Kuniyoshi Ueda

Born November 12, 1934 in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. Japanese Professor, book author and writer with large experience in the teaching of Noh, theatre and poetry. He created the world's first English Shakespeare Noh play in the Japanese traditional Noh style, Noh Hamlet in English in 1982. He played the shite (main role) at performances in Tokyo. Then he pen and stage more Shakespearean Noh plays: Noh scripts in English with musical notations to be used for performances (all performed by Munakata UEDA with his The Noh Shakespeare Group). He has also written Noh scripts in Japanese with musical notations for professional Noh actors who perform in Japanese.