{"id":126465,"date":"2019-10-07T11:12:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T02:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=126465&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2019-10-07T11:12:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T02:12:03","slug":"otojiro-kawakami-memorial-4","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/otojiro-kawakami-memorial-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Otojiro Kawakami Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hakata-born Otojiro Kawakami was known for penning the popular, Meiji-era satirical song \u201cOppekepe-bushi\u201d. Having toured the world twice with his own group as the first Japanese theater troupe to perform in the West, Kawakami was also the first person to likewise introduce Western plays like Shakespeare to the Japanese audience. A Buddhist memorial service in his honor is held every year on his death anniversary, Nov. 11, at the Jotenji Temple.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Otojiro Kawakami <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/a-local-legend\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Otojiro-Kawakami-Memorial1-copy.jpg?resize=900%2C572&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"572\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Otojiro-Kawakami-Memorial1-copy.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Otojiro-Kawakami-Memorial1-copy.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Otojiro-Kawakami-Memorial1-copy.jpg?resize=768%2C488&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 11\/11 (Mon.)<br \/>\n\u2022 11:00~ (approx. one hour)<br \/>\n\u2022 Free viewing<br \/>\n\u2022 Jotenji Temple<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/16u3uw6s832WjhGC9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">1-29-9 Hakata-ekimae, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"tel:092-281-7761\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">092-281-7761<\/a> (Hakata Machiya Folk Museum)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hakata-born Otojiro Kawakami was known for penning the popular, Meiji-era satirical song \u201cOppekepe-bushi\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":104589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-126465","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-hakata","event-type-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/126465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}