son of Nakamura Kanzaburo XVII. He made his debut in 1959 at the age of 3 as the fifth Nakamura Kankuro and became Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII in 2005 in a name-succession ceremony known as "shumei."
Recognized for his outstanding theatrical skills, Kanzaburo won fame for his performances both as a "tachiyaku" male actor and an "onnagata" female impersonator.
As an ambitious actor and director, he undertook various bold initiatives to attract not only conventional fans but also younger audiences to kabuki plays, including staging performances in 1994 at a theater in Tokyo's Shibuya district — an area popular with young people — and founding the Heisei Nakamuraza troupe in 2000.
At Theater Cocoon in Shibuya the dramas were topical and created with a young audience in mind in order to keep kabuki alive as a performing art.
They were set to modern music directed by Kazuyoshi Kushida.
The Heisei Nakamuraza troupe, a 100-strong all-male company, is noted for productions that respect kabuki's centuries-old heritage yet burst with contemporary energy and humor that are evocative of the early days of kabuki theater in the 17th century. The troupe performed in New York in 2004 and in New York and Washington, D.C., in 2007.
Kanzaburo received the Medal with Purple Ribbon, a government award for accomplishments in the arts, scholarship and sports, in 2008.
His sons are Nakamura Kankuro VI and Shichinosuke II, both kabuki actors, and his brothers-in-law are Nakamura Fukusuke and Hashinosuke. His elder sister is actress Kuriko Namino.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121206a2.html