Kan'ami

Template:Short description Template:BLP one source Template:Family name hatnote Template:Expand Japanese Template:Nihongo was a Japanese Noh actor, author, and musician during the Muromachi period. Born Template:Nihongo in Iga Province, Kan'ami also went by Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo. He is the father of the well-known playwright Template:Nihongo.

Theater

Kan'ami's career began in Obata, Nabari-shi, Mie when he founded a sarugaku theater group in the Kansai region on the main Honshu island. The troupe moved to Yamato and formed the Yuzaki theater company, which would become the school of Noh theater. He grew in popularity and began making trips to Kyoto to give performances. In 1374, the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was in the audience of a performance and was so impressed by it that he became Kan'ami's patron.

Kan'ami was the first playwright to incorporate the Template:Translit song and dance style and Template:Translit dances from rustic harvest celebrations. He trained his son Zeami Motokiyo in his style, and his son eventually succeeded him as director of the Kanze school of Noh. Kan'ami died in Suruga Province.

Notable works

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Further reading

• Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD, article – "Kan'ami"