Iemoto System
The Iemoto System was not unique to Noh theater. This highly
Confucian ideology of rank, became the way by which the Japanese transmitted
knowledge in various areas- dance, incense-making, martial arts, tea ceremony
etc. At the head of the Iemoto system is the grand master. The grand master has
the power to issue licenses to his pupil to teach or advance in the respective
art. This supposedly allowed for the art to stay faithful to the original
style. At the highest levels, a license to teach can cost millions of yen.
Often the grandmaster position is transmitted by heredity.
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