Children see and play with all sorts of puppets: Finger puppets, hand puppets, sock puppets, marionettes and even Muppets. But what about Japanese Bunraku puppets? This type of puppetry is an ancient ...

Kanjuro Kiritake, a Bunraku puppeteer, performs Japan's traditional puppet drama called 'Bunraku' at National Theatre in Tokyo OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Stuck at home for weeks while Japan was under a ...

Handsome, brilliant, persuasive, emotional Wang Ching-wei, Japan’s puppet President of China, during most of his 57 years has been haunted by the ghost of power, the fantasy of cheering crowds. For ...

Shinnai Meets Puppetry is a world premiere featuring the works One Night in Winter & The Peony Lantern. Following her highly popular run of SHEEP #1 at Japan Society in 2021, NYC-based artist Sachiyo ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Ominous in black robes and hoods, three artists move stealthily to manipulate unique charges: 4-foot Japanese puppets that are putting a new face on language instruction for college ...

The Salem artist who created Jeff Dunham's "Peanut" returned from a ventriloquist's convention in Osaka, Japan, April 2. There she lectured to around 50 Japanese students on puppetmaking, with her ...

The Resident Evil Village 2021 April Fool’s plush puppets are going to appear as prizes in select Capcom amusement stores throughout Japan. The puppets will be available as plushies. There will be ...

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 ...

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 ...