Kan'ami

Kan'ami (Japanese観 阿 弥,观 阿 弥, full name: Kan'ami Kiyotsugu (観 阿 弥 清 次) * 1333 in the province of Iga as Yūzaki Kiyotsugu (结 崎 清 次), † June 8, 1384 in the province of Suruga ), also: Miyomaru, Kiyotsugu Kanze (観 世 清 次), was a Japanese Noh actor, writer of plays and musicians in the Muromachi period.

Kan'ami 's career began in Obata, when he founded a theater company Sarugaku. Sarugaku was a then popular form of theater that involved tricks, acrobatics and slapstick. The group moved to Yamato and formed the Yuzaki Theatre Company, which was to become the school of Noh theater later. He gained popularity and began to give guest performances in Kyoto. On one such occasion in 1374, the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was in the audience and was so impressed that he became his patron.

Kan'ami was the first author, the (derived from farming harvest festivals ) would embrace Kusemai - song-and- dance style and Dengaku dances in Noh plays. He made his son Zeami Motokiyo, from his style. This succeeded him as head of the Kanze School of Noh.

Important works

  • Komachi
  • Jinen koji
  • Shiino shoshone
  • Matzukaze
  • Eguchi

Swell

  • Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD, article " Kan'ami "
  • Theater actors
  • Pseudonym
  • Japanese
  • Born in 1333
  • Died in 1384
  • Man
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