Sakurama Banma
Sakurama Banma ( Sakurama Sajin ; * 1835 in Kumamoto ; † 1917 ) was a Japanese Nō actor.
Sakurama came from a family that played a significant role in the seventeenth generation in the Noo acting scene. He studied from the age of eighteen in Edo with Nakamura Heizō . After his training he returned to Kumamoto and appeared there as an actor. However, he was not recognized, only the Nō master Tomoeda Saburō predicted a great future for him. During the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877, his residence and stage were burned down.
In 1880 he went to Tokyo again. After participating in the opening of Noh theater in Shiba there in 1881, he had with his performances in Kantan and Dojoji great success and grew into one of the three major Noh -Master the Meiji era next Umewaka Minoru I. and hosho Kuro on . He remained active as an actor well into old age and still played the leading role in the play Takasago in 1915 . His son Sakurama Kintarō (Sakurama Kyūzen) also became an actor.
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| SURNAME | Sakurama, Banma |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sakurama, Sajin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese no-actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kumamoto |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1917 |