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    Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松 門左衛門, real name Sugimori Nobumori, 杉森 信盛, 1653 – 6 January 1725) was a Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of puppet theater...
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  • play by the Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. The double suicides that occurred on May 22, 1703 inspired Chikamatsu to write this play and thus The...
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    Chikamatsu Monogatari), also titled A Story from Chikamatsu, is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was adapted from Monzaemon...
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  • Amijima 心中天の網島) is a domestic play (sewamono) by Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Originally written for the bunraku puppet theatre, it was adapted...
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    to around the 1680s. It rose to popularity after the playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1724) began a collaboration with the chanter Takemoto Gidayu...
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    ritual suicide. 1703 (Genroku 16, 5th month): First performance of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's play The Love Suicides at Sonezaki. December 31, 1703 (Genroku 16...
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  • the original on 19 December 2014. Keene, Donald (30 April 2013). "Chikamatsu Monzaemon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 24 November 2014. "Last Call"...
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  • Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu is a collection of four major dramas by the famous Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. The four plays were first translated...
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    finished; you can help Wikipedia by adding to them. Chikamatsu Monzaemon, The Battles of Coxinga: Chikamatsu's Puppet Play, Its Background and Importance (Taylor's...
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    being a modern saying, as well as being employed figuratively in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's puppet play The Love Suicides at Amijima. Citations "gem-hand-box"...
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