Chikamatsu
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In college I took a course in Japanese literature that included study of the 18th-century love-suicide plays of Chikamatsu.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2011
Write in place of Sidney and Scott, Chikamatsu and Bakin, and you have in a nutshell the main features of the literary history of Japan.
From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Nitobe, Inazo
This," said Chikamatsu, "has the proper spirit of the drama, for it takes the audience into consideration.
From The Book of Tea by Okakura, Kakuzo
It was the Restoration that let Shakspere and Goethe take the place of Bakin and Chikamatsu.
From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis
Chikamatsu, our Japanese Shakespeare, has laid down as one of the first principles of dramatic composition the importance of taking the audience into the confidence of the author.
From The Book of Tea by Okakura, Kakuzo
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