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Kanze Motoyoshi was the second son of the founder of the [[Noh]] theatre form, [[Zeami]], and was an influential Noh performer and playwright in his own right.

Zeami's ''[[Sando|Sandô]]'' ("The Three Paths") was written in [[1423]] specifically for Motoyoshi as a transmission of secrets of the art of playwriting. There are no known records, however, of plays which Motoyoshi then wrote. He did, however, play a role in compiling Zeami's memoirs, ''[[Sarugaku dangi]]'' ("Conversations on [[Sarugaku]]"), before retiring from the stage and taking the [[tonsure]] in [[1430]]. His elder brother, [[Kanze Motomasa]], who had succeeded Zeami as head of the [[Kanze school]]/troupe, died in [[1432]], however, after which it is believed Motoyoshi may have returned to the theatre.

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==References==
*Thomas Hare, ''Zeami Performance Notes'', Columbia University Press (2008), 151. 

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