Bunraku Puppet

This a Bunraku puppet, a half-life-size doll that performs a chanted dramatic narrative known as jōruri to the accompaniment of a three-stringed Japanese lute known as a samisen. The dolls were elaborate costumes and are seen in traditional Japanese puppet theater. But to the person who has never been to a Japanese theater, the face on the top looks like someone who is slightly hungry and the face on the bottoms looks like the expression of someone who is totally “hangry.”