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Hyōshigi wooden clappers

Documented in the archive in connection with Bunraku Puppet Theatre (Osaka, Japan).

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Classification
Instrument
Origin / Scope
Japan
Connected Rooms
1 Tradition
Bibliography
1 Source

Archival note & context

Hyōshigi wooden clappers is attested in the primary archival record for Bunraku Puppet Theatre in Osaka, Japan.

Born in Osaka's Dōtonbori theatre district through the collaboration of playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon and chanter Takemoto Gidayū, Ningyō Jōruri Bunraku pairs half-life-sized articulated wooden puppets with dramatic chanted narrative.

Three operators—the omozukai (head and right hand), hidarizukai (left hand), and ashizukai (feet)—breathe a single heartbeat into each figure.

Associated traditions

1
Bunraku Puppet Theatre
Osaka, Japan · Craft
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Sources

1

What’s on this page is sourced from the citation below.

SourcePublisherLicence
Bunraku Puppet Theatre — Folkroom Primary Archive Dossier (Japan)Representative ListCC BY-SA 4.0
"Hyōshigi wooden clappers." Folkroom Archive (Instruments), https://folkroom.org/instruments/hyoshigi-wooden-clappers · CC BY-SA 4.0.