Zeami Motokiyo
Japanese aesthetician and playwright
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Zeami.
Zeami Motokiyo (世阿弥 元清, 1363 – 1443), also lnown as Kanze Motokiyo (観世 元清), was a Japanese actor and playwright.[1]
Career
changeHis career in Noh theater was supported by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.[1] After Yoshimitsu's death, the later Ashikaga shoguns were less supportive.
Sado Island
changeIn 1434, Zeami was exiled to Sado Island. He returned only a few years before his death.[1]
Selected works
changeIn a summary based on writings by and about Zeami, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 1,700+ works in 4,400+ publications in 40+ languages and 56,600+ library holdings. [2]
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- Kadensho, 1420-1430
- Hagoromo
- Shunkan
- Takasago
- Tadanori
- Kinuta
- Izutsu
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Zeami" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 1070-1071.
- ↑ WorldCat Identities: Zeami 1363-1443 ; retrieved 2012-6-8.
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