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Bunraku

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Bun·ra·ku  (bn-räk, bnrä-)
n.
A traditional Japanese puppet theater featuring large puppets operated by onstage puppeteers with a narrative recited from offstage. The puppets have heads, hands, and feet of wood attached to a bodiless cloth costume.
[Japanese : after the Bunraku-za theater built in the early 19th century by Bunraku-ken Oemurea (died 1810).]
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The relationship between kabuki and its rival theatre form, bunraku "puppet theatre," is explored, revealing how plays were revised for use between the genres.
Masterpieces of Kabuki: Eighteen Plays on Stage by Creighton, Millie / Pacific Affairs
Based on a true story about Japanese women who underwent reconstructive surgery after the bombing of Hiroshima, the piece uses puppets to portray the women's experiences via traditional Bunraku mime, juxtaposed against the impressions of a young American boy who speaks.
Taking it on the chin by Carman, Joe / Dance Magazine
As a writer she was solely self-commanded, not taking editorial orders, obeying allegiance only to her own momentary or abiding enthusiasms: Fassbinder, Robert Walser, Marina Tsvetaeva, bunraku, Alice James .
Reflections: Susan Sontag 1933-2004 by Artforum International
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