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{{nihongo|'''Isshin Tasuke'''|一心太助||{{IPA|ja|iɕ.ɕiꜜn ({{pipe}}) ta.sɯ̥.ke, iꜜɕ.ɕin-}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:新明解日本語アクセント辞典|edition=2nd|editor-last=Kindaichi|editor-first=Haruhiko|editor-link=Haruhiko Kindaichi|editor-last2=Akinaga|editor-first2=Kazue|publisher=[[Sanseidō]]|date=10 March 2025|lang=ja}}</ref>}} is a fictional [[Japanese people|Japanese person]]. He has appeared in novels and plays, [[kōdan]], television and film ''[[jidaigeki]]'' and other media. The earliest known appearance was in the work ''Ōkubo Musashi Abumi.''

Brimming with the [[Japanese values]] of ''[[Giri (Japanese)|giri]]'' and ''[[ninjō]],'' the fishmonger Tasuke is the epitome of the ''[[Edokko]],'' the son of [[Edo]]. A stock character in works set during the time of the third [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Iemitsu]] (who ruled from 1623 to 1651), he collaborates with the veteran samurai [[Ōkubo Tadataka|Ōkubo Hikozaemon]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dening |first=Walter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Jw9VlVsiTsC |title=Japan in Days of Yore |date=1906 |publisher=Methodist Publishing House |pages=408–415 |language=en}}</ref>

Tasuke is so beloved that although fictional, he has a grave at a temple in [[Minato, Tokyo]].

==Appearances==
Isshin Tasuke has appeared in many works of fiction.
===Kabuki===
In [[kabuki]], Tasuke is a character in ''Medashi Yanagi Midori no Matsumae'' {{Nihongo|2=芽出柳翠緑松前}}.

===Film===
The dozen works with Tasuke's name in the title include the 1930 [[Chiezō Kataoka]] portrayal in the [[Nikkatsu]] film ''Isshin Tasuke,'' directed by [[Hiroshi Inagaki]]. [[Akira Kurosawa]] wrote the screenplay for the 1945 ''[[Appare Isshin Tasuke]]'' starring [[Kenichi Enomoto]] (directed by [[Kiyoshi Saeki]] for [[Toho]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Richie |first=Donald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQvRZwfnrKkC |title=The Films of Akira Kurosawa |date=1965 |publisher=University of California Press |pages=211 |language=en}}</ref> Kabuki actor [[Kinnosuke Nakamura|Kinnosuke Nakamura (Yorozuya)]] starred in five of a series of six movies for [[Toei Company|Toei]] ([[Katsuo Nakamura]] portrayed the hero in the other).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Desser |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DX5sEAAAQBAJ |title=A Companion to Japanese Cinema |date=2022-04-22 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-95534-5 |pages=146 |language=en}}</ref>

==Television==
Three series and two specials have featured Tasuke in their titles. These aired on [[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] (1969, 52 episodes starring [[Tarō Yamada (actor)|Tarō Yamada]]), [[Fuji Television|Fuji]] (1971, 25 episodes, starring [[Ryōtarō Sugi]]), [[TV Asahi|Asahi (ANB)]] (1989, a New Year special starring [[Tōru Nakamura (actor)|Tōru Nakamura]]), [[Nippon Television]] (1990, a special with [[Morio Kazama]]), and [[NHK]] (1999, 24 episodes on Friday evening prime time) with [[Naoto Ogata]] as Tasuke.

==Song==
Isshin Tasuke is in the titles of three ''[[enka]]''. [[Ichirō Toba]] sang ''Bungo no Isshin Tasuke''. [[Mitsuko Nakamura]] recorded ''Mitsuko no Isshin Tasuke''. Tarō Yamada (who starred in the television series) released ''Otoko! Isshin Tasuke.''

==References==
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==External links==
IMDB lists several works:
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273432/ Appare Isshin Tasuke] 1945
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201974/ Isshin Tasuke - Tenka no ichidaiji] 1958
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200744/ Iyemitsu to Hikoza to isshin yasuke (sic)] 1961
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323889/ Sarariman Isshin Tasuke] 1962
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183775/ Shogun Iemitsu, Hikosa and Tasuke Issin] (television) 1989

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[[Category:Kabuki characters]]
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