Namiko Hatsuse Explained

, 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.^[1] As Namiko Hatsuse, she was one of the first graduates of Kawakami Sadayakko's Actress Training Institute.^[2]

Career

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

Namiko Hatsuse died in 1951, aged 62 years.

Notes and References

1. Shunjiro Kurita, Who's Who in Japan 1913 (1913): 148. via Archive.org
2. M. Tian, Mei Lanfang and the Twentieth-Century International Stage: Chinese Theatre Placed and Displaced (Springer 2012).
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. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16546062/namiko_hatsuse_1914/ "Shakespeare in Japanese Theatres"
9. https://www.newspapers.com/image/354494109/?terms=Namiko%2BHatsuse "Pretty Japanese Girls Winning Honors on the Stage"
10. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175802738?searchTerm=Hatsuse%20actress&searchLimits= "Green Room Gossip"
11. http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=30521.html Les Larmes d'une femme