Ochi - Echi

Japanese: 越智 - えち

?-? A Noh mask maker from the Muromachi period.
He is one of the masters known as the Ten Masters of the Performing Arts. According to Zeami's Sarugaku Dangi, he was from Aichi County, Omi (Shiga Prefecture), and was good at creating female masks. Many female masks said to be made by Ochi remain to this day, but the authenticity of these remains unclear. There is also a theory that he is the name of a group of artists. His given name was Aichi.

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Japanese:

?－?　室町時代の能面師。
十作(じっさく)といわれる名手のひとり。世阿弥(ぜあみ)の「申楽(さるがく)談儀」によれば,近江(おうみ)(滋賀県)愛智(えち)郡の人で,女面を得意としたという。越智作とされる女面は現在もおおくのこっているが,その真偽は不明。一群の作家名とする説もある。名は愛智ともかく。

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