Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu is a collection of four major dramas by the famous Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. The four plays were first translated by Donald Keene in 1961, and have appeared in various collections and books over the years; "Four Major Plays" contains a Preface, an Introduction, and two appendices in addition, and is published by Columbia University Press.