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...of the most celebrated kabuki playwrights today. He is known chiefly for ''shiranamimono'' (stories of charming thieves) and other ''[[kizewamono]]'' (a type of pla

*''[[Shiranamimono]]'' (白浪物) are plays featuring rogues and thieves as the appealing pro

*''Genre: [[Shiranamimono]], [[Kizewamono]]'' ...and fullest version of this play is known, is a tale in five acts of the ''shiranamimono'' (tales of thieves) sub-category of the ''kizewamono'' (rough contemporary