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Nō drama
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Nō drama (Jap.,
nōgaku,
nohgaku; ‘skill music’ or ‘skill entertainment’). A highly sophisticated dance, music, dramatic form with important religious connections to all the religions of premodern Japan (from
c.14th cent. when most plays in the classical repertoire were written).
Nō attained its classical form through the work of Kanʾami Kiyotsugu (1333–84) and his son, Zeami Motokiyo (1363–1443), who also wrote a number of treatises concerning the art of Nō. Many of Zeami's aesthetic categories and his conception of artistic discipline are linked with Buddhist notions and practices. Plays are roughly classified into five categories: (i) god plays, (ii) warrior plays, (iii) woman plays, (iv) madness plays, and (v) demon plays. The plays are typically dramatizations of pilgrimages or journeys to temples, shrines and other sacred places.
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Remembering Zeami: the Kanze school and its patriarch.(Articles)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Asian Theatre Journal; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...achievements of no's founder, Zeami Motokiyo, as represented by three important...greatest playwright and theorist, Zeami Motokiyo (d. 1443). As the noted actor Kanze Hisao exclaimed: "Today Zeami's theories about no are available...
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Developing Zeami; the noh actor's attunement in practice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 432 words
; 0824829689 Developing Zeami; the noh actor's attunement in practice. Quinn, Shelley Fenno...Paperback PL792 Actor, playwright, and theorist of the noh theater Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443) wrote 21 treatises on such aspects of theater as...
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Comprehensive index to Asian Theatre Journal: Vols. 1-19. (Subjects: A-I).
Magazine article from: Asian Theatre Journal; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Relation to Acting: An Outline of Zeami's Views." Article. 1.1 (1984...202-212. Ortolani, Benito. Zeami's Talks on Sarugaku: An Annotated...Sarugaku Dangi with an Introduction on Zeami Motokiyo. Review. 13.1 (1996): 127...
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No as sociopolitical commentary: staging Chinese literati in medieval no theatre.
Magazine article from: Asian Theatre Journal; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Flower), the first treatise on the art of no, by Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443[?]). Zeami listed Chinese character as one of the nine categories...Chinese role from the early days of no. However, Zeami was more concerned with preserving a performance...
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Comprehensive index to Asian Theatre Journal: Vols. 1-19. (Regional: J-W).
Magazine article from: Asian Theatre Journal; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...No Review. 8.2 (1991): 178. -----. Zeami's Style: The Noh Plays of Zeami Motokiyo. Review. 7.2 (1990): 251-253...Art of the No Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami. Review. 3.1 (1986): 137...
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Japanese no-how
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/14/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the boat." Shunkan was first made into a no play by Zeami Motokiyo, the father of acting in Japanese theatre and author of the first treatise on no. Zeami incorporated Zen principles into his methods: economy...
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Performing furyu no: the theatre of Konparu Zenpo.(ARTICLES)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Asian Theatre Journal; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...characteristics, making reference to earlier plays produced by Zeami and his contemporaries with which present-day readers...1405-1470?), the protege and son-in-law of Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443). According to historical records, Zenpo...
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Comprehensive index to Asian Theatre Journal: Vols. 1-19. (Reviews: By Author/Title).
Magazine article from: Asian Theatre Journal; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Zarrilli. 19.1 (2002): 243-245. de Poorter, Erika. Zeami's Talks on Sarugaku: An Annotated Translation of the Sarugaku Dangi with an Introduction on Zeami Motokiyo (Book). Reviewed by Beni
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Six Circles, One Dewdrop: The Religio-Aesthetic World of Komparu Zenchiku.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: International Journal of Comparative Sociology; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Dewdrop however, most all attention has been given to Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443). Komparu Zenchiku (1405-1468...ichiro no ki. In particular he compares this treatise to Zeami's notions of performance. One of the most valuable...
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Princeton student preserves Japanese art form with Noh performance
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/31/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...people, sits at the side of the stage and narrates the story through chants sung in ancient Japanese. Philosopher Zeami Motokiyo penned numerous Noh plays in the 14th century and also included details on how Noh should be acted, directed, taught...
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Zeami Motokiyo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Zeami Motokiyo or Kanze Motokiyo, c.1363-c.1443, Japanese actor, playwright, and drama theorist. Son of the itinerant actor Kanami, at the age of eleven Zeami attracted the attention of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who became...
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Kanze Zeami
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Kanze Zeami Kanze Zeami (1364-1444), also called Zeami Motokiyo, was a Japanese actor, playwright, and critic. His theoretical works on the art of the No are as justly celebrated as his dramas. It was the great esthete, statesman, and...
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Nō drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...ami Kiyotsugu (1333–84) and his son, Zeami Motokiyo (1363–1443), who also wrote a number of treatises concerning the art of Nō. Many of Zeami's aesthetic categories and his conception of artistic...
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Japanese literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...in interludes between noh plays. The greatest writers of noh plays were Kanami Kiyotsugu (1333-84) and his son Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), who developed the noh from its primitive origins to the highly purified and rigorous art form that...
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