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Wikipedia: Bunraku, also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃), is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theater, founded in Osaka in 1684. Three kinds of performers take part in a bunraku performance: Ningyōtsukai or Ningyōzukai - Puppeteers Tayū - the chanters Shamisen players Occasionally other instruments such as taiko drums will be used. The most accurate term for the traditional puppet theater in Japan is ningyō jōruri.
![[The character Osono, from the play Hade Sugata Onna Maiginu, in a performance by the Tonda Traditional Puppet...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Osonowiki_s.jpg "The character Osono, from the play Hade Sugata Onna Maiginu, in a performance by the Tonda Traditional Puppet...")
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![[A bunraku puppet's head]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sanbasopuppet_s.jpg "A bunraku puppet's head")
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![[Female Puppet.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bunraku_doll_in_national_theatre_Osaka_2_s.jpg "Female Puppet.")
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![[A scene from Date Musume Koi no Hikanoko, in which Oshichi, the greengrocer's daughter, climbs a fire tower on a...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Oshichiwiki_s.jpg "A scene from Date Musume Koi no Hikanoko, in which Oshichi, the greengrocer's daughter, climbs a fire tower on a...")
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