Namiko Hatsuse
Namiko Hatsuse (初瀬 浪子, August 1889 – 1951), also written Nami-ko Hatsuse and Hatsuse Namiko, was the stage name of a Japanese actress, born Hideko Iwao.
Early life and education[edit]
Hideko Iwao was born in Tokyo, the daughter of Tosui Iwao.[1] As Namiko Hatsuse, she was one of the first graduates of Kawakami Sadayakko's Actress Training Institute.[2]
Career[edit]
Hatsuse specialized shingeki style acting in modern and Western dramas on the Tokyo stage. She was part of the Imperial Theatre Troupe.[3] Her roles included one of the sisters in Maurice Maeterlinck's The Death of Tintagiles (1912),[4] the young wife in Bjornstjerne Bjornson's The Newly Married Couple,[5] and Karaginu in The Treachery of Terutora (1913).[6] She played the koto in character in The Treachery of Terutora.[7] She was also recognized for roles in Shakespeare adaptations,[8] including Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor.[9][10] She also appeared in the film A Woman's Sorrows (1937) directed by Mikio Naruse.[11]
Personal life[edit]
Namiko Hatsuse died in 1951, aged 62 years.
References[edit]
- ^ Shunjiro Kurita, Who's Who in Japan 1913 (1913): 148. via Archive.org
- ^ M. Tian, Mei Lanfang and the Twentieth-Century International Stage: Chinese Theatre Placed and Displaced (Springer 2012). ISBN 9781137010438
- ^ Adachi Kinnosuke, "The West Enters Japan's Stage" New York Times (December 26, 1926): SM15. via ProQuest
- ^ Z. Kincaid, "Leading Actresses of Japan" Theatre Magazine (July 1914): 31.
- ^ James R. Brandon, "Kabuki and Shakespeare: Balancing Yin and Yang" TDR 43(2)(Summer 1999): 35. via JStor
- ^ George Washington Brown, "Music in the Orient" The National Magazine (February 1914): 954.
- ^ Walter S. McBride, "Japan and Modern Drama" Overland Monthly (April 1914): 335.
- ^ "Shakespeare in Japanese Theatres" Oakland Tribune (July 1, 1914): 10. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Pretty Japanese Girls Winning Honors on the Stage" Buffalo Sunday Morning News (July 13, 1913): 14. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Green Room Gossip" Punch (October 3, 1912): 38. via Trove
- ^ Les Larmes d'une femme (1937, dir. Mikio Naruse), at Allocine.
