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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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George Mason CNYU B0101020EM
Johns HopkinsLehigh A010010E
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TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
UK (North)UKY516.00100%60%0%
Northern CaliforniaUSY415.00100%50%0%
Southern CaliforniaUSY715.71100%57%0%
Eastern Canada (1)USY518.00100%80%0%
FloridaUSY412.50100%25%0%
Great LakesUSY1015.00100%50%0%
Lower Mid-AtlanticUSY915.56100%44%11%
Upper Mid-AtlanticUSY914.44100%44%0%
NorthUSY412.50100%25%0%
NortheastUSY1117.27100%64%9%
PacificUSY816.25100%63%0%
SoutheastUSY1215.83100%58%0%
Upstate NYUSY615.00100%50%0%