Bunraku puppets come to life with three puppeteers
Bunraku, Japan's ancient puppet theater, features intricate, nearly life-size dolls brought to vivid life by three hidden puppeteers and a single narrator, creating powerful dramatic spectacles.
Japan's traditional Bunraku puppet theater, or Ningyō jōruri, uses nearly life-size dolls to perform dramatic stories. Each puppet, standing four feet tall and weighing up to 88 pounds, requires three hidden puppeteers working in silent harmony. One controls the head and right arm, another the left arm, and a third handles the legs and feet.
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