Bunraku Definition

bo͝on-räko͝o, bo͝onrä-
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.
Webster's New World

A traditional form of Japanese puppetry.

Wiktionary

Origin of Bunraku

  • Japanese after the Bunraku-za theater built in the early 19th century by Bunraku-ken Oemurea (died 1810)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Japanese bunraku.

    From Wiktionary

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