Culture & arts・Osaka

BunrakuBunraku

Also known as: 文楽・人形浄瑠璃

Puppet theatre performed by three roles: the chanter, the shamisen player, and the puppeteers. It grew greatly in Osaka, is based at the National Bunraku Theatre in Chuo Ward, and is inscribed as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.

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