Kaoru Osanai

In this Japanese name, the surname is Osanai.
Kaoru Osanai
Kaoru Osanai in 1927
Born(1881-07-26)July 26, 1881
Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
DiedDecember 25, 1928(1928-12-25) (aged 47)
NationalityJapanese
Occupations
  • Theatre director
  • playwright
  • actor

Kaoru Osanai (小山内 薫, Osanai Kaoru, July 26, 1881 – December 25, 1928), was a Japanese theater director, playwright, and actor central in the development of modern Japanese theater.[1]

  1. ^ Foley, Kathy (2016). "Review of MODERN ASIAN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE 1900–2000, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr.; THE METHUEN DRAMA ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN ASIAN PLAYS, Siyuan Liu, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr". Asian Theatre Journal. 33 (1): 217–220. doi:10.1353/atj.2016.0011. ISSN 0742-5457. JSTOR 24737166. S2CID 164011855. "Wetmore deals cleanly with Japanese theatre as part of the modernization project [...] Wetmore notes some of the new attempts within the kabuki frame then takes us through the work of seminal figures like Osanai Kaoru, Tsbouchi Shōyo, and so on."