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The character Osono, from the play Hade Sugata Onna Maiginu (艶容女舞衣), in a performance by the Tonda Puppet Troupe of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture. 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]
Bunraku scene from Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (伊達娘恋緋鹿子) depicting Yaoya Oshichi climbing the tower. Bunraku began in the 16th century. Puppets and bunraku were used in Japanese theatre as early as the Noh plays. Medieval records prove the use of puppets in Noh plays too. The puppets were 3–4 feet (0.91–1.22 m)-tall, and the ...
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松 門左衛門, real name Sugimori Nobumori, 杉森 信盛, 1653 – 6 January 1725) was a Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of puppet theater that later came to be known as bunraku, and the live-actor drama, kabuki.
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.
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.
Japanese puppet theater (bunraku) developed in the same period as kabuki, in both competition with and collaboration with its actors and authors. The origin of bunraku, however, is older, beginning in the Heian period. [69] In 1914, the Takarazuka Revue was founded, a company solely composed by women who introduced the revue to Japan. [70]
Beauty Looking Back, by Hishikawa Moronobu. Genroku culture was mainly centered in the Kamigata area, containing both Osaka and Kyoto. [5] [6] Genroku culture was defined by the fashions and lives of everyday townspeople, particularly those of the merchant classes, whose rising monetary wealth led developments in decorative art, theatre and clothing; however, the samurai classes were also ...
Originated from Chinese 盆栽 penzai bunraku [1] 文楽, a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, performed by puppeteers, chanters, and shamisen players. haiku 俳句 listen ⓘ, a very short poem consisting of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 morae (not syllables as commonly thought) each; see also tanka below. ikebana 生花, flower ...