Bunraku

• large human like puppets that require multiple operators
• facial expressions
• smooth, human like movements
• chanter
• sings all of the songs
• says all the voices of the characters
• musician
• shamisen
• japanese lute
• Biwa
• original instrument that would be biwa
• played during chats in the eleventh century
• shamisen
• more harmonious and smoother
• sawazumi kenkyo or takino koto
• blind monks
• first switched
• old joruri
• kimpira
• violent satsuma joun
• Uji kaga no jo
• the bridge between old and new joruri
• structural changes
• New joruri
• takemoto gidayu
• opened a theatre in osaka in 1684
• focused more on the chanters
• three different roles
• head operator head and right hand
• left hand operator
• feet operator
• operators should be anonymous
• unnoticed
• merely and extension of the puppet
• kimonos and cotton padding used for the costumes
• affects puppet's movement
• male characters: cotton padding to create the stomach area, kimono is draped to make belly bulge out more
• female puppets: cotton to create the roundness of the bust and hips.
• hole in the back of the kimono for the puppeteers to control the head and legs
• puppet heads have special features
• puppet wigs are made out of human hair or animal hair
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