Here's - Center for Puppetry Arts

Kobayakawa,
Keiko
Koelner,
Richard
Kolar, Erik
Bunraku
Basler Marionetten
Theater
Checoslovaquia,
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need for brief information on
the world's most refined
puppet theater. In this short
space, we have tried to
condense over 300 years of
history and explain some of
how the three separate arts of
narration, shamisen and
puppetry become the
sophisticated collaboratioin
which makes the aesthetic and
dramatic world of Bunraku
come alive still for audiences
today. We hope you will enjoy
this brief tour. Contents - A
brief history of Bunraku -- The
origins of the narrative form --
The first townsfolk plays --
Two rival theaters: the
Takemoto-za and Toyotake-za
-- The history of the puppets --
Origin of the name "Bunraku" --
Contemporary Bunraku --
Behind the scenes - a photo
montage -- Bunraku's
Bunraku Kyokai
BASL MARI
Basler Marionetten-
THEA 1981
Theaters
PN1978.C9
P84 1957 1957 Spanish Orbis