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==Biography==

==Biography==

Zeami was born [[Hata no Kokatsu|Hata]] no Motokiyo, the son of performer [[Kan'ami]], with whom he was invited at a young age to become a court performer in service to the Ashikaga Shogun. While at the shogun's court, and charged with organizing entertainments, Motokiyo and his father developed rural dances known as ''sarugaku'' into the beginnings of what is now known as Noh theatre or Noh drama. There would eventually develop five orthodox schools of Noh performance, with the [[Kanze school]] claiming the most direct connection to Zeami, and claiming Kan'ami as its first head. Upon his father's death in [[1384]], Zeami succeeded him, becoming the second head of the Kanze school.

Zeami was born [[Hata no Kokatsu|Hata]] no Motokiyo, the son of performer [[Kan'ami]], with whom he was invited at a young age to become a court performer in service to [[Shogun]] [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]]. While at the shogun's court, and charged with organizing entertainments, Motokiyo and his father developed rural dances known as ''sarugaku'' into the beginnings of what is now known as Noh theatre or Noh drama. There would eventually develop five orthodox schools of Noh performance, with the [[Kanze school]] claiming the most direct connection to Zeami, and claiming Kan'ami as its first head. Upon his father's death in [[1384]], Zeami succeeded him, becoming the second head of the Kanze school.

He began writing the ''[[Fushikaden|Fûshikaden]]'' ("Transmission of the Flower, Forms, and Style") in [[1400]], completing it in [[1402]]; during the intervening year, in [[1401]], he took on the [[art-name]] (''gô'') Zeami.

He began writing the earliest and today most famous of his treatises, the ''[[Fushikaden|Fûshikaden]]'' ("Transmission of the Flower, Forms, and Style"), in [[1400]], completing it in [[1402]]; during the intervening year, in [[1401]], he took on the [[art-name]] (''gô'') Zeami.

He was succeeded as head of the Kanze school in [[1422]] by his son, [[Kanze Motomasa]]. That same year, he took the [[tonsure]], and began conveying his secrets to his sons more fully.

He was succeeded as head of the Kanze school in [[1422]] by his son, [[Kanze Motomasa]]. That same year, he took the [[tonsure]], and began conveying his secrets to his sons more fully.

*''[[Fushikaden|Fûshikaden]]'', also known as ''Kadensho'' ("Transmission of the Flower, Forms, and Style")

*''[[Fushikaden|Fûshikaden]]'', also known as ''Kadensho'' ("Transmission of the Flower, Forms, and Style")

*''[[Sando|Sandô]]'' ("The Three Paths")

*''[[Sando|Sandô]]'' ("The Three Paths")

*''[[Shudosho|Shûdôsho]]'' ("Learning the Profession")

*''[[Shudosho|Shûdôsho]]'' ("Learning the Profession")