Murasaki Fujima
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Murasaki Fujima | |
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 Murasaki Fujima in Thus Another Day | |
| Born | 24 May 1923 |
| Died | 27 March 2009 (aged 85) |
| Other names | Ayako Kinoshi 喜熨斗綾子 (real name) |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, Actress, Choreographer, Instructor |
Murasaki Fujima (藤間紫, Fujima Murasaki, 24 May 1923 – 27 March 2009) was a Japanese actress and dancer who appeared in more than 75 films.[1]
A child prodigy and daughter of the president of Nippon Medical School, Fujima ultimately became a Grand Master of the Fujima style, one of the five major schools of traditional Japanese dance. Following her 1985 divorce from Kanjuro Fujima, the 7th successor in the Fujima style’s lineage[2] (whom she had met at age 12 and married in 1944), she started her own Murasaki sect in 1987.
Fujima and longtime partner (and eventual husband) Ennosuke Ichikawa, a star of Kabuki theater, became a prominent couple in Japan’s arts community.[3] In the 1990s Fujima portrayed China’s Empress Dowager Cixi to acclaim in a grand stage production.[4]
