His grandfather Zenchiku KONPARU was a Noh actor and also a well-known writer of Yokyoku (Noh songs) and books of the theories of Nohgaku, and his wife was a daughter of Zeami, who made a career of Nohgaku.
祖父の金春禅竹はやはり謡曲の作者・能楽論の著者として知られた能楽師で、その妻は能楽の大成者・世阿弥の娘である。