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Mansaku Nomura

のむら まんさく

Nomura Mansaku

Pen Names: Jiro NomuraBirth name

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1931-06-22 (Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Kyogen performer, Noh actor
Active Years
1934-
Memberships
Japan Art Academy

Awards

Arts Festival Grand Prize
1978
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 受賞
Kinokuniya Theatre Award
1979
Organization: Kinokuniya Bookstore
Result: 受賞
Arts Festival Excellence Award
1982
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 受賞
Hosei University Kanze Toshio Noh Award
1986
Work: Tanuki Haradetsu
Organization: Hosei University
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1990
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
1995
Organization: Cabinet Office
Result: 受章
Tsubouchi Shoyo Theatre Award
1998
Organization: Tsubouchi Shoyo Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Best Father Yellow Ribbon Award
2003
Organization: Best Father Yellow Ribbon Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Asahi Prize
2006
Organization: Asahi Shimbun Company
Result: 受賞
Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property (Living National Treasure)
2007
Category: 狂言
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 認定
Honorary Citizen of Nerima City
2008
Organization: Nerima City
Result: 選定
Honorary Director of Nerima Culture Center
2011
Organization: Nerima Culture Center
Result: 就任
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
2012
Organization: Cabinet Office
Result: 受章
Person of Cultural Merit
2015
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 選定
Member of Japan Art Academy
2022
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 選定
Order of Culture
2023
Organization: Cabinet Office
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Living as Taro-kanja

1984 Essay

Autobiographical essays

Traditional performing artsKyogen

Bibliography

  • Living as Taro-kanja
  • Kyogen: Three Perspectives - The Mansaku Nomura Volume

Legacy

He contributed to the popularization of Kyogen and established the stage name 'Mansaku'.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy

In Popular Culture

  • Appeared in Nescafe Gold Blend commercials

Trivia

  • In 1977, he appeared in a Nescafe commercial 'The Man Who Understands the Difference', becoming widely known.