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*''Died: [[1443]]''

*''Died: [[1443]]''

*''Other Names'': [[観世]]元清 ''(Kanze Motokiyo)'', [[秦]]元清 ''(Hata no Motokiyo)''

*''Other Names'': [[観世]]元清 ''(Kanze Motokiyo)'', [[秦]]元清 ''(Hata no Motokiyo)''

*''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, and which is that which captures the audience's interest.<ref>Hare, 6.</ref>

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>