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Also Known As Sugimori Nobumori
Born 1653 • Echizen • Japan
Died January 6, 1725 (aged 72) • Ōsaka • Japan
Notable Works “The Battles of Coxinga” • “The Love Suicides at Sonezaki”
Kikuchi Kan
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Mishima Yukio
Mishima Yukio
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Abe Kōbō
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Zeami
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Izumi Kyōka.
Izumi Kyōka
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Kawatake Mokuami.
Kawatake Mokuami
Japanese dramatist
Ariyoshi Sawako
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Kan’ami
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Masamune Hakuchō.
Masamune Hakuchō
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Mushanokōji Saneatsu.
Mushanokōji Saneatsu
Japanese writer and painter
Kinoshita Junji
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Tsuruya Namboku IV
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Okamoto Kidō
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Sakurada Jisuke I
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Komparu Zenchiku
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Kume Masao
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Komparu Zempō
Japanese nō dramatist
Ernest F. Fenollosa
American orientalist and art critic
Yū Miri
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Namiki Gohei I
Japanese playwright