On’ami
Oto-ami(1893)The Music and Musical Instruments of Japan, Batsford, London [EN]
- 18The son of Se-ami, Oto-ami, founded the now-existing house of Kanzi, which is in fact the true and original family of No dancers.
- 23The stage, which has remained unaltered in every respect since the beginning of the fifteenth century, when the early dramatists Seami and Otoami acted at Kiyauto before the then Shiyaugufi,* Yoshimasa, is a square wooden room open on all sides but one, and supported on pillars, the side of the square being about eighteen English feet.
- 6The stage, which has remained unaltered in every respect since the beginning of the fifteenth century, when the early dramatists Seami and Otoami acted at Kyoto before the then Shogun, Yoshimasa, is a square wooden room open on all sides but one, and supported on pillars, the side of the square being about eighteen English feet.
- 63Even when some of their names, Seami and Otoami for instance, are given, it is said by an authority that they are, in fact, only responsible for the music, the dance, and the general stage management.