Shimotsuma Shoushin

Japanese: 下間少進 - しもつましょうしん

[Born] Tenbun 20 (1551)
[Died] May 15, 1616 (Genna 2).
A priest at Hongan-ji Temple and a Noh actor. His real name was Nakataka Shimoma. The Shimoma family were hereditary vassals of the Hongan-ji Temple, and Shoshin was highly trusted by Oda Nobunaga, and was promoted to the rank of Hoin in 1582. Until then, he had learned the Kanze school of art from his father-in-law, Shimoma Tango Mitsuyori, but from this time on he began studying under Konparu Dayu Gyuren, who taught him the important techniques of the Konparu school one after another, and performed nearly 1,200 Noh plays in his lifetime, demonstrating his achievements far surpassing those of his masters. He was also favored by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Hidetsugu, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and many feudal lords were among his disciples. His books include the trilogy Domai Sho, Butai no Zu, and Soden Sho (1596), which are excellent sources for learning about the actual state of Noh performances and the history of its productions in the late Middle Ages.

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Japanese:

[生]天文20(1551)
[没]元和2(1616).5.15.
本願寺坊官，能役者。本名下間仲孝 (なかたか) 。下間家は本願寺譜代の家臣で，少進は織田信長の信頼あつく，天正 10 (1582) 年法印に昇進。それまで岳父下間丹後光頼から観世系の芸を習っていたが，この頃から金春太夫岌蓮 (ぎゅうれん) に師事，金春流の大事を次々と伝授され，生涯に 1200番近い能を演じるなど，くろうとをしのぐ活躍ぶりを示した。また豊臣秀吉・秀次，徳川家康らの寵遇を得，門下には諸大名が名を連ねた。著書に3部作『童舞抄』『舞台之図』『叢伝抄』 (慶長1〈1596〉) などがあり，中世末期の演能の実情と演出史を知る好資料となっている。

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