Category
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Bunraku
thumb|The character Osono, from the play , in a performance by the Tonda Puppet Troupe of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Japanese playwright

Bunraku
2010 film by Guy Moshe

kuroko
thumb|right|200px|Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi of actor with three Kuroko
thumb|200px|Kuroko behind actors on stage
are stagehands in traditional Japanese theatre, who dress all in black.

National Bunraku Theatre
theater
Namiki Sōsuke
Kabuki playwright
jidaimono
are Japanese kabuki or plays that feature historical plots and characters, often famous samurai battles. These are in contrast to , contemporary plays, which generally focus on commoners and domestic issues. is usually translated as "period plays". Film and television productions in this mode are called , and share many of the same features.
Takemoto Gidayū
Japanese Jorun chanter