Kanze Motokiyo
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Kanze Motokiyo, better known as Zeami, was a seminal Japanese Noh actor, playwright, and theorist whose works and writings laid the foundations of classical Noh theatre.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kanze Kiyotsugu | 3 |
| Kanze Motokiyo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11749708 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kanze Motokiyo Context triple: [Zeami Motokiyo, alsoKnownAs, Kanze Motokiyo]
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A.
Sanjō Sanetomi
Sanjō Sanetomi was a prominent Japanese court noble and statesman of the late Edo and early Meiji periods who played a key role in the Meiji Restoration and early modern government.
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B.
Oda Nobukane
Oda Nobukane was a samurai and daimyō of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known as a younger brother of the powerful warlord Oda Nobunaga and a member of the influential Oda clan.
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C.
Matsudaira Motoyasu
Matsudaira Motoyasu is the earlier name of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the powerful daimyo who unified Japan and founded the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled for over 250 years.
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D.
Ōshima Yoshimasa
Ōshima Yoshimasa was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for his leadership during the First Sino-Japanese War, including commanding Japanese forces at the Battle of Seonghwan.
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E.
Nijō Tadako
Nijō Tadako was a Japanese noblewoman of the Nijō family who became an imperial consort as the wife of Emperor Kōmei in the late Edo period.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kanze Motokiyo Target entity description: Kanze Motokiyo, better known as Zeami, was a seminal Japanese Noh actor, playwright, and theorist whose works and writings laid the foundations of classical Noh theatre.
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A.
Sanjō Sanetomi
Sanjō Sanetomi was a prominent Japanese court noble and statesman of the late Edo and early Meiji periods who played a key role in the Meiji Restoration and early modern government.
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B.
Oda Nobukane
Oda Nobukane was a samurai and daimyō of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known as a younger brother of the powerful warlord Oda Nobunaga and a member of the influential Oda clan.
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C.
Matsudaira Motoyasu
Matsudaira Motoyasu is the earlier name of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the powerful daimyo who unified Japan and founded the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled for over 250 years.
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D.
Ōshima Yoshimasa
Ōshima Yoshimasa was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for his leadership during the First Sino-Japanese War, including commanding Japanese forces at the Battle of Seonghwan.
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E.
Nijō Tadako
Nijō Tadako was a Japanese noblewoman of the Nijō family who became an imperial consort as the wife of Emperor Kōmei in the late Edo period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese writer
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Noh actor ⓘ Noh playwright ⓘ aesthetics theorist ⓘ dramatist ⓘ human ⓘ theatre theorist ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kanze Zeami
NERFINISHED
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Zeami NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeami Motokiyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1363 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | c. 1443 ⓘ |
| era |
14th century
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15th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Kanze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Kanze Kiyotsugu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
ⓘ
dramatic literature ⓘ performing arts ⓘ |
| genre |
Noh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
theatre theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Motokiyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese theatre aesthetics
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later Noh playwrights ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | Noh theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
laying the foundations of classical Noh theatre aesthetics
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systematizing Noh performance theory ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Atsumori
NERFINISHED
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Eguchi NERFINISHED ⓘ Fūshikaden NERFINISHED ⓘ Izutsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Kakyō NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinuta NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsukaze NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandō NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarugaku dangi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shikadō NERFINISHED ⓘ Takasago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ theorist ⓘ |
| patron | Ashikaga Yoshimitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionOrSchool | Kanze school of Noh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kanze Motokiyo Description of subject: Kanze Motokiyo, better known as Zeami, was a seminal Japanese Noh actor, playwright, and theorist whose works and writings laid the foundations of classical Noh theatre.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kanze Kiyotsugu
this entity surface form:
Kanze Kiyotsugu
this entity surface form:
Kanze Kiyotsugu