This study discusses the meaning of learning particular art-form movements (in a Noh play) during the stages between infancy and adolescence in the “Flowering Spirits” written by Zeami (around 1400 A.D.). The attitude toward the practice in Zeami’s Noh play for the ages seven to approximately twenty-four correspond with the skill development of human movements (from maturational skills, to personal skills, to advanced skills) proposed by Landall (1979) in the U.S.A.
Furthermore, Zeami did not regard the particular art-form movements in the Noh play as technical skills. Zeami had thought that a pleasure and satisfaction felt during exercise a Noh play influenced on performer’s body, strongly. Then, these affective factors made a performer understand the physical meaning of particular art-form movements. The above mention was perceived to have the meaning of ‘to mature’.
It was concluded that the practice in Zeami Noh play at the period from infancy to adolescence indicates the influence of naturalism.
