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Matsunosuke Onoe

Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (died 1926)

Born
September 12, 1875
Died
September 11, 1926
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1875

About Matsunosuke Onoe

Matsunosuke Onoe, sometimes known as Medama no Matchan, was a Japanese actor. His birth name is Tsuruzo Nakamura. He is sometimes credited as Yukio Koki, Tamijaku Onoe, or Tsunusaburo Onoe, and as a kabuki artist he went by the name Tsurusaburo Onoe. He gained great popularity, appearing in over 1,000 films, and has been called the first superstar of Japanese cinema. In addition to films based on kabuki, he and Makino pioneered the jidai-geki (historical film) genre.

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The world when Matsunosuke Onoe was born

Matsunosuke Onoe was born in 1875. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Kentucky Derby — won by Aristides
  • Top headlineCivil Rights Act of 1875 passed
  • Technology milestoneFirst Kentucky Derby horse race
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population42.6M

1875 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Matsunosuke Onoe's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18752026
Population42.6M341 million

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