Background
Shozo Namiki was born in Osaka. He was son of a ronin, or masterless samurai, and kept a tea house in Osaka.
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Shozo Namiki was born in Osaka. He was son of a ronin, or masterless samurai, and kept a tea house in Osaka.
Started writing plays under the name of Shozo Izumiya (1748). Afterward, he became a disciple of Sosuke Namiki and changed his surname to Namiki.