The Japanese dramatic art of Noh has a rich sixhundredyear history and has had a huge influence on Japanese culture and such Western artists as Ezra Pound and William Butler Yeats. The actor and playwright Zeami 13631443 is the most celebrated figure in the history of Noh with his numerous outstanding plays and his treatises outlining his theories on the art. These treatises were originally secret teachings that were later coveted by the highest ranks of the samurai class and first became ava