Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kanjuro Kiritake, a Bunraku puppeteer, performs Japan's traditional puppet drama called 'Bunraku' at National Theatre in Tokyo ...

Puppeteer Montomi Kiritake is seen during a special Bunraku performance of The White Buddha in Tokyo on May 25, 2022. Half-black Kenta, sent to his grandfather's tiny village after his parents' death, ...

Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe will perform ancient Japanese puppetry Friday and Saturday, Jan. 16 and 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pardoe Theatre at Brigham Young University. Tickets are $11, or $6 with a BYU ...

Japan Society is delighted to present two new exhibitions, Bunraku Backstage and Acky Bright: Studio Infinity, on view in New York City this fall. Public programs exploring the contemporary and ...

They say a good magician never reveals his secrets. No one, after all, wants to see the cogs turning. Vivisecting a performance with a lecture on its inner workings sucks the mystery out of everything ...

-Hi, I'm Curt, a New Victory teaching artist and a puppeteer. Some puppets can be small, like finger puppets and hand puppets. But puppetry can also be epic and on a huge scale. Puppets, big or small, ...

OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Stuck at home for weeks while Japan was under a state of emergency due to the coronavirus, renowned Japanese Bunraku puppet master Kanjuro Kiritake, all his performances ...