Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Born: 1653
Died: January 6, 1725 (aged 72)
Bio: 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.
Known for:
- The Crucified Lovers
- The Oil-Hell Murder
- Double Suicide
- Gonza the Spearman
- Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
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