Henry Black (rakugoka)
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This article is about the rakugoka in Japan. For other people with the same name, see Henry Black (disambiguation).
Henry James Black (1858–1923) was a kabuki actor and Japan's only foreign-born rakugoka, or public storyteller, performing under the name Kairakutei Black (快楽亭ブラック Kairakutei Burakku?). He was also known by the name Ishii Black (石井貎刺屈).[1] His father was J. R. Black, singer and publisher of several newspapers in Japan, including The Far East.[2]
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- Bennett, Terry. Photography in Japan: 1853–1912 Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 2006. ISBN 0804836337 (hard)
- Heinz, Morioka, and Sasaki Miyoko. The Bue-Eyed Storyteller: Henry Black and His Rakugo Career. Accessed 4 January 2008. Originally appeared in Monumenta Nipponica Vol. 38, No. 2. (Summer, 1983).
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