08285. ZEAMI MOTOKIYO AND JAPANESE DRAMA. A brief biography of the life and work of Zeami Motokiyo, a principal theoretician and playwright of the Noh theater. Included is a discussion of many of the formal artistic techniques Motokiyo developed as well as a brief review of some of his 90 plays. 5 pages, 7 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources.