Background
Sensuke Suga was born in 1770 in Kyoto, Japan. A son of physician, he is said to have been an actor in his boyhood.
Sensuke Suga was born in 1770 in Kyoto, Japan. A son of physician, he is said to have been an actor in his boyhood.
Around 1767, he was a joruri reciter but subsequently became a playwright. Records show that he was active as a joruri writer until 1790. He rewrote many old joruri.