THEATER IN JAPAN

By: Kelly and Maddy

KABUKI

Most Elaborate, Popular

Pretty decorations, costumes

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NOH

Lasts Long Similar to a Musical

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BUNRAKU

PUPPET THEATRE

Joruri- does all lineshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/vidaenmarte/2258177642/sizes/m/in/photostream/

PUPPETS

Size depends on importance of part

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STAGES

Kabuki- decorativeBunraku- simpleNoh- platform

ACTORS

Bunraku- Joruri

Kabuki- troupe

Noh- zest

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CITATIONS

Hobbler, Dorothy and Thomas. The ghost in the Tokaido Inn. Puffin, New York NY. 1999. Print.

Mitchell, John D. and Watanabe, Miyoko. Noh & Kabuki: Staging Japanese Theatre. Key West, Fl Inst. For Advanced Studies in 1994. Print.

Deal, William E. Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. Print.