Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (664 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0870111930 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The men who wrote Bunraku plays, knowing the skill and versatility with which the puppets could be manipulated, felt free to provide situations in which the entire range of human feelings was expressed. This new revised edition in paperback of the original hardbound work by Donald Keene represents the most authoritative and penetrating study of Bunraku ever to appear in English. The photographs were selected from among more than seven thousand, almost all taken by Kaneko Hiroshi over a long period of years.". Front flap notes: "Unlike puppets and marionettes in other parts of the world, which have almost always been considered unworthy of the 'serious' th