Bunraku: Japanese Puppet Theater

Today, with the school, we went to Osaka and watched Bunraku. Bunraku is the Japanese Puppet Theater. The difference with europe is that the Puppet is moved by 3 peoples. 2 Of them wear a black suit from head to to toe. You don't even see their face.

Apparently Bunraku was born in Osaka long time ago. Here the entrance of the Theater...

For a deeper insight of Some history of the Japanese Buraku, you can check it out on wikipedia.

The settings and the design were really nice, but we were not allowed to take pictures inside.

They kindly showed how the puppet works. The Master, uses one hand to move the head and the right hand. One Helper is responsible for the feet, the second helper for the left hand and, if necessary, help the doll wear other accessories, like a fan or an umbrella during the performance.

Some Japanese never watched Bunraku. If they did, it was when they went to school. Is not something you watch often. I think is more a cultural thing.

That Said, maybe for the difficult language, maybe because it was too "Cultural", half of the class spent the time sleeping during the performance... I hope the Actors and Singers didn't see that ;)