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Zeami began writing the earliest and today most famous of his treatises, the ''[[Fushikaden|Fûshikaden]]'' ("Transmission of the Flower, Forms, and Style"), in [[1400]]; much was completed within the following two years, but the latest portions of the text are dated [[1418]]. In [[1401]], he took on the [[art-name]] (''gô'') Zeami.

Zeami began writing the earliest and today most famous of his treatises, the ''[[Fushikaden|Fûshikaden]]'' ("Transmission of the Flower, Forms, and Style"), in [[1400]]; much was completed within the following two years, but the latest portions of the text are dated [[1418]]. 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. In [[1429]], Zeami and Motomasa were meant to give a special performance for Retired [[Emperor Go-Komatsu]], but Shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]] declared the performance was not to take place.<ref>Hare, 175.</ref>

He was exiled to [[Sado Island]] in [[1434]], but eventually returned before dying in [[1443]]. He was buried alongside his father at [[Shinju-an]], a [[tatchu|sub-temple]] within the compound of [[Daitoku-ji]], in northern central Kyoto.<ref>''Kindai kabuki nenpyô kyôto-hen'' 近代歌舞伎年表京都篇, National Theatre of Japan (2004), 714.</ref>

He was exiled to [[Sado Island]] in [[1434]], but eventually returned before dying in [[1443]]. He was buried alongside his father at [[Shinju-an]], a [[tatchu|sub-temple]] within the compound of [[Daitoku-ji]], in northern central Kyoto.<ref>''Kindai kabuki nenpyô kyôto-hen'' 近代歌舞伎年表京都篇, National Theatre of Japan (2004), 714.</ref>