Zeami Motokiyo

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Zeami Motokiyo was a seminal Japanese playwright, actor, and theorist who systematized and elevated Noh theatre into a refined classical art form.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Noh playwright
actor
human
playwright
theatre theorist
alsoKnownAs Kanze Motokiyo
Zeami Motokiyo
surface form: Zeami
countryOfCitizenship Japan
culture Japanese
era Muromachi period
ethnicGroup Japanese
familyName Kanze
father Kanze Motokiyo
surface form: Kanze Kiyotsugu
fieldOfWork Japanese classical theatre
Noh theatre
floruit early 15th century
late 14th century
genre Noh theatre
surface form: Noh
givenName Motokiyo
hasWorkInTheCollection treatises on Noh aesthetics
influenced Japanese performing arts
Noh theatre
influencedBy Kanze Motokiyo
surface form: Kanze Kiyotsugu

Zen
surface form: Zen Buddhism
knownFor elevating Noh into a classical art form
systematizing Noh theatre aesthetics
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
memberOf Noh theatre
surface form: Kanze school of Noh
movement Muromachi-period theatre
name Zeami Motokiyo self-link
nativeName 世阿弥 元清
notableWork Atsumori
Eguchi
Fūshikaden
Hagoromo
Izutsu
Kadensho
Kiyotsune
Koi no omoni
Matsukaze
Shunkan
Sotoba Komachi
Takasago
Yashima
occupation actor
playwright
theatre director
theatre theorist
patron Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
philosophicalConcept hana (the flower)
yūgen
placeOfActivity Kyoto
relative Kanze Motokiyo
surface form: Kanze Kiyotsugu
subjectOf Noh theatre studies
wrote Atsumori
Fūshikaden
Hagoromo
Izutsu
Kadensho
Sotoba Komachi
Takasago

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Muromachi period notableTheatreFigure Zeami Motokiyo
Zeami Motokiyo name Zeami Motokiyo self-link
Zeami Motokiyo alsoKnownAs Zeami Motokiyo
this entity surface form: Zeami
Noh theatre hasKeyFigure Zeami Motokiyo
Noh theatre codifiedBy Zeami Motokiyo