Umewaka School

...On the other hand, the Umewaka school lost its power due to internal conflicts and other reasons. Tetsunojo returned to the Kanze school in 1929, and Manzaburo in 1933. In 1954, the second head priest Minoru and others also gave in and returned to the school, bringing an end to the 33-year history of the Umewaka school. Even today, the school is called the "Umewaka school" and publishes its own utai books. The 25th head priest, Kanze Motomasa (1930-90), was the grandson of the 22nd head priest, Kiyotaka's second son, Jiro, and was adopted by the 24th head priest, Sakon, at a young age, and succeeded him as the 25th head priest. ...

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…他方，梅若流は内紛などのため力を失い，1929年に銕之丞が，33年に万三郎が観世流に復帰し，54年には2世実らも屈服して帰流し，梅若流33年の歴史を閉じた。現在も〈梅若派〉と呼ばれ，独自の謡本も発行している。25世観世元正(1930‐90)は，22世清孝の次男次郎の孫で，幼時，24世左近の養嗣子となり25世を継いだ。…

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