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1653 CE - 1725 CE: Life of the Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon.
1683 CE: The first performance of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's first play, Yotsugi Soga ('The Soga Successor').
1715 CE: Chikamatsu Monzaemon writes the historical play Kikusenya Kassen ('The Battles of Coxinga').