Japanese Epic Puppet Tales at New Year: The Fukaze Dekumawashi and Higashi Futakuchi Performance Traditions
In the Hakusan area of Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture, two villages, Fukaze and Higashi Futakuchi, roughly 350 years ago, developed and have continued to preserve bun’ya ningyō, puppetry combined with the bun’ya style of chanting, a precursor of bunraku. These traditions draw their tales from folk st...
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Milano University Press
2023-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/aoqu/article/view/22206 |