← Chikamatsu MonzaemonThe Love Suicides at Sonezakiby Chikamatsu MonzaemonTragedy of forbidden love ending in double suicide in Edo-period OsakaFind 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 AmijimaTale of star-crossed lovers whose devotion culminates in joint death ritual→Battles of CoxingaEpic drama of a Chinese general's adventures and military campaigns→
