The Love Suicides at Amijima
Japanese tragic play, 1721 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Love Suicides at Amijima (Shinjū Ten no Amijima or Shinjūten no 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 into kabuki shortly after its premiere on 3 January 1721. It is widely regarded as one of his greatest domestic plays[1][2] and was hailed by Donald Keene as “Chikamatsu’s masterpiece”.[3]