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Bunraku Theatre

Bunraku Theatre. What is Bunraku?. A Japanese puppet theater, founded in the 17 th century (1600s). WHERE IS JAPAN?. HERE WE ARE!!. JAPAN!!. Characteristics of Bunraku Theatre:. The puppets are large = 1/2 life size. Characteristics of Bunraku Theatre (cont.):.

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Bunraku Theatre

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  1. BunrakuTheatre

  2. What is Bunraku? A Japanese puppet theater, founded in the 17th century (1600s).

  3. WHERE IS JAPAN?

  4. HERE WE ARE!! JAPAN!!

  5. Characteristics of Bunraku Theatre: The puppets are large = 1/2 life size.

  6. Characteristics of Bunraku Theatre (cont.): Takes up to 3 puppeteers to operate 1 puppet.

  7. Characteristics of Bunraku Theatre (cont.): The head puppeteer operates the head and right arm. The two lower ranked puppeteers operate the left arm and legs.

  8. Musicians played an important role in the play. Characteristics of Bunraku Theatre (cont.): There were 2 people to the side of the stage: One was the storyteller/chanter. The storyteller chants the story and assumes the voices of each puppet.

  9. Shamisen Player Music was used to support the action and set the mood required by a special play or scene.

  10. Bunraku Theatres

  11. Structure of the Stage STAGE Shamisen Player and Chanter

  12. Stage View close up

  13. Structure of the stage

  14. PUPPET CHARACTERISTICS: The heads Same head might be used for different characters in different plays. They are even repainted to give the right skin tone, or the wig might be changed.

  15. Mechanism of the Puppets' Heads • The movement of the eyes, eyebrows, and mouth of the puppet heads is achieved by the main puppeteer. • By moving the fingers of his left hand, the levers attached to the stick in the doll's neck. • If he moves the special little lever that is attached to the head with the strings, the puppet's head can be made to nod up and down in time to the shamisen music.

  16. Types of Heads

  17. Different male role Heads

  18. Female Heads

  19. Special Roles

  20. Puppeteers take part in what is called the dressing of the doll. Puppet Costumes

  21. What makes Banraku Different from American Puppet Story Telling? Our puppets are a lot smaller in size. It sometimes takes a whole day for its long, serious drama to unfold. In Bunraku, the puppeteers (or manipulators) appear openly, in full view of the audience.

  22. AMERICAN PUPPETRY

  23. AMERICAN PUPPETRY

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  25. BUNRAKU NOTES: • A Japanese puppet theater, founded in the 17th century (1600s). 2. The puppets are 1/2 life size. • It takes up to 3 people to operate one puppet. • There were 2 people on the side of the stage who enhanced the story: a. Chanter/storyteller b. Musician

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