Turuya Namboku is a kabuki playwright of the late Edo period and one of the famous writers of
Japanese classic theatrical literature. Vividly, he depicts the world of the townsmen.
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The Scarlet Princess of Edo ( Sakurahime azuma bunsho) was published in 1817. A Buddhist monk
Seigen falls in love with a cute boy. The two try in vain to kill themselves. The monk
makes love with a warrior class female Sakurahime for his next pleasure. Before long she
changes her social status into a cheap prostitute with a tattoo on her arms.