The Takemoto-za (竹本座) was a bunraku theatre in Osaka, founded in 1684 by Takemoto Gidayū. Plays by many famous playwrights were performed there, including...
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founder and manager of the Takemoto-za puppet theatre. Originally known as Kiyomizu Gorōbei, he took on the name Takemoto Gidayū no Jō in 1701. Gidayū...
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Senryū (1695 – c. 1751). It was first performed in August 1748 at the Takemoto-za theater in the Dōtonbori entertainment district in Osaka, and an almost...
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1705 from Kyoto to Osaka to be nearer to Gidayu's puppet theatre, the Takemoto-za. Chikamatsu remained a staff playwright for this theatre until his death...
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August 1746 at the Takemoto-za in Osaka, debuting on the kabuki stage the following month in Kyoto. The Edo debut was held at the Ichimura-za the following...
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in 1731 by Hasegawa Senshi(長谷川千四) and Matsuda Bunkōdō (和田文耕堂) for the Takemoto-za. The play had originally 5 acts, but only two main parts have survived:...
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Tadanobu/Genkurō respectively. The premiere in Edo was held at the Nakamura-za in May the same year, and in Osaka at the Naka no Shibai just a few months...
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begins. 1615 June: Siege of Osaka ends. Dōtonbori (canal) built. 1684 – Takemoto-za puppet theatre opens. 1720 – Sasa-se theatre fan club founded. 1724 –...
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through solid objects. TK McCabe (TK・マッケイブ, TK Makkeibu) Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto (Japanese); Bill Rogers (English) A small time thief with the power of...
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Raid, was announced on October 29, 2004, and was directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto. It aired from July 13, 2005, to October 19, 2005. A fourth season titled...
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