Bun·ra·ku (b n-rä k , 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).] |
bunraku [bʊnˈrɑːkuː]
n
(Performing Arts / Theatre) a Japanese form of puppet theatre in which the puppets are usually about four feet high, with moving features as well as limbs and each puppet is manipulated by up to three puppeteers who remain onstage
[Japanese]
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