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Bunraku

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means a traditional Japanese form of puppet theater performed with large, intricately controlled puppets

Where does the word "bunraku" come from? It comes from Japanese Bunraku-za, adopted directly into English (20th century).

Bunraku-za→bunraku

Japanese · early 1800s

"a puppet theater troupe's name"

named after Uemura Bunrakuken, a puppeteer whose troupe revived the traditional art

English · 20th century

"a traditional Japanese puppet theater form"

borrowed as a general term for Japanese traditional puppet theater

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