A cypress stage in Osaka. Two masters as your hosts.
Five minutes from Kōrien Station, Osaka. A 125-seat cypress stage where a Noh master sits beside you and whispers the play.
舞
A cypress stage, kept for half a century
Built by the Tatsumi family of the Hōshō school as their Kansai home. Rebuilt in 2021 around the original cypress stage — 125 seats, close enough to hear the silk.
流
The only regular Hōshō programme in Kansai
Monthly performances by the Shippō-kai, plus spring and autumn public evenings for first-time audiences.
継
Two generations on one stage
Led by Manjirō Tatsumi, with his son Kazuma — performers who have taken Noh from Neyagawa to stages abroad.
Your hosts
Father and son. Masters of the Hōshō school.
The stage is their family's home. For your evening, a master of this house sits beside you.
辰巳満次郎
The father
Manjirō Tatsumi
Shite-kata Noh actor of the Hōshō school
Holder of Important Intangible Cultural PropertyCollective designation, 2001
Danced before the Western Wall in JerusalemAlso the United Nations plaza in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and by torchlight before the Sphinx in Egypt
Japan Cultural EnvoyAppointed by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, fiscal 2011 — dispatched to Korea
New Noh: Macbeth and RokujōDirected and played the lead, 2006 and 2008
Osaka Cultural Festival Encouragement AwardFiscal 2005
First on stage at the age of four. A live-in disciple of the 18th head of the Hōshō school, independent since 1986. He leads Shippō-kai, Osaka's regular Hōshō programme, and his own Manjirō no Kai. Great pieces: Shakkyō (1989) · Dōjōji (1993) · Midare (1995) · Okina (2008)
Stages abroad — Manjirō
NEW YORK·JERUSALEM·EGYPT·LONDON·BEIJING·SHANGHAI·HANGZHOU·BANGKOK·MEXICO CITY·BUENOS AIRES·SANTIAGO·WASHINGTON·KOREA·NEW YORK·JERUSALEM·EGYPT·LONDON·BEIJING·SHANGHAI·HANGZHOU·BANGKOK·MEXICO CITY·BUENOS AIRES·SANTIAGO·WASHINGTON·KOREA·
Manjirō Tatsumi has performed in New York, Jerusalem, Egypt, London, Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Bangkok, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Washington and Korea.
辰巳和磨
The son
Kazuma Tatsumi
Shite-kata Noh actor of the Hōshō school · eldest son of Manjirō
SHŌGUNHe coached and performed the Noh inside the series that won 18 Emmy Awards — episode 6, the Noh piece Akechi-uchi, filmed in Vancouver in 2022.
Dōjōji, 2026The great piece of the repertoire, at the Hōshō-kai special performance — sold out
EXPO 2025 OsakaPerformed at the EXPO Arena
Zeami on screenPlayed Zeami in NHK's historical programmes; appeared in NHK Taiga dramas
Tokyo University of the ArtsGraduate; teaching and research assistant, 2023–2025
Born in 1990, he entered training in 1994 and studied under the 19th and 20th heads of the Hōshō school. Independent since 2019, he leads the Hōjukai. Milestones: Kurama Tengu (1995) · Sesshōseki (2014) · Okina, as Senzai (2016) · Shakkyō Renjishi, the red lion (2019) · Dōjōji (2026)
Stages abroad — Kazuma
NEW YORK·ROME·VATICAN CITY·PARIS·VANCOUVER·KOREA·ITALY·ARMENIA·GEORGIA·POLAND·AZERBAIJAN·NEW YORK·ROME·VATICAN CITY·PARIS·VANCOUVER·KOREA·ITALY·ARMENIA·GEORGIA·POLAND·AZERBAIJAN·
Kazuma Tatsumi has performed in New York, Rome, Vatican City, Paris, Vancouver, Korea, Italy, Armenia, Georgia, Poland and Azerbaijan.
Sources: the artists' official websites; Hōshō-kai; The Nohgaku Performers' Association; Agency for Cultural Affairs (list of Japan Cultural Envoys); City of Neyagawa newsletter, February 2022; Hōshō Noh Theatre interview, October 2024.
The Premium Evening · for guests from abroad
The Master's Whisper
Our signature evening for international guests, limited to four seats per performance.
A professional Noh performer joins you in a private box.
Noh is the world's oldest living theatre — and the quietest. At Yūaikai you do not merely watch it. A nōgakushi sits at your side and quietly narrates the evening: the meaning of each gesture, the story behind the mask, the moment to hold your breath.
The Master's Whisper
¥88,000per guest · private box, 4 guests max仮
Commentary in English or French by the performer; Chinese and Korean with an interpreter
Welcome tea, backstage visit, the performance, and a cup of sake to close
