組解説:The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (曾根崎心中, Sonezaki Shinjū) is a jōruri play by the Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Later it was performed as a kabuki play. The Love Suicides at Sonezaki's reception was popular and helped springboard Chikamatsu's future success as a playwright. The two central characters are an orphaned oil clerk named Tokubei and Ohatsu, the courtesan he loves.