Remembering Zeami: The Kanze School and Its Patriarch
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2003Author
Rath, Eric C.
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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This article examines the history of the reception and popularization of the achievements
of nö’s founder, Zeami Motokiyo, as represented by three important actors of the Kanze
school: Kanze Motoakira (d. 1774), Kanze Sakon (d. 1939), and Kanze Hisao (d.
1978). Eric Rath describes how memories of Zeami helped these three actors to shape the
Kanze school’s performance practices and institutions. He reveals, too, how debate over
nö’s direction and essence has come to be framed in respect to the person considered to
be its patriarch.
Eric C. Rath is assistant professor of premodern Japanese history at the University of
Kansas. He is the author of several articles on the history of nö and the forthcoming
book The Ethos of Noh: Actors and Their Art (Harvard University Asia Center
Press).
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This is the publisher's official version, also available electronically from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/atj.2003.0027
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Rath, Eric C. “Remembering Zeami: The Kanze School and its Patriarch," Asian Theatre Journal 20.2 (2003): 191-208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/atj.2003.0027
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