Bunraku
noun
Bun·ra·ku
bu̇n-ˈrä-(ˌ)kü 
: Japanese puppet theater featuring large costumed wooden puppets, puppeteers who are onstage, and a chanter who speaks all the lines
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The National Bunraku Theatre, in New York recently for the first time in more than thirty years, presented an evening of suicides.
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Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The bouncy round carrot-nosed Olaf is done Japanese Bunraku style, with musical theater veteranJeremy Davis standing behind an Olaf puppet, similarly dressed and enthusiastically voiced.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2024
Moshe directed the action thriller Bunraku, starring Josh Hartnett, LX 2048 and the drama Holly with Ron Livingston.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Michael is around three feet tall and is operated, Bunraku style, by three puppeteers.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023
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Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The bouncy round carrot-nosed Olaf is done Japanese Bunraku style, with musical theater veteranJeremy Davis standing behind an Olaf puppet, similarly dressed and enthusiastically voiced.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2024
Moshe directed the action thriller Bunraku, starring Josh Hartnett, LX 2048 and the drama Holly with Ron Livingston.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Michael is around three feet tall and is operated, Bunraku style, by three puppeteers.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023
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“Bunraku.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bunraku. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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