Michio Sakurama

Noh actor. Shite actor of the Konparu school. Second son of Sakurama Rintaro. Born in Kumamoto City. Moved to Tokyo at the age of 16 to study under his uncle Sakurama Banma and cousin Sakurama Kintaro (later known as Yumikawa). After the deaths of masters Honda Hideo and Sakurama Yumikawa, both born in the same year and from Kumamoto, he became important in the Noh world with his rock-solid technique and unique Noh style. He revived the old woman's Noh play "Higaki" in his own style, performed it three times, and danced "Dojoji" at the age of 84, achieving unprecedented feats. In 1970, he was designated a holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property. He is good at oil painting, and has also appeared in plays such as "Aya no Tsuzumi" (written by Yukio Mishima) and "Egazata Nyobo" (written by Shizuichi Yashiro), directed by Tetsuji Takechi. He has written a book titled "Noh - The Art of Rejection."

[Masuda Shozo]

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能役者。金春(こんぱる)流シテ方。桜間林太郎の次男。熊本市生まれ。16歳で上京、伯父の桜間伴馬(ばんま)、従兄弟(いとこ)の桜間金太郎（後の弓川(きゅうせん)）に師事する。同年生まれで、同じ熊本出身の名手本田秀男、桜間弓川亡きあと、磐石(ばんじゃく)の技術と独特の能の主張で能界に重きをなした。老女能『檜垣(ひがき)』を流儀に復興、三度演じ、84歳で『道成寺』を舞うなど、前人未到の業績を残した。1970年（昭和45）に重要無形文化財保持者に認定される。油絵をよくし、また武智(たけち)鉄二演出の『綾(あや)の鼓』（三島由紀夫作）、『絵姿女房』（矢代(やしろ)静一作）などにも出演している。著書に『能――捨心の芸術』がある。

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