Oniroku Dan

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Oniroku Dan

Dan (団) family name, Oniroku (鬼六) first name, (1931-2011)

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].

1955: Dan went to Tokyo during the same spring he graduated[note 2] and lived in Miyoko Kuroiwa's Hatagaya apartment[4].

1955: Hired as a key translator for the Tokyo Times movie magazine "Star Stories." A co-worker was Minobu Shiozawa[note 3][5]. Resigned after four months and became a lighting technician at the Nichigeki Music Hall. Drifted from job to job[3].

1956: Dan won an honorable mention for "Death in Naniwa," which he submitted under the name Matsujiro Kuroiwa in the All Rookie Cup sponsored by Bungeishunju's "Ooru Yomimono" Magazine.

1957: Awarded the runner-up prize for "Oyakodon," which he submitted under the name Matsujiro Kuroiwa in the 11th All Rookie Cup sponsored by Bungeishunju's "Ooru Yomimono" Magazine[note 4]. Met Noboru Kousai at this time.

1958: Dan submitted "Town's End" under the name of Kyotaro Hanamaki to a Kitan Club story competition. It was published in the July issue.

1958 (Nov. 10): Published "Wall of Destiny"[note 5] from Gogatsu Shobo[note 6] under the name Matsujiro Kuroiwa. Noboru Kousai held a publication party as the promoter.

1958: The second "Ōana" from Gogatsu Shobo was a huge hit. It earned 500,000 yen[4]. Afterwards, Dan was flooded with writing commissions.

1959 (May): Dan opened "Miyo(34)[note 7]," a bar located on the second floor of the Shinbashi Global Market[1][5].

1959-1962: Dan became friends with Shigeru Kayama[6].

Interesting Point(s)

  • Dan was a member of the kendo department in high school. Learning Shitojutsu from his instructor influenced his later sword collecting.
  • He assisted Kiraihou, a sumo wrestler from Yokohama, up from third to fouth level higashi maegashira in 1992, and Dan hosted the first level entrance celebration in 1991.
  • Tadao Chigusa was a passionate "Flower and Snake" supporter, and he visited Dan in Misaki around the time Dan became an English teacher there. Afterward, he visited Misaki during every summer vacation and stayed at Dan's house just for that week[7].
  • He often used the "Kiunkaku" in Atami for film shoots[8].
  • Danshi Tatekawa of the Tatekawa Clan had the name Oniroku Tatekawa.

Selected Works

Flower and Snake

Summarized on the Flower and Snake page.

Autobiographies

Main Novels

Summarized on the Oniroku Dan's Main Novels page.

Photo Collections

  • Bondage Photos (Hagashoten, Oct. 1969) (Bondage by Shigeru Kayama)
  • Bondage Photos 2 (Hagashoten, 1969)
  • Bondage Photos 3 (Hagashoten, 1969)
  • Rose Mirror (Hagashoten, 1969)
  • Bondage Photos 4 (Hagashoten, 1970)
  • Bondage Photos - Extra Issue 1 (Tanbikan, 1970) (Photography: Eisaku Tozuka)
  • Bondage Photos - Extra Issue 2 (Tanbikan, 1970) (Photography: Eisaku Tozuka)
  • Bondage Photos - Extra Issue 3 (Tanbikan, 1970) (Photography: Eisaku Tozuka)
  • Bondage Photos - Extra Issue 4 (Tanbikan, 1970) (Photography: Eisaku Tozuka)
  • Hell Flower 1 (Edited by Oniroku Dan) (Tanbikan, 1970) (Photography: Genjirou Ogawa. Produced by Oni Pro. Models: Rumi Segawa, Fuyuko Kawamura, Yuki Seto, Youko Mita)
  • Hell Flower 2 (Edited by Oniroku Dan) (Tanbikan, 197?) (Photography: Shigeru Kayama. Produced by Oni Pro. Models: Nana Fujisawa, Eriko Shima, Satomi Oki, Keiko Fuchigami, Fusae Muranishi)
  • Hell Flower 3 (Edited by Oniroku Dan) (Tanbikan, 1971) (Photography: Eisaku Tozuka. Produced by Oni Pro)
  • Hell Flower 4 (Edited by Oniroku Dan) (Tanbikan, 1971) (Photography: Kyoutarou Kurohane. Produced by Oni Pro)
  • Hell Flower 5 (Edited by Oniroku Dan) (Tanbikan, 1971) (Photography: Eisaku Tozuka. Produced by Oni Pro)
  • Beloved 1 (Edited by Oniroku Dan) (Tanbikan, 1972) (Photography: Shizuma Shirahama. Produced by Oni Pro)
  • Oniroku Photo Memo SM Aesthetic Literature Extra Issue 1 (Tanbikan, 1972)
  • Deviant Pleasures (Wani Magazine, Sep. 1996) (Publisher: Shouhei Hirada. Art Direction: Kazuhisa Takeda. A collection featuring; Photography: Shinji Yamasaki. Rope Artist: Denki Akechi, Takeshi Nagaike. Illustrators: Akira Kasuga, Kaname Ozuma, Namio Harukawa. Models: Minako Ogawa, etc.)

Storytelling

Please see the Oniroku Discourses page.

Research Biographies

Kitan Club Filmscripts

Please see Oniroku Dan's Filmscripts page.

Theater

Flower and Snake theatrical productions are summarized on the Flower and Snake page.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dan, Oniroku. The Snake Road: an Autobiography. Tokyo: Gentosha, 1997. Print.
  2. ↑ Satou, Hitoshi. "Birth of the Author Oniroku Dan." Oniroku Dan - Literature of Love and Pleasure. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2000. Print.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dan Oniroku Official Site. Web. 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Osaki, Yoshio. "Demon of Forgiveness: The Life of Oniroku Dan." Shosetsu Shincho Sep. 2011. Print. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "shincho" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "shincho" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Shiozawa, Minobu. "Oniroku Dan's 20's - The Wandering Days." The Flowers are Crimson: The World of Oniroku Dan. Tokyo: Gentosha, 1999. Print.
  6. ↑ From "Shigeru Kayama's World" (Site has since gone inactive). Web.
  7. ↑ Mishimura, Kyotaro, and Oniroku Dan. "Declatation of Action for the Showa Hitoketa Generation." The Flowers are Crimson: The World of Oniroku Dan. Tokyo: Gentosha, 1999. pp42-52. Print.
  8. ↑ Horie, Tamaki. "The Aesthetic World of Oniroku Dan." Oniroku Dan: Literature of Love and Pleasure. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2000. Print.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ At the time he enrolled, Dan was already in Tokyo doing part-time lighting work at the Nichigeki Music Hall. He studied abroad for a year, and returned to Kansai to sit for an examination in order to have enough school units.
  3. ↑ Later acting as weekly popular editor-in-chief, he asked Dan to write "Cryptogamic Group."
  4. ↑ A story modeled on his father. A critique appeared by Ashihei Hino, Haruo Umezaki and Hiroshi Mamamoto.
  5. ↑ Contained in "Death in Naniwa," "Oyakodon," "Monster City," "Woman's Work" and "Wall of Destiny."
  6. ↑ Appeared as the "East-West Fine Arts Company" in "Snake Road."
  7. ↑ Taken from his younger sister's name, Miyoko Kuroiwa.
  8. ↑ Keibunsha paperback edition appeared in 1986.

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