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Puccini found his inspiration for madame butterfly after visiting tokyo and viewing a traditional play there. true or false

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This is false. Madame Butterfly was originally a short story written by John Luther Long. His story was based on stories that his sister Jennie Correll told him and the French novel Madame Chrysantheme that was written by Pierre Loti.
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