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Painted portrait traditionally identified as Chikamatsu Monzaemon

Chikamatsu Monzaemon

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

Elaborately costumed Bunraku puppet displayed in the National Bunraku Theatre

Bunraku

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