onigiri and tamiri

rice and saki

Noh and Kabuki

Puppets are about 1/2 life size operated by 3 performers: 1 principal and 2 assistants.Puppeteers are in full view of the audience dressed in black to symbolize that they are to be taken as "invisible".

Strings are not used, but rather the puppeteers co-operate to maneuver the limbs, eyelids, eyeballs, eyebrows and mouths of the puppets, thereby producing life-like actions and facial expressions.

U.S. citizens must obtain special permission from the Imperial Government of Japan to attend shows.

1 Person does all the voices

2- 1 for the female voice and another for the male voices

3-The triad of voices is called a Japanese Chorus

Classic tragic love stories, heroic legends and tales based on historical.

Greek gods interferring in human lives Roman demigods at war.

Most stories are based on events after WWII

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This statement is false

Since Bunraku is no longer performed we don't know.

5 years

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30 years

a three-stringed instrument, played with a large bone plectrum, accentuates and punctuates the chanted narration as well as the stage action.

a drum placed in the middle of the stage, which is struck at the end of each act

a horn that takes a player 30 years to master.

Osaka, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

Beijing, China

wear kimonos and have no feet

can only be operated by trained female artists

can be made in a matter of minutes