Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Japanese dramatist
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... Wikipedia
Born: 1653, Echizen Province
Died: January 6, 1724 (age 71 years), Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Movies: Double Suicide, Double Suicide of Sonezaki, The Crucified Lovers, and more