"Nippon Bunraku" performance to be held in October

"Nippon Bunraku" performance to be held in October

Kiritake Kanjuro (L), a Bunraku puppeteer, poses in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2015, when the Nippon Foundation announced it will hold a performance in Osaka, western Japan, in October, as part of its "Nippon Bunraku" project promoting the traditional Japanese performing art. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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