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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.
He was exiled to [[Sado Island]] in [[1434]], but eventually returned before dying in [[1443]]. Most of his writings on performance were originally conceived as secret transmissions, to be treasured and guarded, and passed down only within the lineage of the Kanze school. Though some excerpts did end up leaking out and getting published in the 18th century, it is for this reason that these works were almost entirely unknown for hundreds of years, and were not published in anything resembling a complete form until [[1909]].
He was exiled to [[Sado Island]] in [[1434]], but eventually returned before dying in [[1443]]. Most of his writings on performance were originally conceived as secret transmissions, to be treasured and guarded, and passed down only within the lineage of the Kanze school. One exception is the ''[[Shudosho|Shûdôsho]]'' ("Learning the Profession"), which was meant for widespread circulation from the beginning, and which was published in a popularly accessible woodblock book form in [[1772]] by [[Kanze Motoakira]] ([[1722]]-[[1774]]). Though some excerpts of the other texts did end up leaking out and circulating in either manuscript or published form over the centuries, it is for this reason that these works in their entireties were almost entirely unknown for hundreds of years, and were not published in anything resembling a complete form until [[1909]].
==Thought==
==Thought==
*''[[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")
===Plays===
===Plays===
==References==
==References==
*Thomas Hare, ''Zeami Performance Notes'', Columbia University Press, 2008.
*Rimer, J. Thomas and Yamazaki Masakazu trans. (1984). ''On the Art of the Nō Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami.'' Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
*Rimer, J. Thomas and Yamazaki Masakazu trans. (1984). ''On the Art of the Nō Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami.'' Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
*Quinn, Shelley Fenno. "How to write a Noh play - Zeami's Sandō." ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 48:1 (Spring 1993). pp58-62.
*Quinn, Shelley Fenno. "How to write a Noh play - Zeami's Sandō." ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 48:1 (Spring 1993). pp58-62.