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Lecture: An Introduction to Bunraku: The Puppet Theater of Japan (Dr. Claudia Orenstein)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpWnzMdpOgA On October 22, 204, Claudia Orenstein, Professor of Theatre at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, presented this live webinar on bunraku, also known as ningyō jōruri, a multidimensional art that marries exquisitely carved puppet figures, operated by teams of performers, with dramatic narration to shamisen accompaniment. Drawing from early ritual practices and the work of medieval itinerant bards, in the Edo period,…