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Question

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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Southern California	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	14.44	100%	44%	0%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	17.27	100%	64%	9%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	15.83	100%	58%	0%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

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Stanford B	Stanford A	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	0	10	0	10
UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	0	10	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA E	0	10	10	20
USC B	UCLA F	0	10	0	10
USC A	UCLA D	0	10	0	10
Claremont B	UCSD B	0	10	10	20
UCSD A	UC Irvine	0	10	0	10
UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	0	10	10	20
UCLA A	UCLA C	0	10	10	20
Carleton B	Carleton A	0	10	10	20
Florida A	UCF A	0	10	0	10
Florida B	South Florida A	0	10	0	10
Florida State A	Florida Tech A	0	10	10	20
Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	0	10	0	10
Ottawa A	McGill C	0	10	10	20
McGill B	Ottawa B	0	10	0	10
McGill E	Ottawa C	0	10	10	20
Ottawa D	McGill A	0	10	10	20
Michigan State C	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
CWRU C	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Louisville D	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Louisville C	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Michigan State B	0	10	10	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
CWRU D	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
CWRU A	Michigan State A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C	WVU A	0	10	0	10
UNC A	JMU A	10	10	0	20
JMU B	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	William & Mary C	0	10	0	10
UNC D	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
Liberty C	NCSU A	0	10	10	20
UNC B	William & Mary A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	UNC C	0	10	10	20
VCU A	NCSU B	0	10	0	10
William & Mary B	Virginia Tech C	0	10	0	10
George Mason C	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Vassar A	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Princeton	0	10	0	10
Lehigh B	Penn	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Rowan	0	10	0	10
Rutgers D	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Stony Brook	Rutgers C	0	10	10	20
NYU C	Vassar B	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin A	Iowa State	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin C	Macalester	0	10	0	10
St. Thomas	Minnesota	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	0	10	0	10
Amherst B	Brandeis Mozart	0	10	0	10
Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	0	10	0	10
Tufts A	Brandeis Beethoven	0	10	10	20
Brown A	Dartmouth B	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth C	Vermont A	0	10	10	20
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Amherst A	MIT B	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Williams A	0	10	10	20
MIT A	UConn A	0	10	10	20
Vermont B	Brown B	0	10	10	20
Boston College B	Williams B	0	10	0	10
British Columbia A	Arizona State B	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	Alberta B	0	10	10	20
Washington Chinook	British Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Washington Sockeye	Washington Chum	0	10	10	20
Washington Atlantic	Washington Coho	0	10	10	20
Washington State	Washington Masu	0	10	0	10
Washington Pink	Boise State	0	10	10	20
Texas	Washington Steelhead	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State B	0	10	10	20
Kansas State A	Tulsa B	0	10	10	20
Oklahoma	Murray State College B	0	10	10	20
Nebraska C	Nebraska A	0	10	10	20
Harding	Nebraska B	0	10	10	20
Murray State College A	Rose State	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Chipola College	Auburn B	0	10	10	20
Auburn C	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech F	Montevallo	0	10	10	20
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Sewanne	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh C	Durham B	0	10	0	10
York	Durham C	0	10	10	20
Sheffield B	Durham D	0	10	10	20
Durham A	Edinburgh D	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	Rochester	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
Cornell A	Binghamton C	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	RIT B	0	10	0	10
Cornell C	Cornell D	0	10	10	20