Background
Chikao Tanaka was born on October 10, 1905 in Nagasaki, Japan where his father practiced medicine. His father was a scholar and could fluently read Chinese kambun.
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The Head of Mary: a Nagasaki Fantasia
(Head of Mary: A Nagasaki Fantasia is a Roman Catholic dra...)
Head of Mary: A Nagasaki Fantasia is a Roman Catholic drama about survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The play is a rhythmic allegory of the effort by Christians in Nagasaki to reconstitute their faith after the destruction of the Urakami Cathedral on August 9, 1945. It is also a comprehensive metaphor for the difficulties of rebuilding faith after the terrors of the early 20th century.
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1995
Chikao Tanaka
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Chikao Tanaka was a Japanese playwright and dramatist whose plays focused on the mental, physical, and religious hardships of post-World War II Japan. Tanaka's writing differed greatly from that of other Japanese playwrights at the time because he wrote of essential human conflicts through the eyes of a Christian, which was atypical of the majority of his countrymen.
Education
Tanaka's father would constantly make young Tanaka read Chinese literature as a primary school student.
He became interested in Western ideas and in 1923 he became a student at Tokyo University and studied French literature. As a student, he joined many small troupes in attempts to try his hand in acting. Finally, in 1927 after not much success, he joined Shingeki Kenkyusho ("New Theater Research Institute") in hopes of better understanding Westernized theater.
Career
Chikao Tanaka joined the New Play Study Institute and received personal instructions from Kunio Kishida and Toyo-o Iwata. His maiden publication Ofukuro (Mother) (1933) was staged at the Tsukijiza Theater and established his name.
After the war, he published his works Kumo-no-Hate (End of the Clouds), Joen (Female Ape) and Kyoiku (Education) and joined the Haiyuza troupe (1951).
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The Head of Mary: a Nagasaki Fantasia
(Head of Mary: A Nagasaki Fantasia is a Roman Catholic dra...)
1995
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The Head of Mary: a Nagasaki Fantasia
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1923