Chikamatsu

Chikamatsu Monzaemon

Chikamatsu
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Japanese playwright

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According to Wikipedia, 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". His most famous plays deal with double-suicides of honor bound lovers. Of his puppet plays, around 70 are jidaimono and 24 are sewamono . The domestic plays are today considered the core of his artistic achievement, particularly works such as The Courier for Hell and The Love Suicides at Amijima . His histories are viewed less positively, though The Battles of Coxinga remains praised.

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