Niemon was among [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] favorite performers. After the establishment of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], Niemon and his nephew Sagi Den'emon (a ''sôke'', or family head, of a Sagi branch family) became officially recognized as two of the top-ranked ''kyôgen'' performers of their time. | Niemon was among [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] favorite performers. After the establishment of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], Niemon and his nephew Sagi Den'emon (a ''sôke'', or family head, of a Sagi branch family) became officially recognized as two of the top-ranked ''kyôgen'' performers of their time. |