Six types of Japanese Theatre part 2

Bunraku puppets and puppeteers

 Bunraku is traditional Japanese puppet theatre. The puppets consist of hundreds moving parts. Each one puppet is controlled by three highly trained puppeteers. Some puppets can transform from human to supernatural forms such as demons before the audience's eyes.





Takarazuka Review
Takarazuka female actresses
The group of all-female theatre troops founded in 1914 by a powerful Japanese industrialist. It is a unique theatre company which perform western style musicals with melodramatic plots. They sell around 2.5 million tickets a year. The audience usually consists of 90 percent of women. After each performance, Takarazuka fan clubs wait outside the theatre to see the actresses as they depart. Members stand in a strict order based on their status within the club as they wait. This is an amazing spectacle as it is unusual to see hundreds of people standing in a perfectly straight line.

Dancing Geishas


Geisha Dances
There are two major Geisha performances each Spring in Kyoto named Miyako Odori and Kamogawa Odori. Both exist since the 1870s and were founded as a way to revitalize Kyoto's economy after the capital of Japan officially moved to Tokyo. The both of shows represent elegant performances and a rare chance to see Kyoto's geisha at their best.









source: https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/japanese-theatre
http://www.tokinowasuremono.com/e/artist-002-back/200901ErnstHAAS.html
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/japans-all-female-takarazuka-revue-to-perform-in-u-s-this-summer
http://tiffany-lin-z8et.squarespace.com/journal/2015/4/21/-national-bunraku-theater-osaka

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