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Uemura Bunrakuken

Japanese puppet master

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history of Japanese performing arts

  • bugaku performance
    In Japanese performing arts: Meiji period

    …of a troupe organized by Uemura Bunrakuken early in the century). The popular term for puppet drama, Bunraku, dates from this time. Learning to chant puppet texts became a vogue during the late Meiji period. In 1909 the Shōchiku theatrical combine supported performances at the Bunraku Puppet Theatre in Ōsaka,…

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