This is said to have been handed down by villagers who loved joruri from a puppet theater troupe from Awaji that had visited Yamato Town (formerly Seiwa Village) around the late Edo Period (1603-1868). Seiwa bunraku is performed by puppets, shamisen, and joruri. Puppets are operated by three people. Seiwa bunraku temporarily declined at the end of the Meiji Period (1868-1912), but was revived in the Showa Period (1926-1989) with the accession of the Emperor. A preservation society was formed in 1954. Today, the group continues to perform at the Seiwa Bunraku Hall and other venues, as well as at the adjacent Okawa Aso Shrine Farming Village Stage (a nationally registered tangible cultural property) under the name of Takigi Bunraku.