The November 2024 program at the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka featured ... Kanjūrō skillfully animates his puppet to convey Kanpei’s agony, which is amplified by the tayū’s impassioned ...

To give the series its distinctive look, she looked to the 200-year-old art form of Bunraku puppets. "These puppets are about three feet tall. They're about close to 100 pounds and they're ...

“We plan to operate puppets better in hopes of re-creating the characters’ images in the original manga.” Seiwa Bunraku is believed to have started around 1850, when residents bought dolls ...

Georgetown University hosted Seiwa Bunraku, a traditional Japanese puppet theater troupe, for a performance and lecture centered on the art of bunraku in Lohrfink Auditorium on March 21. Georgetown ...

Aimed at those unfamiliar with the classic artform, the National Bunraku Theater in the Nipponbashi ... To date, 4,000 people have reportedly attended puppet shows through the program.