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Home of the puppet theatre born in Osaka; each head is carved by a specialist and repaired down the generations.
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The National Bunraku Theatre (国立文楽劇場, Kokuritsu Bunraku Gekijō) is a complex consisting of two halls and an exhibition room, located in the Nipponbashi district in Osaka, Japan. The complex was opened in 1984 as the fourth national theatre of the country, to become the headquarters of bunraku.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1984 Architect / artist：Kisho Kurokawa Highlights / collection：Puppets operated by three people, Puppet heads (kashira) Genre：Sculpture, Architecture
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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