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  2. Bunraku - Wikipedia

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    Bunraku (also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃)) is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of the 17th century, which is still performed in the modern day. [1]

  3. Bunraku (film) - Wikipedia

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    Bunraku is a 2010 martial-arts action film written and directed by Guy Moshe based on a story by Boaz Davidson. The film stars Josh Hartnett , Demi Moore , Woody Harrelson , Ron Perlman , Kevin McKidd , and Gackt and follows a young drifter in his quest for revenge.

  4. History of theatre - Wikipedia

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    Kabuki began shortly after Bunraku, legend has it by an actress named Okuni, who lived around the end of the 16th century. Most of Kabuki's material came from Nõ and Bunraku, and its erratic dance-type movements are also an effect of Bunraku. However, Kabuki is less formal and more distant than Nõ, yet very popular among the Japanese public.

  5. ‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Drew Inspiration From Bunraku ... - AOL

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    This included drawing inspiration from Japan’s distinctive Bunraku puppets, which have carved heads and hands with elaborate costumes, co-operated by a trio of puppeteers dressed in black.

  6. Namiki Sōsuke - Wikipedia

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    He produced around 47 bunraku plays, [1] nearly 40 of them composed for jōruri, a particular form of musical narrative, and 10 kabuki plays. [2] He is considered the second greatest Japanese playwright after Chikamatsu Monzaemon .

  7. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement were used primarily by ancient Israelites and appear frequently within the Hebrew Bible as well as in later rabbinic writings, such as the Mishnah and Talmud. These units of measurement continue to be used in functions regulating Orthodox Jewish contemporary life, based on halacha.

  8. Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History - Wikipedia

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    Since the chart combines secular history with biblical genealogy, it worked back from the time of Christ to peg their start at 4,004 B.C. Above the image of Adam and Eve are the words, "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth" (Genesis 1:1) — beside which the author acknowledges that — "Moses assigns no date to this Creation.

  9. The Mysterious ‘Fifth Evangelist’ Who Created the Bible as We ...

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    Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast; GettyIf you were traveling through the verdant Ethiopian highlands, you might make a stop at the Abba Gärima monastery about three miles east ...