
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Chikamatsu Monzaemon was a Genroku-period playwright whose works transformed both ningyō jōruri puppet theatre and Kabuki.

Chikamatsu Monzaemon was a Genroku-period playwright whose works transformed both ningyō jōruri puppet theatre and Kabuki.

Bunraku is the Osaka-centred form of ningyō jōruri, joining chanted narration, shamisen music, and three-person puppet operation in a unified theatre.