Chikamatsu Monzaemon
After a number of years in Osaka, Tōjūrō returned to Kyoto, where he continued performing regularly. The year 1693 saw the premiere, at the Miyako Mandayū theatre, of "Butsumo Mayasan Kaichō", the first of a number of plays written by the great bunraku playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon specifically for Tōjūrō.