Zeami Motokiyo's Fushikaden, conventionally dated to 1418, is a primary medieval text with no modern publisher, written for transmission within Zeami's own family rather than for publication. Its strength is that it is the primary source for Noh's own early self understanding, training and aesthetics, from the tradition's own founding master. Its limit is that the 1418 date is a conventional one for a work actually composed over roughly two decades, and, being written for a closed family audience, it reflects one lineage's own teaching rather than the art form as practiced more broadly at the time.
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Reliability tier 1: the primary source itself, written for transmission within the founding master's own family rather than for publication, reflecting one lineage's own teaching rather than the art form as more broadly practiced at the time. NotesZeami's treatise on the training and aesthetics of Noh, written for transmission within his own family rather than for publication. The primary source for the art's early self-understanding. The date given is the conventional one for the completion of the work, which was composed over roughly two decades.
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AuthorZeami Motokiyo
Publication Year1418
Source Typeprimary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Sacred Dances, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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