The Love Suicide At Amijima by Chikamatsu Monzaemon
A deeply tragic domestic tale about a devoted but indebted paper merchant torn between duty to his family and his passionate attachment to a courtesan; as debts mount, social obligations tighten, and rivals and gossip close in, the lovers find themselves with no honorable or practical escape and choose a final, desperate act together, exposing the crushing pressures of class, obligation, and economic necessity that make true love impossible.
- Published
- 1721
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- Japanese
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- Alternate Titles
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- Shinju Ten no Amijima
- Shinjû Ten no Amijima
- Shinjū Ten no Amijima
- 心中天網島
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