Namiki Gohei I
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| Born: | 1747 |
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| Died: | 1808 |
| Occupation: | Kabuki actor and playwright |
| Nationality: | Japan |
| Genres: | jidai-mono, sewa-mono |
| Influences: | Namiki Shōzō I |
| Influenced: | Namiki Gohei II |
Namiki Gohei I (並木五瓶初代)(1747-1808) was a Kabuki actor and playwright active in both Edo and Osaka. He wrote over 110 plays, mostly in the genres of jidai-mono (historical) and sewa-mono (current events).
Gohei was a student of the playwright Namiki Shōzō I, and may have in fact taken on the name "Namiki" as a result of this relationship.
[edit] Plays
(The following list is only a small selection of Namiki Gohei's most famous works.)
- Kimon gosan no kiri (The Thief of the Temple Gate, 1778)
- Keisei kogane no sachihoko (The Thief of Fish Scales, 1782)
- Kanjin kammon tekuda no hajimari (Murder of a Foreign Envoy, 1789)
- Godairiki koi no fūjime (Seal of the Five Great Powers, 1794)
- Sumida no hara geisha-katagi (Geisha Spirit of the Sumida Valley, 1796)
[edit] Reference
- Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
