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*''Born: [[1560]]''
*''Died: [[1650]]''
Sagi Niemon Sôgen is considered the founder of the [[Sagi kyogen|Sagi]] school of ''[[kyogen|kyôgen]]'' theater.
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.
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==References==
*Alex Rogals, "[https://thetheatretimes.com/sagi-ryu-elusive-third-school-kyogen/ Sagi-ryû: The Elusive Third School of Kyôgen]," ''The Theatre Times'', 11 Feb 2017.
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