Chikamatsu Monzaemon Hear it!

Chikamatsu Monzaemon definition

Chi·ka·matsu Mon·za·emon (c̸hēkä mätso̵̅o̅ mōnzä e mōn)

(born Sugimori Nobumori) 1653-1724; Jpn. dramatist: called the Shakespeare of Japan
often shortened to Chikamatsu

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