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Chikamatsu Monzaemon

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Gender Male
Death300 years ago
Born Echizen Province
Date of died January 6,1724
DiedOsaka
Osaka
Japan
ParentsSugimori Nobuyoshi
Job Playwright
Books Chikamatsu
The Love Suicide at Amijima (Shinjū Ten No Amijima): A Study of a Japanese Domestic Tragedy
Almanac of Love
Masterpieces of Chikamatsu: The Japanese Shakespeare
The Battles of Coxinga: Chikamatsu's Puppet Play, Its Background and Importance
The Love Suicide at Amijima: A Study of a Japanese Domestic Tragedy by Chikamatsu Monzaemon
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The Woman-Killer and the Hell of Oil
Movies/Shows The Crucified Lovers
Gonza the Spearman
The Lovers' Exile
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Double Suicide
Play writtenThe Love Suicides at Amijima
Date of birth January 1,1653
NationalityJapanese
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Chikamatsu Monzaemon Life story


Chikamatsu Monzaemon was a Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of puppet theater that later came to be known as bunraku, and the live-actor drama, kabuki. The Encyclopædia Britannica has written that he is "widely regarded as the greatest Japanese dramatist".

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