Zeami Motokiyo
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Zeami Motokiyo (c.1363–c.1443), also called Kanze Motokiyo, was a Japanese actor and playwright. In addition to writing brilliant plays and his major theoretical work, Fūshikaden, Zeami wrote practical instructions for actors and established the Noh theatre as a serious art form. His books are not only instructions but also aesthetic treatises based on the spiritual culture of Japan.
Zeami was educated by his father, Kan'ami, who was also an actor. This father-son team established the Noh theatre. When Kan'ami's company performed for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the Shogun of Japan, he asked for Zeami to have a court education in the arts. After Zeami succeeded his father, he continued to perform and adapt his style into what is today Noh. A mixture of pantomime and vocal acrobatics, this style has fascinated the Japanese for hundreds of years.
Scholars attribute nearly 50 plays to Zeami. Among them are the masterworks Izutsu and Takasago, the latter containing the phrase senshūraku, "pleasures of a thousand autumns," familiar to sumo fans as the name of the last day of a professional tournament. ("Izutsu" and "Takasago" are also the names of sumo heya.)
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