← Chikamatsu MonzaemonThe Love Suicides at Amijimaby Chikamatsu MonzaemonTale of star-crossed lovers whose devotion culminates in joint death ritualFind on Amazon↗About the authorChikamatsu MonzaemonOften called the Shakespeare of Japan, he wrote over a hundred plays for puppet theater and kabuki. His domestic tragedies exploring love suicides were revolutionary in depicting the emotional lives of common people.More by Chikamatsu MonzaemonThe Love Suicides at SonezakiTragedy of forbidden love ending in double suicide in Edo-period Osaka→Battles of CoxingaEpic drama of a Chinese general's adventures and military campaigns→
