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Onoe Shoroku II

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Onoe Shoroku II
二代目尾上松緑
Shōroku Onoe in 1951.
Born
Yutaka Fujima (藤間豊)[a]

(1913-03-28)March 28, 1913
DiedJune 25, 1989(1989-06-25) (aged 76)
Other namesMatsumoto Yutaka
Fujima Kansai II
Fujima Kan'emon IV
OccupationKabuki actor
ChildrenOnoe Tatsunosuke I/Onoe Shoroku III (son)
FatherMatsumoto Kōshirō VII
Relatives

Onoe Shoroku II (二代目 尾上 松緑, Nidaime Onoe Shoroku, March 28, 1913 – June 25, 1989) is the stage name for Yutaka Fujima a Japanese kabuki actor who specialized in male roles.

Early life and family

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Born into a prominent family of Kabuki actors, Shōroku II was the youngest of three sons of legendary Kabuki actor Matsumoto Kōshirō VII, considered one of the most celebrated tachiyaku (i.e., an actor who plays male roles) of the Meiji period until the mid-1940s.[1]

His older brothers were also renowned Kabuki actors and like Shōroku II, also focused solely on tachiyaku roles, Ichikawa Danjūrō XI and Matsumoto Hakuō I (formerly known as Matsumoto Kōshirō VIII).[1]

In addition to being an outstanding Kabuki actor, Shōroku II was known for his skills as a Nihon-buyō dancer and much of his dancing skills were due to the fact that he was the grandson of Fujima Kan'emon II, a well-known Japanese dance master who was a specialist in Nihon-buyō.[1]

By marriage, he was the brother-in-law of the famous onnagata actor Nakamura Jakuemon IV, considered one of Kabuki's greatest onnagata and who was married to Shōroku II's sister, Akiko Aoki[b].

His debut as a Kabuki actor was in October 1918, when Shōroku II (then 5 years old) debuted on the stage of the Imperial Theater in Tokyo under the stage name Matsumoto Yutaka and playing the secondary role of Ishiwakamaru in the play "Shusse Kagekiyo".[1]

Career

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During his life he was designated a Living National Treasure of Japan and one of the country's four official leading actors.

Filmography

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Shōroku Onoe as Sagisaka Bannai in the bunraku play Kanadehon Chūshingura.

Film

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  • Banana (1960)

Television

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Honors

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Notes

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  1. ^ While the stage names of all kabuki actors have retained traditional order (Surname-Givenname) on Wikipedia, birth names of those born after the Meiji Restoration are in Western order (Givenname-Surname).
  2. ^ It is unknown whether Akiko was older or younger than her brother Shōroku II

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Onoe Shōroku II". Kabuki 21. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  2. ^ "尾上 松緑 (2代目)". Kabuki on the web. Retrieved November 24, 2020.