Kanze Kojiro Nobumitsu (観世 å° æ¬¡éƒŽ ä¿¡å…‰, ?1435 or 1450 â€"
July 7, 1516) was a Japanese noh playwright and secondary actor during
the Muromachi Era, from the house of Kanze. He was the grandson of Noh
playwright Zeami Motokiyo, and is considered one of the last important
playwrights of the golden age of Noh. He was the author of around 30
plays.[1][2]Among his most famous plays is the play RashÅ mon, which
spelled the title of the RajÅ mon gate by using the kanji shÅ for
"life" (ç¾…ç"Ÿé–€) rather than the original jÅ for "castle." This
reading has been corrected back in modern Japanese, but left its trace
in the title of later stories named RashÅ mon and the film of Akira
Kurosawa.[3][4]
July 7, 1516) was a Japanese noh playwright and secondary actor during
the Muromachi Era, from the house of Kanze. He was the grandson of Noh
playwright Zeami Motokiyo, and is considered one of the last important
playwrights of the golden age of Noh. He was the author of around 30
plays.[1][2]Among his most famous plays is the play RashÅ mon, which
spelled the title of the RajÅ mon gate by using the kanji shÅ for
"life" (ç¾…ç"Ÿé–€) rather than the original jÅ for "castle." This
reading has been corrected back in modern Japanese, but left its trace
in the title of later stories named RashÅ mon and the film of Akira
Kurosawa.[3][4]
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