Tatsuhiro Oshiro
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Tatsuhiro Oshiro is an Okinawan novelist and playwright. He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize
in 1967 for his novel The Cocktail Party (Kakutera Pati, 1967). Oshiro has also been an innovator of the traditional Ryukyua kumiodori
. Two of his plays are Umino Tenzakai ("Celestial-sea Horizon") and Hingire, Niibichi ("Escape, Marriage").
Akutagawa Prize
The is a Japanese literary award presented semi-annually. It was established in 1935 by Kan Kikuchi, then-editor of Bungeishunjū magazine, in memory of author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa...
in 1967 for his novel The Cocktail Party (Kakutera Pati, 1967). Oshiro has also been an innovator of the traditional Ryukyua kumiodori
Kumi Odori
, meaning "combination dance" or "ensemble dance" in both the Okinawan and Japanese languages, is a form of narrative traditional Ryukyuan dance.Originating in the Okinawan capital of Shuri, Okinawa in 1719, the original purpose of this dance was to provide amusement and diversions, which were...
. Two of his plays are Umino Tenzakai ("Celestial-sea Horizon") and Hingire, Niibichi ("Escape, Marriage").