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Chikamatsu Monzaemon - Definition and Overview

Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松 門左衛門, real name Sugimori Nobumori, 1653 - January 6, 1724) 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.

Works

Jōruri

  • Shusse Kagekiyo (1685)
  • Sonezaki Shinju (1703)
  • Tamba Yosaku (1708)
  • Meido no Hikyaku (1711)
  • Kokusenya Kassen (1715)
  • Shinju Ten no Amishima (1720)
  • Onnagoroshi Abura no Jigoku (1721)

Kabuki

  • Keisei Hotoke no Hara

See also


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