Shishi Bunroku
Encyclopedia
Bunroku Shishi was a Japanese writer
and director of the Bungakuza Theater in Tokyo
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In 1922 he traveled to France
to study modern French theater, and worked in the atelier of Jacques Copeau
.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and director of the Bungakuza Theater in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
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In 1922 he traveled to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
to study modern French theater, and worked in the atelier of Jacques Copeau
Jacques Copeau
Jacques Copeau was an influential French theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist. Before he founded his famous Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris, he wrote theater reviews for several Parisian journals, worked at the Georges Petit Gallery where he organized exhibits of artists' works...
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Selected books
- Ecchan, (Little Etsuko, 1936)
- Ten'ya Wan'ya (Chaos, 1949)
- Jiyu Gakko, (1950) Published in English in 2006 as School of Freedom by Lynne E. Riggs, ISBN 1-929280-40-8.
- Yassa Mossa, (Helter-Skelter, 1952)
- Musume to watashi, (My Daughter And I, 1956, was made into both a TV-series and a movie)
- Hakoneyama, (Mount Hakone, 1962)