Nanboku Tsuruya

Tsuruya Namboku IV, original name Ebiya Genzō, also called Dai Namboku, (born 1755, Edo [now Tokyo], Japan—died Dec. 23, 1829, Edo), Japanese Kabuki playwright of the late Tokugawa period (1603–1867), known for his plays with supernatural themes and macabre and grotesque characters.