Engeki-jin (Theatrical Person) Tsubouchi Shoyo
This gallery introduces the items of Database for Exhibition "Engeki-jin Sho-yo Tsubouchi", held by the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University.
Tsubouchi Shoyo was a literary man. Born in Minokamo, Gifu in 1859 (Ansei 6), after graduating from the University of Tokyo, he became an instructor and later a professor at Tokyo Senmon Gakko (later Waseda University). Tsubouchi published Shosetsu shinzui (The Essence of the Novel) (1885-1886), Japan's first modern literary theory, and applied this theory in a novel titled Tosei shosei katagi (The Character of Today's Students) (1885-1886), both of which are historically important works of literature. He was also active in the field of theater. This page introduces Tsubouchi Shoyo as someone who loved theater, focusing on the materials of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University.
This page is a selection of re-edited content of the exhibition "Engeki-jin Sho-yo Tsubouchi" held by the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University in October 2007.
- Database for Exhibition "Engeki-jin Sho-yo Tsubouchi" (Jump to the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University website)