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Vertical page of handwritten Japanese text from a manuscript copy of Zeami’s Fūshi Kaden

Zeami Motokiyo

Zeami Motokiyo was a Noh actor, playwright, troupe leader, and theorist whose plays and treatises shaped the transmission of Noh.

Woodblock print of performers in the Noh play Sotoba Komachi

Kan’ami Kiyotsugu

Kan’ami Kiyotsugu was a fourteenth-century actor, troupe leader, and playwright whose performance innovations helped form Noh theatre.