Kanesuke Noguchi

Noh actor. Shite actor of the Hosho school. Real name Masakichi. Born in Nagoya. He studied under his grandfather Noguchi Shobei and the 16th Hosho Kuro, one of the three great masters of the Meiji period, and was praised as a peer of Matsumoto Nagashi. He was also known as the spirited Kita Roppeita and the rank Noguchi Kanesuke, and although he had a difficult voice, his wonderful sense of rhythm and outstanding presence in Noh greatly influenced many successors, including Kanze Hisao of another school. He was a supreme master who mastered the mysterious art of Zeami. He became a member of the Japan Art Academy in 1950. He suddenly passed away on stage in Fukuoka during a performance of "Sumida-gawa". His books include "Kuromon-cho Gei-wa" (1943) and "Kanesuke Gei-wa" (1953).

[Masuda Shozo]

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能役者。宝生(ほうしょう)流シテ方。本名政吉(まさきち)。名古屋に生まれる。祖父野口庄兵衛(しょうべえ)と、明治の三名人の1人16世宝生九郎に師事し、松本長(ながし)と双璧(そうへき)とうたわれた。気合の喜多六平太(きたろっぺいた)、位の野口兼資ともいわれ、難声であったが、そのリズム感のみごとさ、能における存在感の卓越は、他流の観世寿夫(かんぜひさお)に至る多くの後継者に大きな影響を与えた。世阿弥(ぜあみ)の主張した幽玄の芸位を極めた至高の名人。1950年（昭和25）芸術院会員。『隅田川』の演能中、福岡の舞台で急逝。著書に『黒門町芸話』（1943）、『兼資芸話』（1953）がある。

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