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*''Born: [[1454]]''
*''Died: [[1532]]?''
*''Other Names'': 金春八郎元安 ''(Konparu Hachirou Motoyasu, or Konparu Hachirou Gen'an)''
*''Japanese'': [[金春]]禅鳳 ''(Konparu Zenpou)''
Konparu Zenpô was a [[Noh]] actor and playwright, the third head of the [[Konparu school]] of Noh. He is known chiefly as the pioneer of ''furyû Noh'', a form emphasizing dramatic tension and visual effects over the intrinsic aesthetics of form and lyrics emphasized by Zeami.
This style is visible in his plays, five of which remain in the active repertoire today, and in his treatises on drama. Zenpô is also known to have been quite active in the elite cultural circles of his time, participating in ''[[renga]]'' poetry, ''[[kemari]]'', incense competitions, [[tea ceremony]], and ''[[ikebana]]''.
==Life and Career==
Zenpô was the grandson of [[Konparu Zenchiku]], founder of the Konparu school, and son-in-law to [[Zeami|Zeami Motokiyo]], who is generally credited with being the founder of Noh. He is said to have made his stage debut alongside Zenchiku.
His plays tend to include greater dramatic tension, slightly larger casts, and more elaborate sets than earlier Noh plays; their plots also feature livelier action and less contemplative or emotional introspection. The [[Kanze school]] plays of his contemporaries [[Kanze Nagatoshi]] and [[Kanze Nobumitsu]] feature many of these same elements.
==Plays==
*''[[Arashiyama (play)|Arashiyama]]''
*''[[Hatsuyuki]]''
*''[[Ikkaku Sennin]]''
*''[[Ikuta Atsumori]]''
*''[[Tobosaku|Tôbôsaku]]''
==Selected Works==
*''[[Motanshichinsho|Môtanshichinshô]]'' ("The Môtan Collection")
*''[[Hogoura no sho]]'' ("Notes on the Back of Used Papers")
*''[[Zenpo Sarugaku dangi|Zenpô Sarugaku Dangi]]'' ("Zenpô's Conversations on [[Sarugaku]]")
*''[[Zenpo Zotan|Zenpô Zôtan]]'' ("Misc. Comments by Zenpô", compiled posthumously by his disciples)
==References==
*Beng Choo Lim, "Performing Furyû Nô: The Theatre of Konparu Zenpô," ''Asian Theatre Journal'' 22:1 (2005), 33-51.
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
*''Died: [[1532]]?''
*''Other Names'': 金春八郎元安 ''(Konparu Hachirou Motoyasu, or Konparu Hachirou Gen'an)''
*''Japanese'': [[金春]]禅鳳 ''(Konparu Zenpou)''
Konparu Zenpô was a [[Noh]] actor and playwright, the third head of the [[Konparu school]] of Noh. He is known chiefly as the pioneer of ''furyû Noh'', a form emphasizing dramatic tension and visual effects over the intrinsic aesthetics of form and lyrics emphasized by Zeami.
This style is visible in his plays, five of which remain in the active repertoire today, and in his treatises on drama. Zenpô is also known to have been quite active in the elite cultural circles of his time, participating in ''[[renga]]'' poetry, ''[[kemari]]'', incense competitions, [[tea ceremony]], and ''[[ikebana]]''.
==Life and Career==
Zenpô was the grandson of [[Konparu Zenchiku]], founder of the Konparu school, and son-in-law to [[Zeami|Zeami Motokiyo]], who is generally credited with being the founder of Noh. He is said to have made his stage debut alongside Zenchiku.
His plays tend to include greater dramatic tension, slightly larger casts, and more elaborate sets than earlier Noh plays; their plots also feature livelier action and less contemplative or emotional introspection. The [[Kanze school]] plays of his contemporaries [[Kanze Nagatoshi]] and [[Kanze Nobumitsu]] feature many of these same elements.
==Plays==
*''[[Arashiyama (play)|Arashiyama]]''
*''[[Hatsuyuki]]''
*''[[Ikkaku Sennin]]''
*''[[Ikuta Atsumori]]''
*''[[Tobosaku|Tôbôsaku]]''
==Selected Works==
*''[[Motanshichinsho|Môtanshichinshô]]'' ("The Môtan Collection")
*''[[Hogoura no sho]]'' ("Notes on the Back of Used Papers")
*''[[Zenpo Sarugaku dangi|Zenpô Sarugaku Dangi]]'' ("Zenpô's Conversations on [[Sarugaku]]")
*''[[Zenpo Zotan|Zenpô Zôtan]]'' ("Misc. Comments by Zenpô", compiled posthumously by his disciples)
==References==
*Beng Choo Lim, "Performing Furyû Nô: The Theatre of Konparu Zenpô," ''Asian Theatre Journal'' 22:1 (2005), 33-51.
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
