Playwright names:

Matsui Shôô
Matsui Shôyô

Real Name: Matsui Masaharu

Existence: 18th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1870 ^[1] ~ 14 July 1933

Career:

18th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1870 ^[1]: born in Shiogama in the province of Rikuzen.

September 1899: premiere at the Meijiza of the drama "Aku Genta", written for Ichikawa Sadanji I.

January 1908: premiere at the Meijiza of the drama "Kesa to Moritô", starring Ichikawa Sadanji II and Ichikawa Suisen II in the roles of Endô Musha Moritô and Kesa Gozen.

November 1918: premiere at the Shintomiza of the drama "Yodogimi"; Nakamura Utaemon V played the leading and eponymous role of Lady Yodo (Yodogimi).

December 1918: premiere at the Imperial Theater of the drama "Taikôki Chôsen no Maki", written for Ichikawa Chûsha VII.

January 1919: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Retsujo Hatsuko", written for Nakamura Utaemon V.

March 1919: premiere at the Meijiza of the drama "Rôma no Shisha", written for Ichikawa Sadanji II.

January 1920: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Gokoku Onna Taiheiki", written for Nakamura Utaemon V.

March 1921: premiere at the Meijiza of the drama "Yuki no Furu Yo", written for Ichikawa Ennosuke II.

April 1921: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Meiji Daiichi'nen", written for Nakamura Utaemon V and Ichikawa Sadanji II.

July 1921: premiere at the Shintomiza of the drama "Yôsan no Ie", written for Nakamura Utaemon V and Nakamura Kichiemon I.

August 1921: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Raimei", written for Ichikawa Ennosuke II and Bandô Shûchô III.

January 1922: premiere on an outdoor stage built in the precincts of the Chion'in Temple (Kyôto) of the drama "Oda Nobunaga", written for Ichikawa Sadanji II and Bandô Jusaburô III.

January 1923: premiere at the Shintomiza of the drama "Kiyosu-jô Monogatari", written for Nakamura Utaemon V.

March 1923: premiere at the Hongôza of the drama "Satsuma no Yodogimi", written for Nakamura Utaemon V.

May 1923: premiere at the Meijiza of the drama "Santa Maria", written for Nakamura Utaemon V.

June 1923: premiere at the Shintomiza of the drama "Ieyasu no Haha", written for Nakamura Utaemon V.

June 1924: premiere at the Hongôza of the drama "Masako to Yoritomo", starring Ichikawa Shôchô II and Ichikawa Sumizô VI in the roles of Lady Masako and Minamoto no Yoritomo.

July 1924: premiere at the Shôchikuza of the drama "Mongaku", starring Ichikawa Sadanji II, Ichikawa Shôchô II and Ichikawa Sumizô VI in the roles of the priest Mongaku, Lady Masako and Minamoto no Yoritomo.

August 1924: premiere at the Naniwaza (Ôsaka) of the drama "Yoshitsune to Ise Saburô", written for Nakamura Senjaku I and Bandô Jusaburô III.

November 1924: premiere at the Hôgakuza of the drama "Ôiso Koiso", starring Ichikawa Ennosuke II and Bandô Shûchô III in the roles of Soga Jûrô Sukenari and Ôiso no Tora (Jûrô's lover).

November 1925: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Nogi Shôgun", starring Ichikawa Sadanji II in the role of Nogi Maresuke.

January 1926: premiere at the Imperial Theater of the drama "Oimatsu Wakamatsu", starring Sawamura Sôjûrô VII, Matsumoto Kôshirô VII, Onoe Baikô VI, Onoe Eizaburô VII and Morita Kan'ya XIII in the roles of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Musashi Saemon Arikuni, the ama Oimatsu, Oimatsu's daughter Wakamatsu and Hamatarô.

March 1926: premiere at the Nakaza (Ôsaka) of the drama "Yamabuki no Sato", written for Jitsukawa Enjaku II and Bandô Shûchô III.

April 1926: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Yodogimi Odawara-jin", written for Nakamura Utaemon V.

May 1926: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Kusunoki Masashige", written for Ichikawa Sadanji II.

July 1926: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Fûkyô Yuki no Yobanashi", written for Ichimura Uzaemon XV.

February 1927: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Kojima Takanori", written for Ichikawa Sadanji II.

April 1927: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Genpei Seisuiki", written for Nakamura Utaemon V and Ichikawa Chûsha VII.

January 1928: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Izumi Shikibu", written for Nakamura Utaemon V.

March 1928: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Matagorô Kyôdai", written for Onoe Kikugorô VI and Ichimura Uzaemon XV.

May 1928: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Taira no Kiyomori", written for Ichikawa Chûsha VII.

June 1928: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Ueno Sensô", written for Onoe Kikugorô VI and Kataoka Nizaemon XI.

September 1928: premiere at the Imperial Theater of the drama "Oman Gengobê", written for Morita Kan'ya XIII.

September 1929: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Shinjuku Kôshinkyoku", written for Nakamura Kichiemon I.

October 1929: premiere at the Shinbashi Enbujô of the drama "Takano Chôei", starring Onoe Kikugorô VI in the eponymous role of the scholar Takano Chôei.

January 1931: premiere at the Tôkyô Gekijô of the drama "Edo kara Tôkyô", written for Onoe Kikugorô VI.

May 1931: premiere at the Imperial Theater of the drama "Yamada Nagamasa", starring Kataoka Gatô IV in the eponymous role of Yamada Nagamasa.

June 1931: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Jijô no Aki", written for Onoe Kikugorô VI and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII.

March 1932: premiere at the Kabukiza of the war propaganda drama "Nikudan Sanyûshi", written for Onoe Kikugorô VI and Ichimura Uzaemon XV.

May 1933: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Iwakura Tomomi", starring Ichikawa Sadanji II in the eponymous role of Iwakura Tomomi.

14 July 1933: Shôô died.

Comments:

Matsui Shôô was a playwright, director, scholar, writer and critic, who was active at the end of the 19th century and during the first third of the 20th century. He worked a lot for Ichikawa Sadanji II or Nakamura Utaemon V.

[1] The 18th day of the 2nd lunar month of the 3rd year of the Meiji era was the 19th of March 1870 in the western calendar.

Matsui Shôô