Playwright names:

Hasegawa Shin

Real Name: Hasegawa Shinjirô

Existence: 15 March 1884 ~ 11 June 1963

Career:

15 March 1884: born in Yokohama.

May 1929: premiere at the Hongôza of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Matatabi Waraji".

August 1929: premiere at the Imperial Theater of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Seki no Yatappe".

March 1931: premiere at the Meijiza of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Mabuta no Haha", starring Morita Kan'ya XIII and Onoe Taganojô III in the roles of Chûtarô and Ohama.

May 1931: premiere at the Miyatoza of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Yuki no Wataridori".

July 1931: premiere at the Tôkyô Gekijô of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Ippon Gatana Dohyô Iri" [casting].

June 1932: premiere at the Kabukiza of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Irezumi Chôhan" [casting].

June 1934: premiere at the Tôkyô Gekijô of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Kurayami no Ushimatsu" [casting].

July 1937: premiere in Tôkyô at the Yûrakuza of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Ori" (written in 1935), with a casting mixing Kabuki and non-Kabuki actors. Nakamura Moshio IV, Bandô Minosuke VI and Nakamura Komanosuke VII played the roles of Yûchin/Goroichi, Shichibê and the daiku Gen.

March 1955: Hasegawa Shin's drama "Ori" was staged with a full Kabuki casting for the first time, in Tôkyô at the Meijiza [more details].

11 June 1963: Hasegawa Shin died in Tôkyô.

Comments:

Hasegawa Shin was a prolific playwright and novelist, who achieved fame for himself during the Taishô and Shôwa eras. He was the master of the matatabimono genre. Because his tales followed the familiar rules of popular and romantic narratives of the Edo period, polished with a touch of modernity and gritty realism, he had a wide following.

Hasegawa Shin