Movement Analysis System of Bunraku Puppets

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to propose a semantic database of Bunraku-puppet movements in\norder to analyze the meanings of movements by Bunraku-puppets. We started to construct a database\ncontaining the movies, movement analysis data and the meanings of the motions of Bunraku puppets. We\nhave a plan to create a system to offer the explanation for intentions of performances by Bunraku\npuppeteers.