Umewaka Minoru I

In this Japanese name, the surname is Umewaka.

Umewaka Minoru I 梅若実(初世)
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)

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.

References

• 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.