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Definition of Bunraku
1. a Japanese puppet show [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunraku
Literary usage of Bunraku
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Five Hundred Fun Facts About Japan by DIANE Publishing Company, Dorothy Perkins (1994)
"The best known historical drama performed in the kabuki and bunraku (puppet) ...
Dramas performed in kabuki and bunraku (puppet) theaters fall into two ..."
2. Samurai of Japan: A Chronology From Their Origin in the Heian Era (794-1185 by Dorothy Perkins (1998)
"... puppet play (bunraku) about the vendetta that is still frequently performed.
Even in this century, at least 100 novels and films have retold the story. ..."
3. Pintura e escritura do mundo flutuante: Hishikawa Moronobu e ukiyo-e by Madalena Hashimoto (2002)
"Mais difundido do que o teatro kabuki, ainda em Kansai, é o bunraku, teatro de
bonecos, quando se associa ao texto forte das ..."
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