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Zeami Motokiyo

1363 - 1443

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Zeami Motokiyo (世阿弥 元清; Japanese pronunciation: [dze.a.mʲi], c. 1363 – c. 1443), also called Kanze Motokiyo (観世 元清), was a Japanese aesthetician, actor, and playwright. His father, Kan'ami Kiyotsugu, introduced him to Noh theater performance at a young age, and found that he was a skilled actor. Kan'ami was also skilled in acting and formed a family theater ensemble. As it grew in popularity, Zeami had the opportunity to perform in front of the Shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zeami Motokiyo is the 808th most popular writer (up from 867th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Japan (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Writer.

Zeami Motokiyo is most famous for inventing the Noh theater.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zeami Motokiyo ranks 808 out of 7,302. Before him are Fatema Mernissi, Theodoret, Tove Ditlevsen, Dashiell Hammett, Max Jacob, and L. Frank Baum. After him are Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Cesare Pavese, Joseph of Anchieta, Robert Ludlum, William Saroyan, and Masaru Emoto.

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Among people born in 1363, Zeami Motokiyo ranks 1. After him are Jean Gerson, Margaret of Bavaria, Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre, Maria, Queen of Sicily, Matthew, Count of Foix, and Albert IV, Duke of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1443, Zeami Motokiyo ranks 1. After him are Erasmo of Narni, La Hire, Tvrtko II of Bosnia, Ferdinand the Holy Prince, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt, and Niccolò Albergati.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Zeami Motokiyo ranks 137 out of 6,245. Before him are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Yukio Tsuda (1917), Masao Ono (1923), Issei Sagawa (1949), Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), and Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633). After him are Jiro Miyake (1900), Usaburo Hidaka (null), Masaru Emoto (1943), Toshihide Maskawa (1940), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), and Shigeru Yoshida (1878).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Zeami Motokiyo ranks 15. Before him are Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Sei Shōnagon (966), Kōbō Abe (1924), and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886). After him are Masaru Emoto (1943), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Shoko Asahara (1955), Yosa Buson (1716), Mori Ōgai (1862), and D. T. Suzuki (1870).

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