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 ...

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, ...

The curtain rises, the lights shine bright and the performance begins! In this magical Japanese puppet theater, the spirits of legendary warriors come back to life to recreate ancient battles in a ...

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 ...