Monzaemon was first an in-house joruri playwright at Takemoto-za theater, later becoming a kabuki and kyogen (a generic term for a Kabuki drama) playwright midway through his career, before returning to write joruri again.
竹本座に属する浄瑠璃作者で、中途で歌舞伎狂言作者に転向したが、再度浄瑠璃に戻った。