'Bunraku' is a traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre. It involve lifelike puppets that are usually sized between one and four feet tall that are manipulated by a number of performers; these people are sometimes hidden as was done before the 18th century however, it is much more common now to have these perfomers within the view of the audience. The 'principal' puppets are usually manipulated by three people, each of whom are in charge of either the head, the arms, legs or sometimes combinations of these elements. Having made our own versions of these puppets, I can really admire how much work goes into making the movements of the puppets as life like as possible. It takes a lot of co-ordiation and concentration to not only move your own part(s) of the puppet but to also make sure that it works in time with what the other performers as doing at the same time. We really noticed this when we practised making out puppet walk, and we had to watch and pay attention to how we walked ourselves in order to help us understand how we should move the legs of the puppet to make it as life like as possible.
Japan’s Bunraku Puppet from james n schlefer on Vimeo.
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