Ningyo Johruri Bunraku Puppet Theatre
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Description: Ranking with Nô and Kabuki as one of Japans foremost stage arts, the Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre is a blend of sung narrative, instrumental accompaniment and puppet drama. This theatrical form emerged during the early Edo period (ca. 1600) when puppetry was coupled with Johruri, a popular fifteenth-century narrative genre. The plots related in this new form of puppet theatre derived from two principal sources: historical plays set in feudal times (Jidaimono) and contemporary dramas exploring the conflict between affairs of the heart and social obligation (Sewamono).
Ningyo Johruri had adopted its characteristic staging style by the mid eighteenth century. Three puppeteers, visible to the audience, manipulate large articulated puppets on the stage behind a waist high screen. From a projecting elevated platform (yuka), the narrator (tayu) recounts the action while a musician provides musical accompaniment on the three-stringed spike lute (shamisen). The tayu plays all the characters, both male and female, and uses different voices and intonations to suit each role and situation. Although the tayu reads from a scripted text, there is ample room for improvisation.
The three puppeteers must carefully co-ordinate their movements to ensure that the puppets gestures and attitudes appear realistic. The puppets, replete with elaborate costumes and individualized facial expressions, are handcrafted by master puppet makers. The genre acquired its present full name Ningyo Johruri Bunraku in the late nineteenth century, a period in which the Bunrakuza was a leading theatre. Today, the pre-eminent venue is the National Bunraku Theatre in Osaka, but its highly reputed troupe also performs in Tokyo and regional theatres. Approximately 160 works out of the 700 plays written during the Edo period have remained in todays repertory. Performances, once lasting the entire day, have been shortened from the original six to two or three acts. Ningyo Johruri Bunraku was designated Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1955. Nowadays, it attracts numerous young performers, and the aesthetic qualities and dramatic content of the plays continue to appeal to modern audiences.
Country(ies): Japan
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Japan Trip: National Bunraku Theater joruri & bunraku puppet show, Osaka
Japan Trip: National Bunraku Theater joruri & bunraku puppet show, Osaka
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Osaka has been the center of bunraku, or traditional Japanese puppet theater, for many centuries.
The theater form had grown in popularity in the city during the Edo Period. It was when bunraku (like kabuki) was an art entertainment for the common public, which was a rare kind of art form, rather than the nobility.
The National Bunraku Theater in Osaka is a place where to view the fascinating art form today. There are only a few such theater in Osaka. English programs and earphones are available. Performances are usually scheduled in three week runs in January, April, June, July/August and November.
Japanese culture : National Bunraku Theatre
Our exciting planned culture event takes place at the National Bunraku Theatre. We made early reservations online before our trip in order to see this show during our trip. We also continue to experience the cuisine of Osaka with their night markets.
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The fragment from NHK TV program
Bunraku Theatre Example
For an example of what eastern theatre looks like in the What is Theatre? power point
Shin-Sekai - Osaka - Osaka - Japan (1)
Sat Jul 9 2016
Osaka, Japan.
Kizu Wholesale Market. Imamiya-Ebisu Jinja Shrine. Osaka Museum of Fine Arts. Self-guided tour of Namba commercial districts. Museum of Kamigata Comedy & Performing Arts. National Bunraku Theatre. WhyNot International Party.
National Bunraku Theatre
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An interesting look at Bunraku Theater in Japan. I do not own the rights to this video since it is from Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego? Computer Game.
Bunraku: Masters of Japanese Puppet Theater 2002
Born in Osaka some 300 years ago, Japanese puppet theater—Bunraku—is a stunning yet refined spectacle. This program presents the story of Bunraku through two of its greatest masters, puppeteer Tamao Yoshida and chanter Sumitayu Takemoto. Brought together for the last performance of the 20th century, these two living national treasures transform ancient tales of old Japan into vibrant human drama. Cameras go backstage to capture the immense preparations and grueling, rarely seen rehearsals for their exquisite rendition of the masterpiece Shinju Ten no Amijima.
Bunraku: Masters of Japanese Puppet Theater (c) Films for Humanities and Sciences 2002
日本 Vlog: National Bunraku Theater / 国立文楽劇場 || uMi
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Bunraku theater in Osaka - 文楽
文楽（ぶんらく）
Teatro bunraku a Osaka
Bunraku Demonstration
This is a demonstration of Bunraku, a traditional Japanese for of theatre.
The art of ningyō jōruri. Insights into Bunraku with Kanjuro Kiritake III
National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka
interview with Kanjuro Kiritake III
17 April 2019
with the collaboration of Fumiko Nishihara (Bunraku Kyōkai)
directed by Paolo Parmiggiani
1st camera op. and editing: Paolo Parmiggiani
2nd camera op.: Cesare Parmiggiani
the interview was conceived with the contribution
of Pietro Morasso and Giulio Sandini (IIT, Genoa)
interpreting during the interview: Peishun Chiang (OLS, Osaka)
translation: David Kerr, Natsuko Kuwabara, Rudai Tagawa
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Japanology Plus - Bunraku
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Episode Number 52
Season : 1
Originally Aired : Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Bunraku is a traditional Japanese performing art dating back more than 4 centuries. It combines a stylized narration and music with a cast of puppets so expressive that you can almost hear them breathe. This time on Japanology Plus, we examine the timeless appeal of Japan's bunraku puppet theater. Our expert guest is Hideki Takagi, who does the commentary for the earphone guides at Osaka's National Bunraku Theatre. And in Plus One, the creation of a bunraku puppet.
Japanese puppet theatre Bunraku Japanology 文楽 Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃)
Bunraku (文楽), also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃), is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of 17th century. Three kinds of performers take part in a bunraku performance: the Ningyōtsukai or Ningyōzukai (puppeteers), the Tayū (chanters) and shamisen musicians. Occasionally other instruments such as taiko drums will be used.
The most accurate term for the traditional puppet theater in Japan is ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃). The combination of chanting and shamisen playing is called jōruri and the Japanese word for puppet (or dolls, generally) is ningyō. It is used in many plays.
Bunraku puppetry has been a documented traditional activity for Japanese people for hundreds of years.
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