Examples of use of bunraku
1. In the western cities of Kyoto and Osaka – referred to collectively as Kami–gata, the upper region, the emperor‘s space – much more complex plots were developed, often taken from the bunraku theatre, engendering the wagoto style, gentle and life–like.
2. The Japanese theatre is especially remote, its three great forms – the puppet theatre (bunraku), the tragic drama (noh), and the melodrama (kabuki) – making a powerful but deeply puzzling impression.