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A youth created by this author quotes the proverb “envy none above you, despise none below” in response to a priest’s compliment about how “remarkably elegant” it is for “such people” to play the flute. This author’s aphorism “When you keep a secret, a flower blooms” appears in a treatise that praises child actors for naturally displaying a form of “mysterious beauty.” In this author’s rewrite of a predecessor’s work, two sisters admire the moon’s appearance in their pails of brinewater and mistake a (*) tree for (-5[1])their shared lover. A warrior-turned-priest reconciles with a young noble’s ghost in one of several plays (-5[1])by this author set near the Bay of Suma. This author’s revision of Wind in the Pines builds on the work of his father, with whom he pioneered an austere (10[2])genre of masked drama. For 10 points, (10[1])name this author of Atsumori and son of Kan’ami, the foremost writer of Noh plays. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Zeami Motokiyo [or Seami Motokiyo; or Kanze Motokiyo; accept names from any set in either order; prompt on Motokiyo; reject “Kan’ami”]
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