Umewaka Minoru I (初世 梅若 実, Shosei Umewaka Minoru, July 7, 1828 – January 19, 1909), also Umewaka Rokurō LII (五十二世梅若六郎), was a Noh actor of late Edo and early Meiji period Japan. A prolific teacher of Noh in the Meiji period, he taught a variety of people including the painter Kōgyo, the writer Ezra Pound, and the scholar and art collector Ernest Fenollosa. His diary, published under the title Umewaka Minoru Nikki, spans much of his life, and records in great detail his activities and the world of Noh in the Meiji period.
Umewaka Minoru I 梅若実(初世) | |
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| Born | July 7, 1828 Edo, Japan |
| Died | January 19, 1909 (aged 80–81) Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names | Umewaka Rokurō LII |
| Parent(s) | Kujirai Heizaemon (father) Umewaka Rokurō LI (adoptive father) |
| Relatives | Umewaka Manzaburō I (eldest son) Umewaka Rokurō LIV (youngest son) Umewaka Rokurō LV (grandson) Umewaka Rokurō LVI (great-grandson) Fujima Kanjurō VIII (great-great-grandson) |
References
edit- Umewaka Minoru (2003). Umewaka Minoru Nikki. Tokyo: Yagi Shoten.
- Toyotaka Komiya (1956). Japanese music and drama in the Meiji era. Tokyo: Ōbunsha.
- Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound (1916). "Noh", or, Accomplishment: a study of the classical stage of Japan. London: Macmillan.
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