List of Living National Treasures of Japan (performing arts)
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The List of Living National Treasures of Japan (performing arts) contains all the individuals and groups certified as Living National Treasures by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the government of Japan in the category of the performing arts (芸能, geinō).
The performing arts are divided into eight categories: Gagaku, Noh, Bunraku, Kabuki, Kumi Odori, Music, Dance, and Drama. The categories are subdivided into a number of subcategories, usually by role or instrument.
Those working in the performing arts are eligible for recognition either individually (Individual Certification) or as part of a group (General Certification).
List of current designated individuals (performing arts)
Noh
Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Akiyo Tomoeda (友枝昭世) | 1940 | Noh | Shite | 2008 |
Genshō Umewaka (梅若玄祥)[a] | 1948 | Noh | Shite | 2014 |
Shirō Nomura (野村四郎) | 1936 | Noh | Shite | 2016 |
Bunzō Ōtsuki (大槻文藏) | 1942 | Noh | Shite | 2016 |
Genjirō Ōkura (大倉源次郎) | 1957 | Noh | Kotsuzumi | 2017 |
Tadao Kamei (亀井忠雄) | 1941 | Noh | Ōtsuzumi | 2002 |
Takashi Kakihara (柿原崇志) | 1940 | Noh | Ōtsuzumi | 2018 |
Gentarō Mishima (三島元太郎) | 1936 | Noh | Taiko | 2014 |
Tarō Nomura (野村太良), alias Man Nomura (野村萬) | 1930 | Noh | Kyōgen | 1997 |
Jirō Nomura (野村二朗), alias Mansaku Nomura II (二世野村万作) | 1931 | Noh | Kyōgen | 2007 |
Tōjirō Yamamoto (山本東次郎)[b] | 1937 | Noh | Kyōgen | 2012 |
Shime Shigeyama II (二世茂山七五三)[c] | 1947 | Noh | Kyōgen | 2023 |
Bunraku
Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Sakitayū Toyotake (豊竹咲太夫)[d] | 1944 | Bunraku | Tayū | 2019 |
Seiji Tsuruzawa (鶴沢清治)[e] | 1945 | Bunraku | Shamisen | 2007 |
Minosuke Yoshida III (三世吉田簑助)[f] | 1933 | Bunraku | Puppeteer | 1994 |
Kazuo Yoshida (吉田和生) | 1947 | Bunraku | Puppeteer | 2007 |
Tamao Yoshida II (二代目吉田玉男)[g] | 1953 | Bunraku | Puppeteer | 2023 |
Kabuki
Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Kataoka Nizaemon XV (十五代目片岡仁左衛門)[h] | 1944 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 2015 |
Onoe Kikugorō VII (七代目尾上菊五郎)[i] | 1942 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 2003 |
Nakamura Tōzō VI (六代目中村東蔵)[j] | 1938 | Kabuki | Wakiyaku | 2016 |
Takemoto Aoidayū II (二代目竹本葵太夫)[k] | 1960 | Kabuki | Takemoto | 2019 |
Tobaya Richō VII (七代目鳥羽屋里長)[l] | 1936 | Kabuki | Nagauta | 2002 |
Bandō Tamasaburō V (五代目坂東玉三郎) | 1950 | Kabuki | Onnagata | 2012 |
Nakamura Baigyoku IV (四代目中村梅玉)[m] | 1946 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 2022 |
Nakamura Karoku V (五代目中村歌六)[n] | 1950 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 2023[1][2] |
Kumi Odori
Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Nōhō Miyagi (宮城能鳳)[o] | 1938 | Kumi Odori | Tachikata | 2006 |
Tokutarō Shiroma (城間徳太郎) | 1933 | Kumi Odori | Uta Sanshin | 2005 |
Kishun Nishie (西江喜春) | 1940 | Kumi Odori | Uta Sanshin | 2011 |
Satoshi Higa (比嘉聰) | 1952 | Kumi Odori | Taiko | 2017 |
Music
Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Kyokusui Okumura (奥村旭翠) | 1951 | Music | Biwa | 2016 |
Shōin Yamase III (三代目山勢松韻)[p] | 1932 | Music | Koto | 2001 |
Fumiko Yonekawa II (二代目米川文子)[q] | 1926 | Music | Koto | 2008 |
Kisaburō Kineya XV (十五代目杵屋喜三郎)[r] | 1923 | Music | Nagauta (Vocals) | 1997 |
Tetsuo Miyata (宮田哲男) | 1934 | Music | Nagauta (Vocals) | 1998 |
Masatarō Imafuji (今藤政太郎)[s] | 1935 | Music | Nagauta (Shamisen) | 2013 |
Katsukuni Kineya (杵屋勝国)[t] | 1945 | Music | Nagauta (Shamisen) | 2019 |
Meishō Tōsha II (二代目藤舎名生)[u] | 1941 | Music | Nagauta (Narimono) | 2019 |
Komanosuke Takemoto (竹本駒之助)[v] | 1935 | Music | Gidayūbushi (Vocals) | 1999 |
Shibun Uji VII (七代目宇治紫文)[w] | 1933 | Music | Icchūbushi (Vocals) | 1999 |
Bunchō Uji (宇治文蝶) | 1935 | Music | Icchūbushi (Shamisen) | 2001 |
Senko Yamabiko (山彦千子) | 1946 | Music | Katōbushi (Shamisen) | 2009 |
Senroku Miyazono II (二代目宮園千碌) | 1944 | Music | Miyazonobushi (Vocals) | 2007 |
Wakasanojō Tsuruga III (三代目鶴賀若狭掾) | 1938 | Music | Shinnaibushi (Vocals) | 2001 |
Nakasaburō Shinnai VI (六代目新内仲三郎) | 1940 | Music | Shinnaibushi (Shamisen) | 2001 |
Eiju Tokiwazu (常磐津英寿) | 1927 | Music | Tokiwazubushi (Shamisen) | 1992 |
Eijudayū Kiyomoto (清元清寿太夫) | 1935 | Music | Kiyomotobushi (Vocals) | 2003 |
Umekichi Kiyomoto IV (四代目清元梅吉) | 1932 | Music | Kiyomotobushi (Shamisen) | 2013 |
Chōichi Terukina (照喜名朝一) | 1932 | Music | Ryūkyū's classical music | 2000 |
Ichio Nakamura (中村一雄) | 1946 | Music | Ryūkyū's classical music | 2019 |
Seikin Tomiyama II (二代目富山清琴) | 1950 | Music | Jiuta | 2009 |
Dance
Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Senzō Nishikawa X (西川扇藏(10代)) | 1928 | Dance | Kabuki-mai | 1999 |
Yachiyo Inoue V (五世井上八千代) | 1956 | Dance | Kyō-mai | 2015 |
Drama
Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Shōri Kanda III (三代目神田松鯉) | 1942 | Drama | Kōdan | 2019 |
List of past designated individuals (performing arts)
Noh
Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Roppeita Kita XIV (14世喜多六平太) | 1874 | 1971 | Noh | Shite | 1955 |
Kenzō Kondo (近藤乾三) | 1890 | 1988 | Noh | Shite | 1966 |
Michio Sakurama (桜間道雄) | 1897 | 1983 | Noh | Shite | 1970 |
Tokuzō Gotō (後藤得三) | 1897 | 1991 | Noh | Shite | 1970 |
Yazaemon Teshima (豊嶋弥平) | 1899 | 1978 | Noh | Shite | 1977 |
Susumu Takahashi (高橋進) | 1902 | 1984 | Noh | Shite | 1978 |
Shigeo Matsumoto (松本惠雄) | 1915 | 2003 | Noh | Shite | 1990 |
Tetsunojō Kanze VIII (八世観世銕之丞) | 1931 | 2000 | Noh | Shite | 1995 |
Kikuo Awaya (粟谷菊生) | 1922 | 2006 | Noh | Shite | 1996 |
Hirotarō Katayama (片山博太郎), alias Yūsetsu Katayama (片山幽雪) | 1930 | 2015 | Noh | Shite | 2001 |
Izumi Mikawa (三川泉) | 1922 | 2016 | Noh | Shite | 2003 |
Shigeyoshi Mori (森茂好) | 1916 | 1991 | Noh | Waki | 1961 |
Kenzō Matsumoto (松本謙三) | 1899 | 1980 | Noh | Waki | 1966 |
Yaichi Hōshō (宝生弥一) | 1908 | 1985 | Noh | Waki | 1981 |
Kan Hōshō (寳生閑), alias Kan Hōshō (宝生閑) | 1934 | 2016 | Noh | Waki | 1994 |
Daigorō Fujita (藤田大五郎) | 1915 | 2008 | Noh | Fue | 1971 |
Hisayuki Issō (一噌仙幸) | 1940 | 2018[3] | Noh | Fue | 2009 |
Yoshimitsu Kō (幸祥光) | 1892 | 1977 | Noh | Kotsuzumi | 1955 |
Yoshi Kōnobu (幸宣佳) | 1896 | 1977 | Noh | Kotsuzumi | 1974 |
Hisashi Usawa (鵜沢寿) | 1908 | 1997 | Noh | Kotsuzumi | 1982 |
Hiroshi Sowa (曾和博朗) | 1925 | 2015 | Noh | Kotsuzumi | 1998 |
Osamu Kitamura (北村治) | 1936 | 2012 | Noh | Kotsuzumi | 2003 |
Kyūen Kawasaki (川崎九淵) | 1874 | 1961 | Noh | Ōtsuzumi | 1955 |
Toshio Kamei (亀井俊雄) | 1896 | 1969 | Noh | Ōtsuzumi | 1968 |
Haruo Yasufuku (安福春雄) | 1907 | 1983 | Noh | Ōtsuzumi | 1970 |
Noritake Seo (瀬尾乃武) | 1899 | 1997 | Noh | Ōtsuzumi | 1984 |
Tatsuo Yasufuku (安福建雄) | 1938 | 2017[4] | Noh | Ōtsuzumi | 1998 |
Toyoji Kakimoto (柿本豊次) | 1893 | 1989 | Noh | Taiko | 1968 |
Soemon Konbaru XXII (二十二世金春惣右衛門) | 1924 | 2014 | Noh | Taiko | 1993 |
Yagorō Zenchiku (善竹弥五郎) | 1883 | 1965 | Noh | Kyōgen | 1964 |
Manzō Nomura VI (六世野村万蔵) | 1898 | 1978 | Noh | Kyōgen | 1968 |
Sensaku Shigeyama III (三世茂山千作) | 1896 | 1986 | Noh | Kyōgen | 1976 |
Tokurō Miyake IX (九世三宅藤九郎) | 1901 | 1990 | Noh | Kyōgen | 1979 |
Shime Shigeyama (茂山七五三), alias Sensaku Shigeyama IV (四世茂山千作) | 1919 | 2013 | Noh | Kyōgen | 1989 |
Bunraku
Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Sumitayū Takemoto VI (六世竹本住大夫) | 1886 | 1959 | Bunraku | Tayū | 1955 |
Yamashironoshōjō Toyotake (豊竹山城少掾) | 1878 | 1967 | Bunraku | Tayū | 1955 |
Tsunatayū Takemoto VIII (八世竹本綱大夫) | 1904 | 1969 | Bunraku | Tayū | 1955 |
Wakatayū Toyotake X (十世豊竹若大夫) | 1888 | 1967 | Bunraku | Tayū | 1962 |
Koshijidayū Takemoto IV (四世竹本越路大夫) | 1913 | 2002 | Bunraku | Tayū | 1971 |
Tsudayū Takemoto IV (四世竹本津大夫) | 1916 | 1987 | Bunraku | Tayū | 1973 |
Sumitayū Takemoto VII (七世竹本住大夫) | 1924 | 2018[5] | Bunraku | Tayū | 1989 |
Tsunatayū Takemoto IX (九世竹本綱大夫) | 1932 | 2015 | Bunraku | Tayū | 2007 |
Shimatayū Toyotake VIII (八世豊竹嶋大夫) | 1932 | 2020[6] | Bunraku | Tayū | 2015 |
Seiroku Tsuruzawa IV (四世鶴沢清六) | 1889 | 1960 | Bunraku | Shamisen | 1955 |
Kanji Tsuruzawa VI (六世鶴沢寛治) | 1887 | 1974 | Bunraku | Shamisen | 1962 |
Kizaemon Nozawa (二世野沢喜左衛門) | 1891 | 1976 | Bunraku | Shamisen | 1962 |
Matsunosuke Nozawa (野沢松之輔) | 1902 | 1975 | Bunraku | Shamisen | 1972 |
Yashichi Takezawa X (十世竹沢弥七) | 1910 | 1976 | Bunraku | Shamisen | 1972 |
Enza Tsuruzawa V (五世鶴沢燕三) | 1914 | 2001 | Bunraku | Shamisen | 1985 |
Kinshi Nozawa (四世野沢錦糸) | 1917 | 1988 | Bunraku | Shamisen | 1988 |
Kanji Tsuruzawa VII (七世鶴沢寛治) | 1928 | 2018[7] | Bunraku | Shamisen | 1997 |
Monjūro Kiritake II (二世桐竹紋十郎) | 1900 | 1970 | Bunraku | Puppeteer | 1965 |
Tamao Yoshida (吉田玉男) | 1919 | 2006 | Bunraku | Puppeteer | 1977 |
Kanjūro Kiritake II (二世桐竹勘十郎) | 1920 | 1986 | Bunraku | Puppeteer | 1982 |
Bunjaku Yoshida (吉田文雀) | 1928 | 2016[8] | Bunraku | Puppeteer | 1994 |
Kabuki
Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Ichikawa Sadanji III (三代目市川左団次) | 1898 | 1969 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1964 |
Ichikawa Jūkai III (三代目市川寿海) | 1886 | 1971 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1960 |
Bandō Mitsugorō VIII (八代目坂東三津五郎) | 1906 | 1975 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1973 |
Matsumoto Hakuō I (初代松本白鸚) | 1910 | 1982 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1975 |
Nakamura Ganjirō II (二代目中村鴈治郎) | 1902 | 1983 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1967 |
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII (十七代目中村勘三郎) | 1909 | 1988 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1975 |
Onoe Shōroku II (二代目尾上松緑) | 1913 | 1989 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1972 |
Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (十三代目片岡仁左衛門) | 1903 | 1994 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1972 |
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (十七代目市村羽左衛門) | 1916 | 2001 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1990 |
Nakamura Tomijūrō V (五代目中村富十郎) | 1929 | 2011 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1994 |
Onoe Baikō VII (七代目尾上梅幸) | 1915 | 1995 | Kabuki | Onnagata | 1968 |
Nakamura Utaemon VI (六代目中村歌右衛門) | 1917 | 2001 | Kabuki | Onnagata | 1968 |
Nakamura Jakuemon IV (四代目中村雀右衛門) | 1920 | 2012 | Kabuki | Onnagata | 1991 |
Onoe Taganojō III (三代目尾上多賀之丞) | 1887 | 1978 | Kabuki | Fukeonnayaku | 1968 |
Ichikawa Dannosuke VI (六代目市川団之助) | 1876 | 1963 | Kabuki | Wakiyaku | 1960 |
Nakamura Matagorō II (二代目中村又五郎) | 1914 | 2009 | Kabuki | Wakiyaku | 1997 |
Takemoto Hinadayū V (五代目竹本雛太夫) | 1898 | 1980 | Kabuki | Takemoto | 1978 |
Kineya Eizaemon (杵屋栄左衛門) | 1894 | 1982 | Kabuki | Nagauta | 1978 |
Yoshimura Gorōji II (二代目芳村五郎治) | 1901 | 1993 | Kabuki | Nagauta | 1981 |
Matsushima Jusaburō V (五代目松島寿三郎) | 1920 | 2007 | Kabuki | Nagauta | 1998 |
Tanaka Denzaemon XI (十一代目田中伝左衛門) | 1907 | 1997 | Kabuki | Hayashi | 1978 |
Mochizuki Bokusei IV (四代目望月朴清) | 1934 | 2007 | Kabuki | Hayashi | 1998 |
Nakamura Shikan VII (七代目中村芝翫) | 1928 | 2011[9] | Kabuki | Onnagata | 1996 |
Sakata Tōjūrō IV (四代目坂田藤十郎) | 1931 | 2020 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 1994 |
Kataoka Hidetarō II (二代目片岡秀太郎) | 1941 | 2021 | Kabuki | Wakiyaku | 2019 |
Nakamura Kichiemon II (二代目中村吉右衛門) | 1944 | 2021 | Kabuki | Tachiyaku | 2011 |
Kineya Mitarō VII (七代目杵屋巳太郎), known as Kineya Jōgu (杵屋淨貢) after 2012 | 1937 | 2022 | Kabuki | Nagauta | 2007 |
Sawamura Tanosuke VI (六代目沢村田之助) | 1932 | 2022 | Kabuki | Wakiyaku | 2002 |
Kumi Odori
Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mitsufumi Shimabukuro (島袋光史) | 1920 | 2006 | Kumi Odori | Taiko | 2003 |
Music
Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Kyokusui Yamazaki (山崎旭萃) | 1906 | 2006 | Music | Biwa | 1995 |
Judō Nōtomi (納富寿童) | 1895 | 1976 | Music | Shakuhachi | 1967 |
Hanzan Shimabara (島原帆山) | 1901 | 2001 | Music | Shakuhachi | 1977 |
Gorō Yamaguchi (山口五郎) | 1933 | 1999 | Music | Shakuhachi | 1992 |
Reiou Aoki (青木鈴慕) | 1935 | 2018[10] | Music | Shakuhachi | 1999 |
Hōzan Yamamoto II (二代目山本邦山) | 1937 | 2014[11] | Music | Shakuhachi | 2002 |
Eishō Koshino (越野栄松) | 1887 | 1965 | Music | Koto | 1956 |
Kinichi Nakanoshima (中能島欣一) | 1904 | 1984 | Music | Koto | 1966 |
Kiyoko Miyagi (宮城喜代子) | 1905 | 1991 | Music | Koto | 1983 |
Fumiko Yonekawa (米川文子) | 1894 | 1995 | Music | Koto | 1966 |
Masaki Uehara (上原真佐喜) | 1903 | 1996 | Music | Koto | 1970 |
Toshiko Yonekawa (米川敏子) | 1913 | 2005 | Music | Koto | 1996 |
Hiroyuki Nakada (中田博之) | 1912 | 2000 | Music | Koto | 1990 |
Shūnshō Tomizaki (富崎春昇) | 1880 | 1958 | Music | Jiuta | 1955 |
Seikin Tomiyama (富山清翁) | 1913 | 2008 | Music | Jiuta | 1969 |
Hatsuko Kikuhara (菊原初子) | 1899 | 2001 | Music | Jiuta | 1979 |
Kunie Fujii (藤井久仁江) | 1930 | 2006 | Music | Jiuta | 2002 |
Jikyō Yoshizumi (吉住慈恭) | 1876 | 1972 | Music | Nagauta (Vocals) | 1956 |
Ijyūrō Yoshimura VII (七代目芳村伊十郎) | 1901 | 1973 | Music | Nagauta (Vocals) | 1956 |
Rokuzaemon Kineya XIV (十四代目杵屋六左衛門) | 1900 | 1981 | Music | Nagauta (Vocals) | 1974 |
Kosahara Hiyoshi (日吉小三八) | 1907 | 1995 | Music | Nagauta (Vocals) | 1974 |
Satoyo Kineya (杵屋佐登代) | 1911 | 1997 | Music | Nagauta (Vocals) | 1987 |
Shōtarō Yamada (山田抄太郎) | 1899 | 1970 | Music | Nagauta (Shamisen) | 1955 |
Eiji Kineya (杵屋栄二) | 1894 | 1979 | Music | Nagauta (Shamisen) | 1964 |
ChōJūrō Imabushi III (三代目今藤長十郎) | 1915 | 1984 | Music | Nagauta (Shamisen) | 1984 |
Ayako Imabushi (今藤綾子) | 1906 | 2003 | Music | Nagauta (Shamisen) | 1987 |
Gozaburō Kineya III (三代目杵屋五三郎) | 1918 | 2013 | Music | Nagauta (Shamisen) | 1989 |
Sanzaemon Takara IV (四代目宝山左衛門) | 1922 | 2010 | Music | Nagauta (Narimono) | 1993 |
Kisaku Katada III (三代目堅田喜三久) | 1935 | 2020[12] | Music | Nagauta (Narimono) | 1999 |
Tosahiro Takemoto (竹本土佐広) | 1897 | 1992 | Music | Gidayūbushi (Vocals) | 1982 |
Tomoji Tsuruzawa (鶴沢友路) | 1913 | 2016[13] | Music | Gidayūbushi (Shamisen) | 1998 |
Ichihiro Miyako (二代目都一広) | 1879 | 1970 | Music | Icchūbushi (Vocals) | 1956 |
Iki Miyako (都一いき) | 1926 | 1997 | Music | Icchūbushi (Vocals) | 1996 |
Icchū Miyakodayū XI (十一代目都太夫一中) | 1906 | 1991 | Music | Icchūbushi (Shamisen) | 1984 |
Setsuko Yamabiko (山彦節子) | 1920 | 2018[14] | Music | Katōbushi (Vocals) | 1994 |
Senshi Miyazono IV (四代目宮薗千之) | 1891 | 1977 | Music | Miyazonobushi (Vocals) | 1960 |
Senju Miyazono IV (四代目宮薗千寿) | 1899 | 1985 | Music | Miyazonobushi (Shamisen) | 1972 |
Sennami Miyazono (宮薗千波) | 1919 | 2002 | Music | Miyazonobushi (Shamisen) | 1998 |
Ichihadayū Tokiwazu (常磐津一巴太夫) | 1930 | 2014[15] | Music | Tokiwazubushi (Vocals) | 1995 |
Mojiō Tokiwazu (常磐津文字翁) | 1888 | 1960 | Music | Tokiwazubushi (Shamisen) | 1955 |
Kikusaburō Tokiwazu (常磐津菊三郎) | 1897 | 1976 | Music | Tokiwazubushi (Shamisen) | 1966 |
Shizutayū Kiyomoto (清元志寿太夫) | 1898 | 1999 | Music | Kiyomotobushi (Vocals) | 1956 |
Eijurō Kiyomoto (清元栄寿郎) | 1904 | 1963 | Music | Kiyomotobushi (Shamisen) | 1955 |
Juhee Kiyomoto II (二代目清元寿兵衛) | 1889 | 1966 | Music | Kiyomotobushi (Shamisen) | 1956 |
Eisaburō Kiyomoto (清元栄三郎) | 1927 | 2002 | Music | Kiyomotobushi (Shamisen) | 1996 |
Eizō Kiyomoto (清元栄三) | 1936 | 2016[16] | Music | Kiyomotobushi (Shamisen) | 2003 |
Masao Shimabukuro (島袋正雄) | 1922 | 2018[17] | Music | Ryūkyū's classical music | 2000 |
Dance
Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Mitsugorō Bandō VII (坂東三津五郎(7代)) | 1882 | 1961 | Dance | Kabuki-mai | 1955 |
Shusuke Hanayagi II (花柳寿輔(2代)) | 1893 | 1970 | Dance | Kabuki-mai | 1960 |
Kanso Fujima II (藤間勘祖(2代)) | 1900 | 1990 | Dance | Kabuki-mai | 1960 |
Fujiko Fujima (藤間藤子) | 1907 | 1998 | Dance | Kabuki-mai | 1985 |
Juraku Hanayagi II (花柳壽楽(2代)) | 1918 | 2007 | Dance | Kabuki-mai | 2002 |
Toshinami Hanayagi (花柳寿南海) | 1924 | 2018[18] | Dance | Kabuki-mai | 2004 |
Taka Yamamura (山村たか) | 1896 | 1981 | Dance | Kamigata-mai | 1978 |
Yūki Yoshimura (吉村雄輝) | 1923 | 1998 | Dance | Kamigata-mai | 1986 |
Yachiyo Inoue (井上八千代(4代)) | 1905 | 2004 | Dance | Kyo-mai | 1955 |
Drama
Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kosan Yanagiya V (柳家小さん(5代)) | 1915 | 2002 | Drama | Classical Rakugo | 1995 |
Beichō Katsura III (桂米朝(3代)) | 1925 | 2015[19] | Drama | Classical Rakugo | 1996 |
Kosanji Yanagiya X (十世柳家小三治) | 1939 | 2021[20] | Drama | Classical Rakugo | 2014 |
Teisui Ichiryūsai VI (一龍斎貞水(6代)) | 1939 | 2020[21] | Drama | Kōdan | 2002 |
Rokurō Kitamura (喜多村緑郎) | 1871 | 1961 | Drama | Shinpa Onnagata | 1955 |
Shōtarō Hanayagi (花柳章太郎) | 1894 | 1965 | Drama | Shinpa Onnagata | 1960 |
List of designated groups (performing arts)
Group Name | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
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Imperial Household Agency Court Musicians (宮内庁式部職楽部, Kunaichō Shikibushoku Gakubu) | Gagaku | 1955 | |
Japan Noh Association (日本能楽会, Nihon Nōgaku-kai) | Noh | 1957 | |
Bunrakuza (人形浄瑠璃文楽座, Ningyō Jōruri Bunrakuza) | Bunraku | 1955 | |
Traditional Kabuki Preservation Society (伝統歌舞伎保存会, Dentō Kabuki Hozonkai) | Kabuki | 1965 | |
Traditional Kumi Odori Preservation Society (伝統組踊保存会, Dentō Kumi Odori Hozonkai) | Dance | Kumi Odori | 1972 |
Ryūkyū-buyō Preservation Society (琉球舞踊保存会, Ryūkyūbuyō Hozonkai) | Dance | Ryūkyū-buyō | 2009 |
Gidayūbushi Preservation Society (義太夫節保存会, Gidayūbushi Hozonkai) | Music | Gidayūbushi | 1980 |
Tokiwazubushi Preservation Society (常磐津節保存会, Tokiwazubushi Hozonkai) | Music | Tokiwazubushi | 1981 |
Icchūbushi Preservation Society (一中節保存会, Icchūbushi Hozonkai) | Music | Icchūbushi | 1993 |
Katōbushi Preservation Society (河東節保存会, Katōbushi Hozonkai) | Music | Katōbushi | 1993 |
Miyazonobushi Preservation Society (宮薗節保存会, Miyazonobushi Hozonkai) | Music | Miyazonobushi | 1993 |
Ogiebushi Preservation Society (荻江節保存会, Ogiebushi Hozonkai) | Music | Ogiebushi | 1993 |
Notes
- ^ Real Name: Yoshimasa Umewaka (Japanese: 梅若善政, Hepburn: Umewaka Yoshimasa).
- ^ Real Name: Norihisa Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本則寿, Hepburn: Yamamoto Norihisa).
- ^ Real Name: Shingo Shigeyama (Japanese: 茂山眞吾, Hepburn: Shigeyama Shingo).
- ^ Real Name: Yōzō Ikuta (Japanese: 生田陽三, Hepburn: Ikuta Yōzō).
- ^ Real Name: Hiroshi Nakanojima (Japanese: 中能島浩, Hepburn: Nakanojima Hiroshi).
- ^ Real Name: Katsuyoshi Hirao (Japanese: 平尾勝義, Hepburn: Hirao Katsuyoshi).
- ^ Real Name: Tamame Yoshida (Japanese: 吉田玉女, Hepburn: Yoshida Tamame).
- ^ Real Name: Takao Kataoka (Japanese: 片岡孝夫, Hepburn: Kataoka Takao).
- ^ Real Name: Hideyuki Terajima (Japanese: 寺島秀幸, Hepburn: Terajima Hideyuki).
- ^ Real Name: Hitoshi Kono (Japanese: 河野均, Hepburn: Kono Hitoshi).
- ^ Real Name: Shingo Yanase (Japanese: 柳瀬信吾, Hepburn: Yanase Shingo).
- ^ Real Name: Hisao Kawahara (Japanese: 川原寿夫, Hepburn: Kawahara Hisao).
- ^ Real Name: Toshiyuki Kawamura (Japanese: 河村順之, Hepburn: Kawamura Toshiyuki).
- ^ Real Name: Shin'ichi Ogawa (Japanese: 小川進一, Hepburn: Ogawa Shin'ichi).
- ^ Real Name: Masakichi Tokumura (Japanese: 徳村正吉, Hepburn: Tokumura Masakichi).
- ^ Real Name: Shitsuko Kihara (Japanese: 木原司都子, Hepburn: Kihara Shitsuko).
- ^ Real Name: Misao Yonekawa (Japanese: 米川操, Hepburn: Yonekawa Misao).
- ^ Real Name: Yasuhiro Kineya (Japanese: 杵家安廣, Hepburn: Kineya Yasuhiro).
- ^ Real Name: Shoichi Nakagawa (Japanese: 中川昇一, Hepburn: Nakagawa Shōichi).
- ^ Real Name: Terukuni Mutaguchi (Japanese: 牟田口照國, Hepburn: Mutaguchi Terukuni).
- ^ Real Name: Isao Nakagawa (Japanese: 中川勲, Hepburn: Nakagawa Isao).
- ^ Real Name: Etsuko Ueda (Japanese: 上田悦子, Hepburn: Ueda Etsuko).
- ^ Real Name: Fuji Umezu (Japanese: 梅津ふじ, Hepburn: Umedzu Fuji).
See also
- Living National Treasures of Japan
- List of Living National Treasures of Japan (crafts)
- List of National Treasures of Japan
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