Comments on: Kawakami Otojiro: A tribute http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/otojiro-kawakami-a-tribute/ Japan from the inside out Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:32:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Aceface http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/otojiro-kawakami-a-tribute/#comment-10846 Aceface Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:44:25 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/otojiro-kawakami-a-tribute/#comment-10846 "I don’t know if the Japanese educational system covers him in their curriculum," He sure was back in my day,along with Nakae Chomin and Ueki Emori. Kawakami is considered as a one of the centric figure of freedom and people's rights movement. “I don’t know if the Japanese educational system covers him in their curriculum,”

He sure was back in my day,along with Nakae Chomin and Ueki Emori. Kawakami is considered as a one of the centric figure of freedom and people’s rights movement.

]]> By: Aki http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/otojiro-kawakami-a-tribute/#comment-10824 Aki Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:58:46 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/otojiro-kawakami-a-tribute/#comment-10824 I remember that when I visited Mimiduka (耳塚) in Kyoto I was surprized finding the name of Otojiro Kawakami engraved on one of the stone pillars of the fence surrounding Mimiduka. I learned later that Mimiduka was ruined during the disorder in late Edo period and that the artistes in Meiji Era including Otojiro donated money to tend that historical site. I remember that when I visited Mimiduka (耳塚) in Kyoto I was surprized finding the name of Otojiro Kawakami engraved on one of the stone pillars of the fence surrounding Mimiduka. I learned later that Mimiduka was ruined during the disorder in late Edo period and that the artistes in Meiji Era including Otojiro donated money to tend that historical site.

]]> By: Overthinker http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/otojiro-kawakami-a-tribute/#comment-10811 Overthinker Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:59:13 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/otojiro-kawakami-a-tribute/#comment-10811 Tokyo Shoseki's "Nihonshi A" features Kawakami in a sidebar, with a kabuki-style picture of him, an extensive quote of one of his oppekepe songs (in fact the one you quoted the first few lines of), and says that "The Oppekepe songs were created by Kawakami Otojirou, the actor and civil rights activist, to spread civil rights ideas through song, and were very popular." He's in the section on "The Development of Civil Rights" rather than Culture. The satirist/cartoonist Bigou is also mentioned, with a cartoon showing the Ito cabinet looking on as the Jiyutou (in this case a bath) gets hot. Tokyo Shoseki’s “Nihonshi A” features Kawakami in a sidebar, with a kabuki-style picture of him, an extensive quote of one of his oppekepe songs (in fact the one you quoted the first few lines of), and says that “The Oppekepe songs were created by Kawakami Otojirou, the actor and civil rights activist, to spread civil rights ideas through song, and were very popular.” He’s in the section on “The Development of Civil Rights” rather than Culture. The satirist/cartoonist Bigou is also mentioned, with a cartoon showing the Ito cabinet looking on as the Jiyutou (in this case a bath) gets hot.

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