In this interview, the Maroon sat down with Thomas to talk about puppets, bunraku, and the seventh Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, which ran from January 15 to January 26, 2025. The ...

Aimed at those unfamiliar with the classic artform, the National Bunraku Theater in the Nipponbashi ... To date, 4,000 people have reportedly attended puppet shows through the program.

It became a centerpiece for performances to preserve, and pass on, traditional performing arts such as Kabuki, Bunraku puppet theater and Nihon Buyo. The facility's large theater has a 20-meter ...

The debut performance was held on Nov. 5-6 at the Kumamoto Prefectural Theater ... The puppet version of “One Piece” will be performed at Museum Seiwa Bunraku and other venues.

Intangible cultural properties include such performing arts as Noh, Kabuki, and the Bunraku puppet theater and such crafts as pottery and dyeing and weaving. Items of special value in this category ...