The Kanze Tetsunojō Family

...During that time, the 15th Kanze (Sakono) Motoakira is famous for carrying out the Meiwa Reforms in 1765 (Meiwa 2), which were a major reform of all aspects of Noh writing and performance (although after his death, the old rules were restored due to the rapidity of the reforms). In 1752 (Horeki 2), Motoakira also had the shogunate recognize the establishment of the Kanze Tetsunojyo family by his younger brother, Oribe Kiyohisa, and was given a status equivalent to that of a head of one of the four schools. When the head of a school has no heir, the family has the status of succeeding him (Oribe Kiyohisa 17th and Oribe Kiyooki 19th were the first and second heads of the Tetsunojyo family), and also serves as guardians for young heads of a school. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Kanze Tetsunojyo family is listed below.

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…その間，15世観世(左近)元章（もとあきら）は，1765年(明和2)謡曲文･演出のすべてにわたる大改革〈明和の改正〉を行ったことで名高い(ただしあまりに急激な改革のため没後は旧に復した)。また元章は1752年(宝暦2)，弟織部清尚の〈観世銕之丞（てつのじよう）家〉の樹立を幕府に認めさせ四座一流の家元に準ずる家格が与えられた。同家は家元に嗣子のないとき，その跡を継ぐ格式をもち(17世織部清尚，19世織部清興は銕之丞家の初世と2世である)，また幼い家元の後見役を務める家柄である。…

※「観世銕之丞家」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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