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Hojo Hideji
- Profile
- He was born in Osaka in 1902. After graduating from Osaka Municipal Commercial School Class I Preparatory Course, he joined Nippon Electric Power Company in 1920. While working, he graduated from Kansai University’s night school. In 1919, while attending a commercial school, he entered a script contest for the Takarazuka Girls’ Opera under the pen name of Ginnosuke Muromachi and won first prize. In the following July, it was performed under the title Columbus’s Expedition. In 1926, he transferred to Tokyo Kensetsujo, and in 1928, he was assigned to the newly established Hakone Tozan Railway. In 1933, with the aim of becoming a playwright, he studied under Kido Okamoto, who gave him the pen name Hideji Hōjō. He participated in the monthly magazine Butai (Stage), sponsored by Okamoto, and in 1937, he wrote the play Hyōshōshiki Zengo (Before and After the Award Ceremony). It was performed at the Shin-kokugeki Theater, marking his debut as a playwright. In 1939, he left the company after Okamoto’s death and devoted himself to his work as a playwright. The following year, he studied under Shin Hasegawa. After Ōshō (starring Ryutaro Tatsumi from the Shin-kokugeki troupe) became a huge hit in 1947, he wrote numerous plays that would become masterpieces, and he won prestigious awards and gained respect as a leading figure in the theatrical world. In 1987, he was named a Person of Cultural Merit. He died in May 1996 at the age of 93.
- Masterpieces
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狐と笛吹き
姫重態