Desdemona
Desdemona
Emilia
Othello: before hikinuki
Othello: after hikinuki
Iago
Cassio
Shozo Sato is an internationally renowned Japanese master of Zen arts and visionary theatre director, most known for adapting western classic to Japanese Kabuki theatre. He has received the Order of the Sacred Treasure Medal with the Rosette from the Emperor of Japan.
Shozo Sato is professor emeritus of the Art and Design Faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His last academic production was Othello's Passion (2006) at Illinois State University. He is also a visiting professor at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
A Shozo Sato sketch from which kimonos were designed for .
Sato was officially adopted into the Kabuki family of Nakamura, and is a master of the highest order of Japanese Tea Ceremony, Ikebana (flower arrangement) and Sumi-e (black ink painting). He has published extensively on these subjects.
In this YouTube video, you can see his Sumi-e skills in action.
In this YouTube video, you can see his Sumi-e skills in action.
