| While the art of Noh itself faced extinction and a difficult time when stages, costumes and masks to perform were not as available as they had been, he continued to perform Noh with the aid of Kuro Tomoharu HOSHO and others and protected the lone base of the Konparu school in Tokyo. |
能楽全体が危殆に瀕していた時期にあって、舞台、装束、面などが思うように手に入らない劣悪な環境のなかで、宝生九郎知栄らの援助によって演能をつづけ、東京における金春流の孤塁を守った。 |