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Japanese: 観世宗節 - かんぜ・そうせつ

Year of death: December 5, 1584 (January 17, 1584)
Year of birth: 1509
A Noh actor from the late Muromachi and Sengoku periods. His real name was Saburo Mototada. His father was the 6th Kanze Dayu Motohiro, and his mother was the daughter of Konparu Zenpo. He lost his father at the age of 14 and became the 7th Kanze Dayu. Despite problems such as discord with his guardians, Kanze Nagatoshi and Motoyori, father and son, he was active in several Kanjin Sarugaku performances and was favored by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1571. He was also active in copying Zeami's writings and Noh books. Around 1566 (Eiroku 9), he retired and handed over his position as Dayu to his adopted son Motohisa, and later, in 1577 (Tensho 5), he became the guardian of Motohisa's surviving son Oniwaka (Kanze Kuroyuki).

(Michiko Ishii)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：天正11.12.5(1584.1.17)
生年：永正6(1509)
室町後期・戦国時代の能役者。本名三郎元忠。父は6世観世大夫元広,母は金春禅鳳の娘。14歳で父に死別して7世観世大夫となる。後見役の観世長俊・元頼父子との不和などの問題を抱えながらも,数度におよぶ勧進猿楽興行をはじめとして精力的に活躍,元亀2(1571)年には徳川家康の知遇を得ている。世阿弥伝書や謡本の書写といった活動も積極的に行っていたらしい。永禄9(1566)年ごろ養嗣子の元尚に大夫職を譲って隠居,その後天正5(1577)年に元尚が没したため遺児鬼若(観世黒雪)の後見に当たった。

(石井倫子)

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