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Yamaguchi Ryoshu (山口蓼洲; 1886–1966) was a kyōgen-shi (狂言師; kyōgen actor/performer) and an artist from Kyoto, Japan. His real name was Furusawa Kezo (古沢慶三). He was born into the family of the Ōkura school (大蔵流) of kyogen and was adopted by the Yamaguchi family of kyōgen-shi, who served at Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto. He studied art with Taniguchi Kōkyō (谷口香嶠; 1864–1915) and produced pictures of nō and kyōgen.

Born: 1886
Died: 1966