Umewaka-ryu school could be finally merged into Kanze-ryu school through the mediation of The Nohgaku Performers' Association in 1954 when the 54th Rokuro UMEWAKA had retired to succeed to the second Minoru UMEWAKA, and accordingly the 55th Rokuro UMEWAK had become the head of Umewaka-ryu school.
結局、五十四世が隠居して二世梅若実となり、五十五世梅若六郎が梅若流家元となっていた1954年になって、ようやく能楽協会の斡旋により、梅若流の観世流合流が果たされた。