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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Bunraku" on World Stage: Japan's National Theatre to Present Spectacular Fusion of Tradition and Anime in United States
TOKYO, Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bunraku is one of Japan's representative traditional performing arts, refined over its 300-year history. This fall, its first American performance produced by ...
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The Haunting Otherworld of Japanese Puppet Theatre
The National Bunraku Theatre, in New York recently for the first time in more than thirty years, presented an evening of suicides. The performance, at the Japan Society, consisted of excerpts from ...
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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Bunraku" on World Stage: Japan's National Theatre to Present Spectacular Fusion of Tradition and Anime in United States
TOKYO, Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bunraku is one of Japan's representative traditional performing arts, refined over its 300-year history. This fall, its first American performance produced by the ...
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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Bunraku" on World Stage: Japan's National Theatre to Present Spectacular Fusion of Tradition and Anime in United States
"Sonezaki Shinju (The Love Suicides at Sonezaki)" (from BUNRAKU 1st SESSION) Photograph: OGAWA Tomoko Bunraku combines "tayu" narration and expressive, live "shamisen" music with the lifelike ...
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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Bunraku" on World Stage: Japan's National Theatre to Present Spectacular Fusion of Tradition and Anime in United States
The stories in Bunraku often blend real historical events with fictional elements and delve into the complexity of human emotions. USA tour of Bunraku The performance in the U.S. will include two ...
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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Bunraku" on World Stage: Japan's National Theatre to Present Spectacular Fusion of Tradition and Anime in United States
Bunraku combines "tayu" narration and expressive, live "shamisen" music with the lifelike movements of puppets, with each puppet operated by three puppeteers. It's not just a puppet show for kids but ...
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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Bunraku" on World Stage: Japan's National Theatre to Present Spectacular Fusion of Tradition and Anime in United States
It's not just a puppet show for kids but rather a sophisticated art form aimed at adult audiences. The stories in Bunraku often blend real historical events with fictional elements and delve into the ...