Okura Shonosuke (大倉正之助)
Shonosuke OKURA (1955 -) is an otsuzumi kata (large hand drum player) of Okura school.
He was born as the oldest son of late Chojuro OKURA, the fifteenth family head, and was trained by his father as a kotsuzumi-kata (small hand drum player). He debuted at the age of nine. He converted to an otsuzumi kata in 1972. In addition to performing at Noh stages, he participates in various types of live performances and other activities with domestic and foreign artists from different genres. He is the certified general holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property in Nogaku-hayashi (Japanese orchestra for Noh performance), Otsuzumi (large hand drum) of Okura school.