Monzaemon Chikamatsu Books
Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu
By Donald Keene, Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote some 130 plays, chiefly for the puppet theater, many of which are still performed today by puppet operators and Kabuki actors. Chikamatsu is thought to have w...
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"Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), often referred to as "Japan's Shakespeare" and a "god of writers," was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for t...
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By Toru Takemitsu, Taeko Tomioka, Kichiemon Nakamura, Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Masahiro Shinoda
Jihei, a married shopkeeper falls in love with Koharu, a prostitute. Bound by duty, and too poor to pay her way out of bondage, Jihei asks Koharu to enter a suicide pact, the only way they can be f...
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