Onoe Shoroku II

Onoe Shoroku II
二代目尾上松緑
Shōroku Onoe in 1951.
Born	(1913-03-28)March 28, 1913 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Died	June 25, 1989(1989-06-25) (aged 76)
Other names	藤間 豊(Yutaka Fujima)
Occupation	Kabuki actor
Children	Onoe Tatsunosuke I/Onoe Shoroku III (son)
Parent	Matsumoto Kōshirō VII (father)
Relatives	Fujima Kan'emon II (grandfather) Ichikawa Danjūrō XI (brother) Matsumoto Hakuō I (brother) Ichikawa Danjūrō XII (nephew) Matsumoto Hakuō II (nephew) Nakamura Kichiemon II (nephew) Onoe Shoroku IV (grandson) Matsumoto Kōshirō X (grandnephew) Ichikawa Danjūrō XIII (grandnephew) Onoe Sakon III (great-grandson) Ichikawa Somegorō VIII (great-grandnephew) Ichikawa Shinnosuke VIII (great-grandnephew) Onoe Ushinosuke VII (great-grandnephew)

Onoe Shoroku II (二代目 尾上 松緑, Nidaime Onoe Shoroku, March 28, 1913 – June 25, 1989) is the stage name for Yutaka Fujima a Japanese kabuki actor who specialized in male roles.

Biography

During his life he was designated a Living National Treasure of Japan and one of the country's four official leading actors.

Filmography

Shōroku Onoe as Sagisaka Bannai in the bunraku play Kanadehon Chūshingura.

Film

• Banana (1960)

Television

• Hana no Shōgai (1963) – Ii Naosuke
• Mominoki wa Nokotta (1970) – Date Masamune
• Katsu Kaishū (1974) – Katsu Kokichi
• Kusa Moeru (1979) – Emperor Go-Shirakawa

Honors

• 1972 – Living National Treasure
• 1984 – Person of Cultural Merit
• 1987 – Order of Culture

References

• Dunning, Jennifer (July 15, 1985). STAGE: AT THE METROPOLITAN, GRAND KABUKI'S 'SAKURA-HIME' New York Times