Many of the most popular heroic and tragic dramas were written by Osaka's own Monzaemon Chikamatsu (1653 1724), the playwright the Japanese claim as their own Shakespeare.
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Monzaemon Chikamatsu was an Osakan author of heroic and tragic dramas.
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The Japanese say that there is no comparison between Monzaemon Chikamatsu and Shakespeare.