Quotes from Monzaemon Chikamatsu's books, and about them
Some Prefer Nettles on The Love Suicides at Amijima: “Kaname vaguely remembered that the Gidayu version of The Love Suicides at Amijima was not Chikamatsu's original but a rewrite by Hanji or someone, and that this line must come from the original; the old man praised the puppet-play texts, saying "today's novels are nowhere near them." [auto-translated]”