BUNRAKU

Meaning of BUNRAKU in English

bun ‧ ra ‧ ku /bʊnˈrɑːku/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

the Japanese art of puppet theatre, which is performed using very large ↑ puppet s (=models of a person or animal that you move by pulling wires)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

BUNRAKU — noun Etymology: Japanese Date: 1920 Japanese puppet theater featuring large costumed wooden puppets, puppeteers who are onstage, and a chanter …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUNRAKU — Japanese traditional puppet theatre, in which nearly life-size dolls act out a chanted dramatic narrative, called jōruri , to the …
Английский словарь Британика
BUNRAKU — bu̇nˈrä(ˌ)kü, ˈbu̇n(ˌ)r- noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Japanese, from Bunraku , 19th century puppet troupe and theater …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUNRAKU — /boon rah"kooh/ , n. ( sometimes cap. ) a form of Japanese puppet theater in which puppeteers, dressed in black …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUNRAKU — n. form of Japanese puppetry in which the puppeteers are visible to the audience and manipulate large wooden puppets to …
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BUNRAKU — noun Etymology: Japanese Date: 1920 : Japanese puppet theater featuring large costumed wooden puppets, puppeteers who are onstage, and a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUNRAKU — [Bun.ra.ku] n [Jp] (1920): Japanese puppet theater featuring large costumed wooden puppets, puppeteers who are onstage, and a chanter who …
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BUNRAKU — Japanese traditional puppet theatre in which nearly life-size dolls act out a chanted dramatic narrative, called joruri, to the accompaniment …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUNRAKU — bunraku BrE AmE bʊn ˈrɑːk uː AmE bʌn- —Japanese [ ˈbɯn ɾa kɯ \]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BUNRAKU — n. Japanese traditional puppet theatre, in which nearly life-size dolls act out a chanted dramatic narrative, called j 014D; ruri …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BUNRAKU — n. Pronunciation: bu ̇ n- ' rä-( ˌ )kü Function: noun Etymology: Japanese Date: 1920 : Japanese puppet theater featuring …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PUPPETRY — Art of creating and manipulating puppets in a theatrical show. Puppets are figures that are moved by human rather than …
Английский словарь Британика
KABUKI — Popular Japanese entertainment that combines music, dance, and mime in highly stylized performances. The word is written using three Japanese …
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CHIKAMATSU MONZAEMON — orig. Sugimori Nobumori born 1653, Echizen, Japan died Jan. 6, 1725, Ōsaka Japanese playwright. Born into a samurai family, he …
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PUPPETRY — the making and manipulation of puppets for use in some kind of theatrical show. A puppet is a figurehuman, animal, …
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JORURI — in Japanese literature and music, a type of chanted recitative; often the script for a bunraku (q.v.) puppet drama. Its …
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CHIKAMATSU MONZAEMON — born 1653, Echizen [now in Fukui prefecture], Japan died Jan. 6, 1725, Osaka original name Sugimori Nobumori Japanese playwright, widely …
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PUPPETRY — n. Art of creating and manipulating puppets in a theatrical show. Puppets are figures that are moved by human rather …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KABUKI — n. Popular Japanese entertainment that combines music, dance, and mime in highly stylized performances. The word is written using three …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EDO CULTURE — Cultural period of Japanese history corresponding to the Tokugawa period of governance (16031867). Tokugawa Ieyasu , the first Tokugawa shogun …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHIKAMATSU MONZAEMON — n. orig. Sugimori Nobumori born 1653, Echizen, Japan died Jan. 6, 1725, 014C; saka Japanese playwright. Born into a samurai …
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