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☆ bun·raku (bo̵on′rä′ko̵̅o̅′)

noun

a form of puppet show in Japan with nearly life-size puppets, each operated by two or three on-stage puppeteers, while dialogue and narration are spoken by performers just offstage

Etymology: Jpn, after U. Bunrakuken, 19th-c. reviver of the traditional puppet show

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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