Kanadehon Chūshingura
The eleven-act revenge drama first staged for puppets in 1748, and its transformation of the Akō affair into a lasting theatrical repertory.
Bunraku
National Bunraku Theatre
Osaka’s national theatre for Bunraku and other traditional performing arts of the Kyoto–Osaka region, opened in 1984.
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Chikamatsu Monzaemon was a Genroku-period playwright whose works transformed both ningyō jōruri puppet theatre and Kabuki.
Bunraku
Bunraku is the Osaka-centred form of ningyō jōruri, joining chanted narration, shamisen music, and three-person puppet operation in a unified theatre.