bunraku
Noun
Meaning
bunraku (uncountable)
A traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.
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A puppeteer dressed in a color closely matching the background—in a manner similar to the Japanese puppet theater Bunraku —manipulated a skeletal C-3PO figure attached to his front while Daniels read his lines off-camera.
By 1780 Osaka had cultivated a vibrant arts culture, as typified by its famous Kabuki and Bunraku theaters.
The structure of the full-day program, like the structure of the plays themselves, was derived largely from the conventions of bunraku and Noh, conventions which also appear in other traditional Japanese arts.
The first form of theatre to flourish was Ningyō jōruri (commonly referred to as Bunraku ).
This convention was an idea borrowed from the puppet handlers of bunraku theater, who dressed in total black in an effort to simulate props moving independently of their controls.