Global InformationKataoka Nizaemon XII information
Kataoka Nizaemon XII | |
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| 十二代目片岡仁左衛門 | |
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| Born | Tōkichi Kataoka[1] 9 September 1882 Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan[2] |
| Died | 16 March 1946 (aged 63) Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan[3] |
| Other names | Kataoka Rosen IV, Kataoka Tsuchinosuke II, Kataoka Gadō IV, Matsushimaya, Kataoka Tōkichi, Jinzaemon |
| Children | Kataoka Gadō V (eldest son) Ichimura Yoshigorō II (middle son) Kataoka Roen VI (youngest son) |
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| Relatives | Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (grandfather) |
Kataoka Nizaemon XII (十二代目片岡仁左衛門, Jūnidaime Kataoka Nizaemon, 9 September 1882 – 16 March 1946) was a Japanese kabuki actor of the Kamigata tradition; also known as Jinzaemon.[4] His violent death at the hands of a starving writer living on the actor's property has been cited by scholars such as John Dower as an example of the chaos and "social disintegration" in the months and years immediately following Japan's defeat in World War II.[4]
- ^ 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).
- ^ Nakawa, Shōsuke. "Kamigata Kabuki: Omoide no Haiyū – Kataoka Nizaemon XII" (上方歌舞伎・想い出の俳優 十二世片岡仁左衛門). Kabuki-bito.jp. 27 March 2007. Accessed 31 January 2009.
- ^ Yabusaka. 片岡仁左衛門一家殺害事件 ("Kataoka Nizaemon whole household murder affair"). Owarinakuakumu. 2004–2009. Accessed 31 January 2009.
- ^ a b Dower, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999. p109.