《Kawasho》

...After writing his masterpiece, Omoseyama Onna Teikin (collaboration with Miyoshi Shoraku and others) in 1771, he wrote many domestic plays during the An'ei period (1772-1781), including Shinju Kamiya Jihei (a revision of Shinju Ten no Amijima; the first volume is the current Kawasho), Utasaibun (New Edition), and others. In 1783 (Tenmei 3), he wrote his last masterpiece, Igagoe Dochu Sugoroku, and died on February 4th, aged 59 (there are differing theories about the year of his death)....

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…71年，傑作《妹背山婦女庭訓》(三好松洛らと合作)を著した後，安永期(1772‐81)には世話物が多くなり，《心中紙屋治兵衛》(《心中天の網島》の改作。上の巻は現行の《河庄》)，《往古（むかしむかし）曾根崎村噂》《新版歌祭文》などが生まれる。83年(天明3)に最後の傑作《伊賀越道中双六》を著し，上演に先立つ2月4日59歳で没(没年に異説あり)。…

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