Namiki Gohei I (Japanese: 並木äº"ç"¶åˆ 代; 1747 â€" June 2, 1808)
was a Kabuki actor and playwright active in Kyoto,[1] Edo and
Osaka.[2] He wrote over 100 plays,[3] mostly in the genres of
jidai-mono (historical) and sewa-mono (current events).Born in the
DoshÅ machi district[4] in Osaka in 1747, Gohei was a student of the
playwright Namiki ShÅ zÅ I.[5] By 1775 he was already the main
playwright for the Hayakumo-za Kabuki theatre in Kyoto. He is credited
with helping establish the new genre of sewa-mono plays.[6]Two of his
plays have been translated into English,[7] The Temple Gate and the
Paulownia Crest (1778, translated by Alan Cummings) and Five Great
Powers that Secure Love (1794, translated by Julie A. Iezzi), both in
Kabuki Plays on Stage II: Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799, edited by
James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter.(The following list[8] is only a
small selection of Namiki Gohei's most famous works.)
was a Kabuki actor and playwright active in Kyoto,[1] Edo and
Osaka.[2] He wrote over 100 plays,[3] mostly in the genres of
jidai-mono (historical) and sewa-mono (current events).Born in the
DoshÅ machi district[4] in Osaka in 1747, Gohei was a student of the
playwright Namiki ShÅ zÅ I.[5] By 1775 he was already the main
playwright for the Hayakumo-za Kabuki theatre in Kyoto. He is credited
with helping establish the new genre of sewa-mono plays.[6]Two of his
plays have been translated into English,[7] The Temple Gate and the
Paulownia Crest (1778, translated by Alan Cummings) and Five Great
Powers that Secure Love (1794, translated by Julie A. Iezzi), both in
Kabuki Plays on Stage II: Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799, edited by
James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter.(The following list[8] is only a
small selection of Namiki Gohei's most famous works.)
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