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[[image:Osonowiki.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Bunraku character Osono, from the play "Sakaya" (酒屋 The ''Sake'' Dealer), with the black-clad puppeteers just visible on either side]]
'''Bunraku''' (文楽) is the traditional puppet theater of [[Japan]]. However, it only assumed the name ''Bunraku'' towards the end of the Meiji era. Prior to that it was known as ''ningyō jōruri'' (人形浄瑠璃 "puppet narrative drama") or ''ayatsuri jōruri shibai'' (操り浄瑠璃芝居 "puppet drama plays"). The name "Bunraku" is taken from the theater in which this puppet drama was performed, but gradually it came to be used as the name of the art itself and is today used as the official name of the puppet theater.
'''Bunraku''' (文楽) is the traditional puppet theater of [[Japan]]. However, it only assumed the name ''Bunraku'' towards the end of the Meiji era. Prior to that it was known as ''ningyō jōruri'' (人形浄瑠璃 "puppet narrative drama") or ''ayatsuri jōruri shibai'' (操り浄瑠璃芝居 "puppet drama plays"). The name "Bunraku" is taken from the theater in which this puppet drama was performed, but gradually it came to be used as the name of the art itself and is today used as the official name of the puppet theater.
* [http://www.bunraku.or.jp/english.html Bunraku Kyokai Official Homepage]
* [http://www.bunraku.or.jp/english.html Bunraku Kyokai Official Homepage]
* [http://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/english/index.html National Theater of Japan]
* [http://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/english/index.html National Theater of Japan]
* [http://www.kabuki21.com/sakaya.php The True Story Behind "Sakaya"]