Although the head Konparu family just barely continued to perform Noh in Nara and a few other places after the Meiji Restoration, Banma (later Sajin) SAKURAMA had some success during this time of crisis for the school and was admired as one of the 'three masters of Meiji,' being equal to Kuro HOSHO and Minoru UMEWAKA.
明治維新後、金春宗家は奈良などで細々と演能を続けているにすぎなかったが、こうした流儀の危機にあって一人気を吐いたのが、宝生九郎、梅若実とともに「明治の三名人」といわれた桜間伴馬（後に左陣）である。