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*''Born: [[1333]]''
*''Died: [[1384]]''
*''Japanese'': 観阿弥 ''(Kan'ami)''

Kan'ami was an actor, dancer, playwright and troupe leader of the [[Muromachi period]], best known as the father of [[Noh]] founder [[Zeami]]. Patronized alongside his son by [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], Kan'ami became the first head of the [[Kanze school]] of Noh performance.

Prior to the development of Noh, Kan'ami was the head of a traveling troupe of performers based in [[Nara]].

He died in [[1384]], in [[Suruga province]].

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==References==
*Thomas Hare, ''Zeami Performance Notes'', Columbia University Press (2008), 3.

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