KnowraChikamatsu MonzaemonLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Chikamatsu Monzaemon, each with the reason it gives.All 8Related 7Compared with 1KabukiRelated: His plays gave kabuki emotionally complex stories of duty, desire, and social constraint.BunrakuRelated: His plays gave puppet theatre enduring tragedies of love, duty, and social constraint.YoshiwaraRelated: His dramas drew on the conflicts and social codes of urban entertainment.Ihara SaikakuRelated: He and Saikaku shaped popular literature around the same urban audience.Japanese theatreRelated: His plays helped establish Bunraku’s dramatic repertoire and shaped Kabuki writing.Ueda AkinariCompared with: Chikamatsu’s dramatic form contrasts with Akinari’s carefully composed prose tales.GenrokuRelated: His plays became defining works of Genroku-era popular theater.Tetsuji TakechiRelated: Takechi’s modern stagings helped renew interest in Chikamatsu’s classical drama.