Namiki ShÅ zÅ I (並木æ£ä¸‰) (1730â€"1773) was a prominent Japanese
playwright who produced roughly 100 works for bunraku (puppet theater)
and for kabuki. ShÅ zÅ is also credited with inventing the revolving
stage (å›žã‚Šèˆžå °, mawaributai), one of many tricks of stagecraft
used extensively in kabuki, and with popularizing the use of trapdoors
(セリ上ã ', seriage).ShÅ zÅ left bunraku in 1751; adapting plays
from bunraku to kabuki was a very common practice, and it is likely
that many of ShÅ zÅ 's kabuki plays began as puppet productions.His
roughly one hundred plays were mostly jidai-mono (時代物,
historical plays), and include Keisei ama no hagoromo (The Feathery
Garment from Heaven, 1753), Sanjikkoku yobune no hajimari (The
Beginning of the Heavy Cargo Ships on the Yodo River, 1758), and
Sanzen-sekai yarikuri Å rai (Kin'emon the Notorious Pirate, 1772).
playwright who produced roughly 100 works for bunraku (puppet theater)
and for kabuki. ShÅ zÅ is also credited with inventing the revolving
stage (å›žã‚Šèˆžå °, mawaributai), one of many tricks of stagecraft
used extensively in kabuki, and with popularizing the use of trapdoors
(セリ上ã ', seriage).ShÅ zÅ left bunraku in 1751; adapting plays
from bunraku to kabuki was a very common practice, and it is likely
that many of ShÅ zÅ 's kabuki plays began as puppet productions.His
roughly one hundred plays were mostly jidai-mono (時代物,
historical plays), and include Keisei ama no hagoromo (The Feathery
Garment from Heaven, 1753), Sanjikkoku yobune no hajimari (The
Beginning of the Heavy Cargo Ships on the Yodo River, 1758), and
Sanzen-sekai yarikuri Å rai (Kin'emon the Notorious Pirate, 1772).
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