Hisashi Inoue
Playwright, The Face of Jizo
Hisashi Inoue was born in 1934 in Yamagata Prefecture and educated at Sophia University in Tokyo. He worked as a scriptwriter and stage manager at the France Theatre, a vaudeville theatre in downtown Asakusa before becoming a writer for radio and television. For five years he wrote scripts for the popular puppet show Hyokkori Hyotan Island. He debuted in the theatre with The Belly Button of the Japanese following it with many highly successful plays such as The Adventures of Dogen, The Blind Master Yabuhara, Makeup and a series of plays about Japanese authors, Ichiyo Higuchi, Soseki Natsume and Osamu Dazai among them. Inoue also wrote dozens of novels and books of collected essays and won many prizes, including the Naoki Prize and the prestegious Asahi Proze. In 1984 he founded Komatsuza, a theatre troupe dedicated to the producOon of his work. He donated his private library of some 70,000 books to his hometown, where the “Writers Block Library” was established. Kawanishi-machi Friendly Plaza is the locaOon of the Library and the “CiOzens’ School” founded under the auspices of Komatsuza with Inoue as principal. He was chairman of the Japan Pen Club and arOsOc director of Komatsuza. Hisashi Inoue passed away on April 9, 2010, age 75.
For the latest event featuring Hisashi Inoue, and other events happening at Seymour Centre, check the links below.
The Face of Jizo See What's OnPlaywright, The Face of Jizo
Hisashi Inoue was born in 1934 in Yamagata Prefecture and educated at Sophia University in Tokyo. He worked as a scriptwriter and stage manager at the France Theatre, a vaudeville theatre in downtown Asakusa before becoming a writer for radio and television. For five years he wrote scripts for the popular puppet show Hyokkori Hyotan Island. He debuted in the theatre with The Belly Button of the Japanese following it with many highly successful plays such as The Adventures of Dogen, The Blind Master Yabuhara, Makeup and a series of plays about Japanese authors, Ichiyo Higuchi, Soseki Natsume and Osamu Dazai among them. Inoue also wrote dozens of novels and books of collected essays and won many prizes, including the Naoki Prize and the prestegious Asahi Proze. In 1984 he founded Komatsuza, a theatre troupe dedicated to the producOon of his work. He donated his private library of some 70,000 books to his hometown, where the “Writers Block Library” was established. Kawanishi-machi Friendly Plaza is the locaOon of the Library and the “CiOzens’ School” founded under the auspices of Komatsuza with Inoue as principal. He was chairman of the Japan Pen Club and arOsOc director of Komatsuza. Hisashi Inoue passed away on April 9, 2010, age 75.
For the latest event featuring Hisashi Inoue, and other events happening at Seymour Centre, check the links below.
The Face of Jizo See What's On
