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bunraku
(bo̵on′rä′ko̵̅o̅′)
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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
Origin: Jpn, after U. Bunrakuken, 19th-c. reviver of the traditional puppet show
See bunraku in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A traditional Japanese puppet theater featuring large puppets operated by onstage puppeteers with a narrative recited from offstage. The puppets have heads, hands, and feet of wood attached to a bodiless cloth costume.
Origin:
Origin: Japanese
Origin: : after the Bunraku-za theater built in the early 19th century by Bunraku-ken Oemurea (died 1810)
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