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| − | 1954: [[Miyoko Kuroiwa]] went to Tokyo and debuted as a jazz singer after successfully auditioning for the Blue Coats<ref name="shincho">[[Osaki, Yoshio]]. "Demon of Forgiveness: The Life of Oniroku Dan." <i> | + | 1954: [[Miyoko Kuroiwa]] went to Tokyo and debuted as a jazz singer after successfully auditioning for the Blue Coats<ref name="shincho">[[Osaki, Yoshio]]. "Demon of Forgiveness: The Life of Oniroku Dan." <i>Shosetsu Shincho</i> Sep. 2011. Print.</ref>. |
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Revision as of 17:16, 29 October 2011
Dan (団) family name, Oniroku (鬼六) first name, (1931-2011)
Contents
Activities
Alternate Name(s)
団鬼六(Japanese), Kuroiwa, Yukihiko (黒岩幸彦), Hanamaki, Kyotaro (花巻京太郎), Kuroiwa, Matsujiro (黒岩松次郎), Awaji, Syugo (淡路周五)
Biography
Kansai Period
1931: Oniroku Dan was born on April 16th to proprietors of the "Kinjoukan" movie house in Yonbanchou Dobashi in Hikone City, Shiga prefecture[1]. His father, Nobuyuki Kuroiwa, at one time aimed to be a screenwriter. His mother, Yukie Katori[note 1], was a former movie actress and a former student of the novelist Sanjugo Naoki. This was her second marriage. The family register records Oniroku as being born on September 1[2].
1943: After handing over the movie house, Dan's family moved to Kanzakigawa in the Higashi Yodogawa Ward of Osaka, where Dan was enrolled in middle school at Kwansei Gakuin University[1].
1947: Dan was admitted to high school at Kwansei Gakuin University.
1950: Dan Enrolled in the Kwansei Gakuin University Law School[1][3].
Novelist Debut Period
1954: Miyoko Kuroiwa went to Tokyo and debuted as a jazz singer after successfully auditioning for the Blue Coats[4].
Selected Works
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dan, Oniroku. The Snake Road: an Autobiography. Tokyo: Gentosha, 1997. Print.
- ↑ Satou, Hitoshi. "Birth of the Author Oniroku Dan." Oniroku Dan - Literature of Love and Pleasure. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2000. Print.
- ↑ Dan Oniroku Official Site. Web. 2010.
- ↑ Osaki, Yoshio. "Demon of Forgiveness: The Life of Oniroku Dan." Shosetsu Shincho Sep. 2011. Print.
Notes
- ↑ Having divorced, she studied under Sanjuugo Naoki in 1927. Naoki was involved in movies at this time, and Katori played the starring role in "Nekkyuu Hatobu" (directed by Masao Hattori). She was also a contemporary of Sumiko Kurishima. Afterwards, Naoki sponsored the Yoshiko Okada Troupe. After the troupe disbanded, Katori became a leading actress for the Jusaburou Bandou Theatrical Company. After that company broke up, she married Kuroiwa, who was in the Matsutake script department.
