Who is the playwright who wrote the play that Sakura no Sono's story focuses on?
Sakura no Sono Sakura no Sono (櫻の園 , literally "Cherry Blossom Garden") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized from 1985 to 1986 in Hakusensha's manga magazine LaLa. The story focuses on individuals from a drama club that are putting on the play "The Cherry Orchard".
Kaoru Morimoto Kaoru Morimoto (森本 薫 , Morimoto Kaoru , 1912–1946) was a Japanese playwright, director, translator, and actor. He is famous for his critically acclaimed play, "A Woman's Life" ("Onna no isshō"), one of Japan's most frequently staged plays post World War II. Morimoto's work was most popular during the post-war period but his plays are still read and performed today. He was born in Osaka, Japan in 1912 and later moved to Kyoto where he received a degree in English literature from Kyoto University in 1937. Morimoto died in 1946 after a long battle with tuberculosis.