This author of The Uprooted Pine wrote a play about Tokubei and Ohatsu, who kill themselves in Tenjin forest.
In a work by this author, a man uses the story of a mouse who renounces bait to escape a trap to justify his desire for his son to flee an executioner. In another work by this author, a woman is forced into marrying a one-eyed man after losing a wager on a battle between women armed with plum and cherry branches. In 1961, four major works of this author were published in translation by Donald Keene. While hiding under his lover's robes, a character created by this author learns of a plan of a plan to possess that lover from an (*) oil merchant who swindled him out of two pieces of silver. A play by this author has a title that ambiguously refers to buying out a courtesan or to the play's central New Year's festivities. This author of The Uprooted Pine wrote a play about Tokubei and Ohatsu, who kill themselves in Tenjin forest. For 10 points, name this author of The Love Suicides At Sonezaki, a bunraku playwright.
In a work by this author, a man uses the story of a mouse who renounces bait to escape a trap to justify his desire for his son to flee an executioner.
Chikamatsu Monzaemon [or Sugimori Nobumori]