Namiki Sōsuke

Namiki Sōsuke, also known by his pen name of Namiki Senryū, was a prominent Japanese playwright who wrote for both kabuki and bunraku. He produced around 47 bunraku plays, nearly 40 of them composed for jōruri, a particular form of musical narrative, and 10 kabuki plays. He is considered the second greatest Japanese playwright after Chikamatsu Monzaemon. His dramaturgy is distinctive for its tightly constructed plotting and its psychologically detailed tragic scenes.