Zeami (1400's)
_aesthician and Noh actor, playwrite
_contributed to the fundamental monomane (principles) of Noh
1. Hana: cultivation of relationship between audience and performer like a gardener cultivates a flower. Like a flower, Noh is meant to be understood by any audience. Two forms of hana- beauty of youth and beauty of performance.
2. Yugen: especially related to Noh in that it emphasizes the beauty of the transcendental world, the beauty of loss and sadness
3. kokoro: heart/mind, performer must have no mind
4. rojaku: the last stage of the performance in which the actor presents himself as an old man, eliminates all unnecessary actions
5. monomane: *imitation) accuracy of depicting motion
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