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*''Born: [[1333]]''

*''Born: [[1333]]''

*''Died: [[1384]]''

*''Died: [[1384]]/5/19''

*''Japanese'': 観阿弥 ''(Kan'ami)''

*''Japanese'': 観[[阿弥]] ''(Kan'ami)''

Kan'ami was an actor, dancer, playwright and troupe leader of the [[Muromachi period]], best known as the father of [[Noh]] founder [[Zeami]]. Patronized alongside his son by [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], Kan'ami became the first head of the [[Kanze school]] of Noh performance.

Kan'ami was an actor, dancer, playwright and troupe leader of the [[Muromachi period]], best known as the father of [[Noh]] founder [[Zeami]]. Patronized alongside his son by [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], Kan'ami became the first head of the [[Kanze school]] of Noh performance.

Prior to the development of Noh, Kan'ami was the head of a traveling troupe of performers based in [[Nara]].

Prior to the development of Noh, Kan'ami was the head of a traveling troupe of performers based in [[Nara]].

He died in [[1384]], in [[Suruga province]].

He died in [[1384]], in [[Suruga province]], having performed at [[Sengen Shrine]] there in Suruga just the previous day. He was buried in Kyoto, however, at [[Shinju-an]], a [[tatchu|sub-temple]] within the compound of [[Daitoku-ji]]. His son Zeami was later buried there as well.<ref>''Kindai kabuki nenpyô kyôto-hen'' 近代歌舞伎年表京都篇, National Theatre of Japan (2004), 714.</ref>

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==References==

==References==

*Thomas Hare, ''Zeami Performance Notes'', Columbia University Press (2008), 3.

*Thomas Hare, ''Zeami Performance Notes'', Columbia University Press (2008), 3, 30-31.

[[Category:Muromachi Period]]

[[Category:Muromachi Period]]

[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]

[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]