National Bunraku Theatre information

The National Bunraku Theatre (国立文楽劇場, Kokuritsu Bunraku Gekijō) is a complex consisting of two halls and an exhibition room, located in Chūō-ku, Osaka...

Bunraku (文楽) (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...

Italy: National Dramatic Theatre, Rome Japan: National Theatre, Tokyo New National Theatre, Tokyo National Noh Theatre, Tokyo National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka...

near the train station Osaka is home to the National Bunraku Theatre, where traditional puppet plays, bunraku, are performed. At Osaka Shochiku-za, close...

theatrical tradition; bunraku, puppetry; and yose, a spoken drama. Modern Japanese theatre includes shingeki (experimental Western-style theatre), shinpa (new...

Theatre of Japan, Tokyo New National Theatre Tokyo National Noh Theatre, Tokyo National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka National Theater Okinawa, Urasoe, designed...

shows. Bunraku (文楽, puppet theatre) was a type of performance shorter in length and more affordable to the common class than kabuki. Bunraku performances...

plays. The Small Hall specializes in bunraku, Japanese music, smaller buyō productions, gagaku, shōmyō, and folk theatre. In a separate building, the Engei...

wife. They are in possession of some of the oldest bunraku puppet heads after the National Bunraku Theater burned down. Their oldest heads are 250 years...

Sakaisuji Line Sennichimae Line Namba Walk Kuromon Ichiba Den Den Town National Bunraku Theatre Dotombori River Nippombashi Bridge Nippombashi Itchome (Osaka City...

traditional Japanese hairdresser specializing in the theatrical arts (kabuki and bunraku) and professional sumo. The tokoyama trade is the result of a slow evolution...

its own entertainment. The first form of theatre to flourish was Ningyō jōruri (commonly referred to as Bunraku). The founder of and main contributor to...

period, 1600s or 1700s. Shinjya mask. (Honnnari) Hannya also appears in Bunraku, a puppet theater that began in the Edo period. The Japan Arts Council...

Osaka established. 1983 – Osaka-jō Hall (arena) opens. 1984 – National Bunraku Theatre opens. 1987 – Kincho Stadium opens. 1989 City wards established:...

its own entertainment. The first form of theatre to flourish was Ningyō jōruri (commonly referred to as Bunraku). The founder of and main contributor to...

Theatre of Japan – traditional Japanese theater forms that are famous around the world, including Noh, kyōgen, kabuki, and bunraku (puppet theatre)....

technique in its Bunraku Theatre by having puppeteers wear black in order to place complete emphasis on the puppet. In modern theatre, the black box trick...

tours and I was checking out traditional Japanese theater – Kabuki, Noh, Bunraku – and I was wondering what to wear on our upcoming tour. A fashion designer...

The original concept of this form of puppetry can be traced to Bunraku puppetry. Bunraku puppets are a type of wood-carved puppet originally made to stand...

across several traditions, incorporating, in various works, direct address, bunraku puppetry, omniscient narration, and fantasy sequences. Critic David Finkel...

under his grandfather and father. Later he studied bunraku at the School of the National Bunraku Theater. Nishikawa V has internationalized the company...

somersaults in the air. Japan has many forms of puppetry, including the bunraku. Bunraku developed out of Shinto temple rites and gradually became a highly...

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Marionettes". Bunraku, traditional Japanese puppet theatre Buz-baz, traditional Afghan puppet show Water puppetry...