Chikamatsu Monzaemon vs Jean-Antoine Watteau
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Compare the life timelines of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1725) and Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 37 years, from 1684 to 1721.
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Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1725)
- — Born into a samurai family in Echizen Province Verified
- — Moved with his family to Kyoto Verified
- — Began writing plays for the jōruri puppet theatre Verified
- — Began his collaboration with the chanter Takemoto Gidayū Verified
- — Wrote kabuki plays for the actor Sakata Tōjūrō I Verified
- — Premiere of The Love Suicides at Sonezaki Verified
- — Settled in Osaka as staff playwright of the Takemoto-za Verified
- — Premiere of The Battles of Coxinga Verified
- — Premiere of The Love Suicides at Amijima Verified
- — Died in Osaka at about age 72 Verified
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721)
- — Born in Valenciennes Verified
- — Moved to Paris Verified
- — Worked in the studio of Claude Gillot Verified
- — Worked with the decorative painter Claude Audran III at the Luxembourg Palace Verified
- — Won second place in the Prix de Rome competition Verified
- — Received into the Royal Academy with the Pilgrimage to Cythera Verified
- — Traveled to London, possibly to consult the physician Richard Mead Verified
- — Painted the shop sign of the art dealer Gersaint (L'Enseigne de Gersaint) Verified
- — Died of tuberculosis at Nogent-sur-Marne Verified