Chikamatsu, Monzaemon 1653-1725
Overview
| Works: | 1,516 works in 2,924 publications in 4 languages and 14,204 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Drama Fiction Film adaptations Criticism, interpretation, etc Acting editions Internet videos Historical films Musical settings Jōruri (Music) Melodramas (Motion pictures) |
| Roles: | Author, Bibliographic antecedent, Other, Creator, Librettist, Translator, Contributor, Honoree, Lyricist |
| Classifications: | PL793.4, 895.62 |
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Most widely held works about
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
- Chikamatsu : 5 late plays by Monzaemon Chikamatsu( )
- Four major plays of Chikamatsu by Monzaemon Chikamatsu( Book )
- Major plays by Chikamatsu( )
- Shinjū ten no Amijima = Double suicide by Masahiro Shinoda( Visual )
- Circles of fantasy : convention in the plays of Chikamatsu by C. Andrew Gerstle( Book )
- Bunraku : the classical puppets of Japan( Visual )
- Masterpieces of Chikamatsu : the Japanese Shakespeare by Robert Nichols( Book )
- The lovers' exile by Monzaemon Chikamatsu( Visual )
- Four major plays by Monzaemon Chikamatsu( Book )
- Chikamatsu goi by Kazutoshi Ueda( Book )
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon by Shigetoshi Kawatake( Book )
- Ochikubo Monogatari, or, The tale of the Lady Ochikubo : a tenth century Japanese novel by Monzaemon Chikamatsu( )
- The battles of Coxinga : Chikamatsu's puppet play, its background and importance by Monzaemon Chikamatsu( Book )
- Chikamatsu( Book )
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon( Book )
- Genroku bungaku kenkyū by Tamotsu Hirosue( Book )
- Shinjū ten no Amijima = Double suicide( Visual )
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon : kenkyū nyūmon by Chikamatsu Kenkyūkai( Book )
- Shinjū ten no Amijima by Masahiro Shinoda( Visual )
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon 1653-1724 by Toshio Kawatake( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Major plays by
Chikamatsu(
Book
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23 editions published between 1961 and 1990 in English and Undetermined and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eleven plays, including the most popular domestic tragedies and one history play, still performed in present-day Japan by puppet operators and Kabuki actors
23 editions published between 1961 and 1990 in English and Undetermined and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eleven plays, including the most popular domestic tragedies and one history play, still performed in present-day Japan by puppet operators and Kabuki actors
The battles of Coxinga : Chikamatsu's puppet play, its background and importance by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Book
)
28 editions published between 1715 and 2001 in Japanese and English and held by 400 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
28 editions published between 1715 and 2001 in Japanese and English and held by 400 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
World drama--an anthology by
Barrett H Clark(
Book
)
1 edition published in 1933 in English and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For contents, see Author Catalog
1 edition published in 1933 in English and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For contents, see Author Catalog
The love suicide at Amijima (Shinjū ten no Amijima) : a study of a Japanese domestic tragedy by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Book
)
10 editions published between 1953 and 1991 in English and German and held by 282 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1953 and 1991 in English and German and held by 282 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Forever Escher ; Shinju ; Wind song by
Paul Chihara(
Recording
)
2 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in Japanese and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in Japanese and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The lovers' exile by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Visual
)
5 editions published between 1980 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Penniless clerk Chubei embezzles public funds to release his lover, the prostitute Unegawa, from her contract at the teahouse. This is the entire plot of "The Lovers' Exile," by classic Japanese dramatist Monzaemon Chikamatsu (1673-1724), the Shakespeare of Bunraku theatre. Bunraku combines the arts of puppetry, a particularly Japanese form of dramatic recitation called joruri, and musical accompaniment by the shamisen. This performance is by the Bunraku Ensemble of Osaka, which includes a number of players who are Living National Treasures of Japan. "The Lovers' Exile" is the only filmed adaptation of a classic Bunraku performance [at time of filming]
5 editions published between 1980 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Penniless clerk Chubei embezzles public funds to release his lover, the prostitute Unegawa, from her contract at the teahouse. This is the entire plot of "The Lovers' Exile," by classic Japanese dramatist Monzaemon Chikamatsu (1673-1724), the Shakespeare of Bunraku theatre. Bunraku combines the arts of puppetry, a particularly Japanese form of dramatic recitation called joruri, and musical accompaniment by the shamisen. This performance is by the Bunraku Ensemble of Osaka, which includes a number of players who are Living National Treasures of Japan. "The Lovers' Exile" is the only filmed adaptation of a classic Bunraku performance [at time of filming]
Chikamatsu Monzaemon shū by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Book
)
10 editions published in 1984 in Japanese and held by 160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published in 1984 in Japanese and held by 160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chushingura (The treasury of loyal retainers): by
Izumo Takeda(
Book
)
13 editions published between 1875 and 1912 in English and held by 97 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Rōnin, is the most famous and perenially popular of all Japanese dramas. Written around 1748 as a puppet play, it is now better known in Kabuki performances. In the twentieth century, cinema and television versions have been equally successful. Donald Keene here presents a complete translation of the original text, with notes and an introduction that increase the reader's comprehension and enjoyment of the play. The introduction also elucidates the idea of loyalty. This traditional virtue, as exemplified in Chūshingura, has never completely lost its hold on audiences, in spite of twentieth-century changes in Japanese society and moral ideas. Moreover, as Professor Keene points out, the excitement, color and violence expressed in the play may be considered the counterpoint to the austere restraint and understatement which are more commonly thought to be "traditionally" Japanese."--Page 4 of cover
13 editions published between 1875 and 1912 in English and held by 97 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Rōnin, is the most famous and perenially popular of all Japanese dramas. Written around 1748 as a puppet play, it is now better known in Kabuki performances. In the twentieth century, cinema and television versions have been equally successful. Donald Keene here presents a complete translation of the original text, with notes and an introduction that increase the reader's comprehension and enjoyment of the play. The introduction also elucidates the idea of loyalty. This traditional virtue, as exemplified in Chūshingura, has never completely lost its hold on audiences, in spite of twentieth-century changes in Japanese society and moral ideas. Moreover, as Professor Keene points out, the excitement, color and violence expressed in the play may be considered the counterpoint to the austere restraint and understatement which are more commonly thought to be "traditionally" Japanese."--Page 4 of cover
The love suicide at Amijima : a study of a Japanese domestic tragedy by Chikamatsu Monzaemon by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Book
)
14 editions published between 1953 and 1991 in English and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Love Suicides at Amijima, classic Bunraku (puppet theatre) play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, written and performed about 1720 as Shinjū ten no Amijima. Like most of Chikamatsu’s more than 20 love-suicide dramas, it was based on an actual event, the outcome of the brothel system. These works made love suicides so popular that they were outlawed, and any survivor was charged with murder.Jihei, a paper merchant, falls in love with the 19-year-old prostitute Koharu, but he cannot afford to buy her release from her brothel. Though the lovers’ exchanges are amusing in early passages of the play, the complicated tensions of duty and desire lead to a tragic decision: since their inflexible society makes their love impossible, Jihei and Koharu will seek to be joined in the afterlife. --text from Encyclopedia Britannica (see link(
14 editions published between 1953 and 1991 in English and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Love Suicides at Amijima, classic Bunraku (puppet theatre) play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, written and performed about 1720 as Shinjū ten no Amijima. Like most of Chikamatsu’s more than 20 love-suicide dramas, it was based on an actual event, the outcome of the brothel system. These works made love suicides so popular that they were outlawed, and any survivor was charged with murder.Jihei, a paper merchant, falls in love with the 19-year-old prostitute Koharu, but he cannot afford to buy her release from her brothel. Though the lovers’ exchanges are amusing in early passages of the play, the complicated tensions of duty and desire lead to a tragic decision: since their inflexible society makes their love impossible, Jihei and Koharu will seek to be joined in the afterlife. --text from Encyclopedia Britannica (see link(
Chikamatsu jōrurishū by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Book
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in Japanese and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
in Japanese and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chikamatsu jōrurishū by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Book
)
5 editions published in 1977 in Japanese and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 1977 in Japanese and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fair ladies at a game of poem cards : a verse play by
Peter Oswald(
Book
)
4 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chikamatsu monogatari by
Kenji Mizoguchi(
Visual
)
10 editions published between 1954 and 2010 in Japanese and English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chikamatsu monogatari: In 17th century Japan, illicit love between a merchant's wife and her servant leads to tragedy based on a story by Monzaemon Chikamatsu
10 editions published between 1954 and 2010 in Japanese and English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chikamatsu monogatari: In 17th century Japan, illicit love between a merchant's wife and her servant leads to tragedy based on a story by Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Chikamatsu Monzaemon shū by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Book
)
3 editions published in 1986 in Japanese and held by 50 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1986 in Japanese and held by 50 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chikamatsu(
Book
)
5 editions published between 1957 and 1990 in Japanese and held by 48 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published between 1957 and 1990 in Japanese and held by 48 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chefs-d'oeuvre de Tchikamatsou, le grand dramaturge japonais by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Book
)
8 editions published in 1929 in French and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published in 1929 in French and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Four major plays of Chikamatsu by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Book
)
21 editions published between 1961 and 1998 in English and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote some 130 plays, chiefly for the puppet theater, many of which are still performed today by puppet operators and Kabuki actors. Chikamatsu is thought to have written the first major tragedies about the common man. This edition of four of his most important plays includes three popular domestic dramas and one history play." "Chikamatsu's domestic dramas are accurate reflections of Japanese society at the time: his characters are samurai, farmers, merchants, and prostitutes who speak colloquially, and who people the shops, streets, teahouses, and brothels that constituted their daily environment. The heroes and heroines of these plays gain their tragic stature from their conflicts with society. "The Love Suicides at Sonezaki" and "The Love Suicides at Amijima" became so popular that they actually initiated a vogue for love suicides, both in life and onstage." "Donald Keene's translation of the original text is presented here with an introduction and a new preface to aid readers in their comprehension and enjoyment of the plays."--Jacket
21 editions published between 1961 and 1998 in English and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote some 130 plays, chiefly for the puppet theater, many of which are still performed today by puppet operators and Kabuki actors. Chikamatsu is thought to have written the first major tragedies about the common man. This edition of four of his most important plays includes three popular domestic dramas and one history play." "Chikamatsu's domestic dramas are accurate reflections of Japanese society at the time: his characters are samurai, farmers, merchants, and prostitutes who speak colloquially, and who people the shops, streets, teahouses, and brothels that constituted their daily environment. The heroes and heroines of these plays gain their tragic stature from their conflicts with society. "The Love Suicides at Sonezaki" and "The Love Suicides at Amijima" became so popular that they actually initiated a vogue for love suicides, both in life and onstage." "Donald Keene's translation of the original text is presented here with an introduction and a new preface to aid readers in their comprehension and enjoyment of the plays."--Jacket
Keisei hangonkō ; Komochi yamauba. Kokusen'ya kassen ; Heike Nyogo no shima ; Shinshū Kawanakajima kassen by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
)
2 editions published in 1989 in Japanese and held by 39 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1989 in Japanese and held by 39 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chikamatsu zenshū by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
Book
)
in Japanese and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
in Japanese and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Les tragédies bourgeoises by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu(
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7 editions published in 1991 in French and English and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1991 in French and English and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Keene, Donald Other Translator Editor Author
- Gerstle, C. Andrew 1951- Other Translator Author
- Janus Films Distributor
- Criterion Collection (Firm) Distributor
- Art Theatre Guild
- 滝田裕介 Performer Actor
- 篠田正浩 1931- Other Scenarist Producer Restager Director Author of screenplay Film editor Author
- 粟津潔 1929-2009
- 武満徹 Scenarist Author of screenplay Musician Composer
- 富岡多恵子 Scenarist Author of screenplay Author
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Adultery Asians Ballets Bunraku Bunraku puppets Chikamatsu, Monzaemon, Concertos (Cello) Danish drama Domestic tragedies (Drama), Japanese Drama Dramatists Dramatists, Japanese Escher, M. C.--(Maurits Cornelis), Forty-seven Rōnin Forty-seven Rōnin in literature French drama Geishas German drama Ihara, Saikaku, Italian drama Japan Japanese drama Japanese drama--Edo period Japanese fiction--Edo period Japanese literature Japanese literature--Edo period Japan--Kyoto Jōruri Kabuki Kabuki plays Kana-dehon Chūshingura (Takeda, Izumo) Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Matsuo, Bashō, Motion pictures Motion pictures, Japanese Musique concrète Prostitutes Puppet plays Puppets Puppet theater Puppet theaters Russian drama Sewamono Shinjū ten no Amijima (Chikamatsu, Monzaemon) Spanish drama Suicide Theater Theater in art Verse drama, English
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Alternative Names
Chikamatsu
Chikamatsu 1653-1724
Chikamatsu 1653-1725
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon 1653-1724
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon 1653-1725
Chikamatsu Monzaemon dramaturg japonez
Chikamatsu Monzaemon dramaturge japonais
Chikamatsu Monzaemon dramaturgo japonés
Chikamatsu Monzaemon Japanese playwright
Chikamatsu Monzaemon japanischer Dramatiker
Chikamatsu Monzaemon Japans schrijver
Chikamatsu Monzaemon japansk författare
Chikamatsu Monzaemon scrittore e drammaturgo giapponese
Chikamatsu, Monzayemon.
Chikamatsu Monzayemon (1653-1725)
Čikamacu Monzaemon
Çikamatsu Monzaemon
Čikamatsu, Monzaemon 1653-1725
Csikamacu Monzaemon
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Monzaemon, Chikamatsu 1653-1725
Monzaemon Chikamatsu dramaturg japonès
Monzaemon Chikamatsu近松門左衛門 1653-1725
Sōrinshi
Sōrinshi 1653-1725
Sugīmorī, Nobumorī
Sugimori Nobumori 1653-1724
Sugimori Nobumori (1653-1725)
Suginomori Nobumori (1653-1725)
Tchikamatsou 1653-1724
Tchikamatsou, Monzaemon
Tchikamatsou Monzaemon 1653-1724
Tchikamatsu, Monzaemon, 1653-1725
Tïkamacw Mondzaémon
Tikamatsu, Mondraemon, 1653-1725
Tikamat︠s︡u, Mondzaėmon
Tikamat︠s︡u, Mondzaėmon 1653-1725
Tikamatu, Monzaemon
Tjikâmats, Monzaëmon
Tjikâmats, Monzaëmon 1653-1724
Tschikamatsu, Monsaemon 1653-1725
Тикамацу, Мондзаемон
Тикамацу, Мондзаэмон
Тикамацу, Мондзаэмон 1653-1725
Тикамацу Мондзаэмон Японский драматург
Тікамацу Мондзаемон
Цікамацу Мандзаэмон
צ'יקמטסו מונזאימון מחזאי יפני
تىيكاماتسۋ موندزاەمون
جيكيماتسو مونزايمون
جيكيماتسو مونزايمون كاتب مسرحي ياباني
مونزيمون تشيكاماتسو، 1653-1725
چیکاماتسو مونزائمون نویسنده ژاپنی
ტიკამაცუ მონძაემონი
근송문좌위문 1653-1725
불이산인 1653-1725
삼삼신성 1653-1725
소린시 1653-1725
소림자 1653-1725
스기모리 노부모리 1653-1725
지카마쓰, 몬자에몬
치카마츠 몬자에몬 1653-1725
후이산진 1653-1725
すぎもり, のぶもり 1653-1725
ソウリンシ
チカマツ, モンザエモン
チカマツ, モンザエモン 1653-1724
チカマツ, モンザエモン 1653-1725
巣林子
平安堂
平馬
杉森, 信盛
杉森 信盛 1653-1724
杉森, 信盛 1653-1725
杉森信盛
近松 1653-1724
近松, 門左衞門
近松 門左衛門 1653-1724
近松, 門左衛門 (*) 1653-1725
近松文左衛門, 1653 1653-1725
近松文左衛門 1653-1725
近松文左衛門, 1653-1725, 1653-1725
近松左衛門 1653-1725
近松門佐衛門 1653-1725
近松門左衛門 1653-1724
近松门左卫门 1653-1725
近松門左衛門 日本の江戸時代の文人、歌舞伎作者
近松門左術門 1653-1725
近松門左衙門 1653-1725
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