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*''Japanese'': 世阿弥 ''(Zeami)''

*''Japanese'': 世阿弥 ''(Zeami)''

Zeami was an actor, troupe leader, playwright and theatre theorist, generally considered the founder of [[Noh]] drama. He is considered the original author of many plays prominent in the Noh repertoire, as well as several secret treatises on performance, in which he articulates numerous concepts later incorporated into [[kabuki]], ''[[joruri|jôruri]]'' puppet theatre, and other art forms, including the concept of ''[[jo-ha-kyu|jo-ha-kyû]]'', and that of "the flower," an almost indefinable quality which marks the greatest of performances.

Zeami was an actor, troupe leader, playwright and theatre theorist, generally considered the founder of [[Noh]] drama. He is considered the original author of many plays prominent in the Noh repertoire, as well as several secret treatises on performance, in which he articulates numerous concepts later incorporated into [[kabuki]], ''[[joruri|jôruri]]'' puppet theatre, and other art forms, including the concept of ''[[jo-ha-kyu|jo-ha-kyû]]'', and that of "the flower," an almost indefinable quality which marks the greatest of performances, and which is that which captures the audience's interest.<ref>Hare, 6.</ref>

==Biography==

==Biography==

==Selected Works==

==Selected Works==

*''[[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", 1423)

*''[[Kakyo|Kakyô]]'' ("A Mirror to the Flower", 1424)

*''[[Sarugaku Dangi]]'' ("Conversations on Sarugaku")

*''[[Sarugaku Dangi]]'' ("Conversations on Sarugaku")

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

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

*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.  

[[Category:Muromachi Period]]

[[Category:Muromachi Period]]

[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]

[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]

[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]

[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]