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Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu Condition:Very Good James Lever and Ali Smith)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; his characters are