num_pages: 131
description: Chikamatsu Monzaemon, real name Sugimori Nobumori, 1653 – 6 January 1725) was a Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of puppet theater that later came to be known as bunraku, and the live-actor drama, kabuki. Encyclopædia Britannica writes that he is "widely regarded as the greatest Japanese dramatist." His most famous plays deal with double-suicides of honor bound lovers.Originally written for the jōruri puppet theatre, "The Love Suicide at Amijima" was adapted into kabuki shortly after its premiere. The play is one of Chikamatsu's more famous plays.The play deals with the painful struggle of two lovers who cannot be together due to their social and political situations and the outcome of intense emotions and the inability to overcome their conditions.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Los amantes suicidas de Amijima
titlecomplete: Los amantes suicidas de Amijima
genres: Classics, Drama, College, Plays, Japan, Japanese Literature, Romance, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 199
publisher: Trotta