Bonus
In a work written in this genre, narration on six roads to hell foreshadows the title courier’s execution for stealing money to free his love from a brothel. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this genre that uses jōruri narration, which pairs a chanter with shamisen music.
ANSWER: bunraku [or ningyo jōruri]
[10e] Bunraku’s jōruri music traces back to blind lute-playing monks who transmitted one of these long narrative poems called The Tale of the Heike. The oldest known poem in this form follows the Sumerian king Gilgamesh.
ANSWER: epics [or epic poems]
[10m] Bunraku-inspired forms of shamisen music feature in this other Japanese genre, whose actors often hold mie (“MEE-yay”) poses while dancing in exaggerated kumadori makeup.
ANSWER: kabuki
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 94 | 15.53 | 100% | 53% | 2% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 44% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 44% | 0% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 100% | 64% | 9% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 63% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 15.83 | 100% | 58% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |