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The National Theatre

• The National Theatre

  [Sept.&Oct.] The UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage “BUNRAKU” on the world stage! The National Theatre presents a spectacular fusion of tradition and anime in the United States!

  Bunraku is one of Japan's representative traditional performing arts, refined over its 300-year history. This fall, the first American performance produced by the National Theatre will be held in Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, Fairfield (CT), and Houston.   Bunraku combines tayū narration and expressive, live shamisen music with the lifelike movements of puppets, with each puppet o...

  2024.07.17