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Additional authors

1. Bowers, Faubion, 1917-1999
2. Brockway, Merrill.
3. Chikamatsu, Monzaemon, 1653-1725.
4. Bunraku Puppet Theater.
5. CBS Television Network.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Documentary on the Bunraku puppet theater including demonstrations of the carving and manipulation of the puppets. Two segments are performed from Chikamatsu Monzaemon's play The love suicides at Sonezaki (1703), with simultaneous translation of the play's narration by Faubion Bowers.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Asia Dance Project, JDR 3rd Fund.

Subject

1. Dance > Japan

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4527

Credits (note)

1. Setting, Jim Ryan.

Performer (note)

1. Commentary by Faubion Bowers.

Event (note)

1. Telecast by WCBS-TV, New York, on the series Camera three on April 15, 1973. Film courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

Title

1. Bunraku: the classical puppets of Japan [videorecording] / WCBS-TV ; produced and directed by Merrill Brockway.

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y. : WCBS-TV, 1973.

Event

1. Telecast by WCBS-TV, New York, on the series Camera three on April 15, 1973. Film courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

Credits

1. Setting, Jim Ryan.

Performer

1. Commentary by Faubion Bowers.

Local subject

1. Television. Bunraku: the classical puppets of Japan.
2. Television. Camera three.
3. Puppets and marionettes -- Japan.

Added author

1. Bowers, Faubion, 1917-1999, commentator.
2. Brockway, Merrill. Producer
3. Brockway, Merrill. Director
4. Chikamatsu, Monzaemon, 1653-1725. Author
5. Bunraku Puppet Theater.
6. CBS Television Network.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4527