Bishop Yamada profile : He studied under Tatsumi Hijkata in1969.He joined AkaJI Maro to build Dailakudakan with others. They establisyed onegreat era of Butoh and led yonger dancers. And he danced a duet with Hijikata of the appearance in particular.by a performance ‘youbutsu-sintan ’. And then he moved to the foot of Mt.Dewa in Yamagata in1974. The following year,he perfomed ”Siokubi “ which has bocome a legend in Butoh history. He named his company ”hoppoh Butoh-ha” working in Tohoku and Hokkaido for ten yearas. And he showed a series of dance perfpomance featuring Tsugaru jamisen. His main works are ‘Gesi no Me’(The eye of Summer Solstice),‘Hokke-koh’(A Thought on Cod), ‘Taka-zasiki’(Hawk Room) and ’Ezo-men’ (Eezo-Mask), ‘A door night in Odette’. He wrote “Dancer” published by Ota Publishing Co,in 1992.