"90th Anniversary of Hisashi Inoue's Birth" Exhibition

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　Inoue Hisashi (1934-2010), who was active in a wide range of fields as a novelist and playwright, was such a slow writer that he called himself the "slow writer." However, his works were highly polished, and were filled with the richness and fun of the Japanese language, including laughter, wordplay, parody, and plot twists, so much so that he was called a magician of words. His work "Hyokkori Hyoutanjima," which he wrote as a television writer, became a nationally popular program, and in 1972 he won the 67th Naoki Prize for "Tesari Shinju," and in 1981 he won the 2nd Japan SF Grand Prize and the 33rd Yomiuri Literature Prize for "Kirikirijin." In 1984 he launched the Komatsuza theater company, and continued to release popular works that will remain in the history of theater, such as "Headache, Stiff Shoulders, Higuchi Ichiyou" and "If I Live with My Father." This exhibition, commemorating the 90th anniversary of his birth, will use precious handwritten manuscripts, creative materials, and stage footage (*) to introduce Inoue Hisashi's start as a TV writer, his novels, and his playwriting, which he said "has enormous power in theater," and delve into his literary world. (*) A digest video (approx. 6 minutes) of six stage plays will be screened in the special exhibition room. Video provided by Komatsuza