KOMPARU ZEMPO

born 1454, Japan died c. 1520, , Japan also called Hachiro Motoyasu no dramatist and actor, grandson of no actor and dramatist Komparu Zenchiku. Zempo was one of the last dramatists of no's classic period. He wrote one play, Hatsuyuki (First Snow), in the restrained and poetic manner of his grandfather. Most of his work, however, such as Arashiyama, was written to appeal to a wide popular audience through the use of novelty, action-filled plots, and innovative schemes. While Zempo was head teacher of the Komparu school, which under his father had favoured a conservative style of performance called shimogakari and had waned in popularity, it revived and once again presented performances at the court in Kyoto.