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| | Amagasaki,the City of Chikamatsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | In the jidai joruri historical stories, which consist of three scenes, he originated the idea of using a "substitute" around the 3rd scene, and gave important roles to old people and attendants, who only had subordinate roles in the story's main plot. |
 | | Thus, he created a new world of theater, called "Sandanme Higeki" (tragedy in the 3rd scene). |
 | | Chikamatsu jumped into the world of joruri and kabuki, in which male narrators and actors took the lead, and made a decision to "rot away with plays". |
| www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp /web/contents/info/city/city03/chikamatsu/english/C2_top.html (381 words) |
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