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*''Japanese'': 観世流 ''(Kanze ryuu)''
The Kanze school is the oldest of the five major schools of [[Noh]] theatre, and the one with the most direct lineage from [[Zeami|Zeami Motokiyo]], who is often said to be the founder of Noh. The school takes its name from the names of Zeami's father [[Kan'ami]], and of Zeami himself (''Kan''[ami]+''Ze''[ami]).
==History==
The Kanze school, and indeed Noh itself, was developed by Kan'ami and Zeami out of [[Yamato sarugaku]], the ''[[sarugaku]]'' tradition of [[Yamato province]], in which both Kan'ami and Zeami were raised and trained. Zeami oversaw numerous innovations and experiments in style, adopting elements of the performance style of [[Omi sarugaku|Ômi sarugaku]] as he transformed ''sarugaku'' into a new artform, which later came to be known as Noh.
Zeami passed on leadership of the school to his eldest son [[Kanze Motomasa]] in [[1422]] and took the [[tonsure]]; however, Zeami and Motomasa both lost favor with the Shogun shortly afterwards, and Zeami was exiled to [[Sado Island]] in [[1434]]. Shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]], meanwhile, began patronizing Zeami's nephew [[On'ami]], who became head of the Kanze school in [[1433]], and who is today considering the third head of the school, skipping over Motomasa.
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In [[1571]], the Kanze school relocated to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] castle town at [[Hamamatsu]].
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==Heads of the Kanze school==
1. [[Kan'ami]] ([[1333]]-[[1384]])
2. [[Zeami]] ([[1363]]-[[1443]], becomes head 1384)
*. [[Kanze Motomasa]] (becomes head [[1422]])
3. [[On'ami]] ([[1398]]-[[1467]], becomes head [[1433]])
4. [[Kanze Masamori]] ([[1429]]-[[1470]])
5. [[Kanze Yukishige]] (becomes head 1470)
6. [[Kanze Motohisa]] (becomes head [[1566]])
7. [[Kanze Yuken|Yûken]] (d. [[1500]])
8. [[Kanze Doken|Dôken]] (d. [[1522]])
9. [[Kanze Sosetsu|Sôsetsu]] (first to become patronized by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]])
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15. [[Kanze Motoakira]] ([[1722]]-[[1774]])
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==References==
*Andrew Tsubaki, "The Performing Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan: A Prelude to Kabuki," ''Educational Theatre Journal'' 29:3 (1977), 299-309.
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
The Kanze school is the oldest of the five major schools of [[Noh]] theatre, and the one with the most direct lineage from [[Zeami|Zeami Motokiyo]], who is often said to be the founder of Noh. The school takes its name from the names of Zeami's father [[Kan'ami]], and of Zeami himself (''Kan''[ami]+''Ze''[ami]).
==History==
The Kanze school, and indeed Noh itself, was developed by Kan'ami and Zeami out of [[Yamato sarugaku]], the ''[[sarugaku]]'' tradition of [[Yamato province]], in which both Kan'ami and Zeami were raised and trained. Zeami oversaw numerous innovations and experiments in style, adopting elements of the performance style of [[Omi sarugaku|Ômi sarugaku]] as he transformed ''sarugaku'' into a new artform, which later came to be known as Noh.
Zeami passed on leadership of the school to his eldest son [[Kanze Motomasa]] in [[1422]] and took the [[tonsure]]; however, Zeami and Motomasa both lost favor with the Shogun shortly afterwards, and Zeami was exiled to [[Sado Island]] in [[1434]]. Shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]], meanwhile, began patronizing Zeami's nephew [[On'ami]], who became head of the Kanze school in [[1433]], and who is today considering the third head of the school, skipping over Motomasa.
...
In [[1571]], the Kanze school relocated to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] castle town at [[Hamamatsu]].
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==Heads of the Kanze school==
1. [[Kan'ami]] ([[1333]]-[[1384]])
2. [[Zeami]] ([[1363]]-[[1443]], becomes head 1384)
*. [[Kanze Motomasa]] (becomes head [[1422]])
3. [[On'ami]] ([[1398]]-[[1467]], becomes head [[1433]])
4. [[Kanze Masamori]] ([[1429]]-[[1470]])
5. [[Kanze Yukishige]] (becomes head 1470)
6. [[Kanze Motohisa]] (becomes head [[1566]])
7. [[Kanze Yuken|Yûken]] (d. [[1500]])
8. [[Kanze Doken|Dôken]] (d. [[1522]])
9. [[Kanze Sosetsu|Sôsetsu]] (first to become patronized by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]])
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15. [[Kanze Motoakira]] ([[1722]]-[[1774]])
...
==References==
*Andrew Tsubaki, "The Performing Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan: A Prelude to Kabuki," ''Educational Theatre Journal'' 29:3 (1977), 299-309.
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]