Bunraku

/bʌnɹˈɑːkuː/

Bunraku

a traditional form of Japanese puppet theater that features intricately crafted puppets, live musicians, and narrators who tell stories of love, tragedy, and historical events

Examples

1. We're also going to look at Bunraku, an uncannily lifelike form of puppet theatre that gained popularity at about the same time as Kabuki.

2. The more sophisticated puppets also have moving eyes and eyebrows, and in action, Bunraku is some uncanny valley stuff.

3. We work with bunraku puppetry, which is unlike most puppetry, which means there's three people on one puppet, hands on, and this allows for a much more realistic movement in the puppet.

4. The most famous of the Bunraku playwrights was Chikamatsu Monzaemon, who you may remember was also the most popular Kabuki playwright.