Kanze Kiyohisa

Japanese: 観世清尚 - かんぜきよひさ

1727-1782 A shite Noh actor from the mid-Edo period.
Born in 1719. The second son of Kanze Kiyochika. The younger brother of Kanze Motoakira, the 15th head of the Kanze school. After his father's death, he took the name Oribe. In 1752, the shogunate recognized the founding of a branch of the Kanze school (the Tetsunojo family) and granted him the same status as the head of one of the four schools. After the death of his brother's adopted son, Kanze Shogaku, the 16th head of the Kanze school, he became the 17th head of the Kanze school. He died on October 18, 1782, at the age of 56.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

1727－1782　江戸時代中期の能役者シテ方。
享保(きょうほう)12年生まれ。観世清親(きよちか)の次男。宗家15代観世元章(もとあきら)の弟。父の死後,織部を襲名。宝暦2年(1752)幕府から観世流分家(銕之丞(てつのじょう)家)の創設をみとめられ,四座一流の家元に準ずる家格をあたえられる。兄の養子の宗家16代観世章学の没後,17代をついだ。天明2年10月18日死去。56歳。

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