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Bunraku: Media

Japanese puppet theater

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Bunraku

A Bunraku performance.

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Bunraku theatre

Bunraku theatre

Japanese Bunraku theatre; woodblock print by Utashige, 19th century. The puppeteers...

Courtesy of the Puppentheatermuseum, Munich

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