Digital Bibliography
Related Websites
"A brief introduction to the history of bunraku." Johnson, J. (1995). A basic introduction to Bunraku.
"An Introduction to the World of Bunraku." Japan Arts Council. (2004). The basics of Bunraku.
"Background Essay no. 131." Asia Society. (2007). Basic history through the time periods of Japan.
"Bunraku-Japanese puppetry." Japan Access. (n.d.). Description of Bunraku.
"Bunraku-Japanese puppetry." Jones, T. (2002). A brief history of Bunraku.
"Bunraku Kyokai Official Website." (2006). An extensive resource of Bunraku information.
"History of the Theatre Art Bunraku." (n.d.). More history of Bunraku.
"Japan: Timeline of Art History." Metropolitan Museum of Art. (n.d.). The History of Japan through the time periods.
"Japanese Bunraku puppets Tonda Bunraku puppet troupe Shiga, Japan puppetry." Holman, M. (2005). Extremely informative site on Bunraku.
"Japanese History: Overview." Japan Guide. (2007). A brief history of Japan.
"Religious and Political time line of Feudal Japan." Dunnigan, N. (2006). A time-line of religion and politics in Japan.
"Time-line." Japanese Gardens. (2001). A time-line of Japanese history.
Print Resources
Adachi, B. C. (1985). Backstage at Bunraku. Tokyo, Japan: John Weatherhill, Inc.
Keene, D. (1965). Bunraku: The art of the Japanese puppet theatre. Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International LTD. A history of Bunraku as well as pictures taken from live Bunraku performances.