Matsunosuke Onoe

Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (died 1926)

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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

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Measure	1875	2026
Population	42.6M	341 million

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