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Japanese actress (1889–1951)
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Nami-ko Hatsuse, from a 1914 publication.

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

Hideko Iwao was born in Tokyo, the daughter of Tosui Iwao. As Namiko Hatsuse, she was one of the first graduates of Kawakami Sadayakko's Actress Training Institute.

Career

Hatsuse specialized shingeki style acting in modern and Western dramas on the Tokyo stage. She was part of the Imperial Theatre Troupe. Her roles included one of the sisters in Maurice Maeterlinck's The Death of Tintagiles (1912), the young wife in Bjornstjerne Bjornson's The Newly Married Couple, and Karaginu in The Treachery of Terutora (1913). She played the koto in character in The Treachery of Terutora. She was also recognized for roles in Shakespeare adaptations, including Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor. She also appeared in the film A Woman's Sorrows (1937) directed by Mikio Naruse.

Personal life

Namiko Hatsuse died in 1951, aged 62 years.

References

  1. Shunjiro Kurita, Who's Who in Japan 1913 (1913): 148. via Archive.orgOpen access icon
  2. M. Tian, Mei Lanfang and the Twentieth-Century International Stage: Chinese Theatre Placed and Displaced (Springer 2012). ISBN 9781137010438
  3. Adachi Kinnosuke, "The West Enters Japan's Stage" New York Times (December 26, 1926): SM15. via ProQuest
  4. Z. Kincaid, "Leading Actresses of Japan" Theatre Magazine (July 1914): 31.
  5. James R. Brandon, "Kabuki and Shakespeare: Balancing Yin and Yang" TDR 43(2)(Summer 1999): 35. via JStor
  6. George Washington Brown, "Music in the Orient" The National Magazine (February 1914): 954.
  7. Walter S. McBride, "Japan and Modern Drama" Overland Monthly (April 1914): 335.
  8. "Shakespeare in Japanese Theatres" Oakland Tribune (July 1, 1914): 10. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  9. "Pretty Japanese Girls Winning Honors on the Stage" Buffalo Sunday Morning News (July 13, 1913): 14. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  10. "Green Room Gossip" Punch (October 3, 1912): 38. via TroveOpen access icon
  11. Les Larmes d'une femme (1937, dir. Mikio Naruse), at Allocine.
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