Sakata Tōjūrō IV
Japanese actor
Sakata Tōjūrō IV (四代目坂田藤十郎, Yondaime Sakata Tōjūrō) (31 December 1931 – 12 November 2020) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Many of his works were in the Kamigata style.[1] He was honored as a Living National Treasure.
He performed both male and female roles, and was renowned as both a skilled wagotoshi (actor of male roles in the wagoto tradition) and onnagata (actor of female roles). He was the fourth in the line of Sakata Tōjūrō.[2]
Tōjūrō died on 12 November 2020 at the age of 88.[3]
References
change- ↑ Kabuki Preservation Society. (2008). Kabuki techō, p. 130.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sakata Tōjūrō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 812, p. 812, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at Archive.today.
- ↑ 人間国宝の坂田藤十郎さん88歳死去、妻は扇千景 (in Japanese)
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