Bunraku puppet theatre, training a leg puppeteer (ashitsukai), Puppet manipulation

Digital Object Record

Digital Object Title	Bunraku puppet theatre, training a leg puppeteer (ashitsukai)
Component Associated Performing Art	Puppetry
Component	Puppet manipulation
Component Activity Date	Unknown
Date Object Created	Unknown
Date Object Destroyed	Unknown
Component Notes	A leg puppeteer being shown the correct posture for holding the puppet's legs. The railing in the foreground represents the third stage partition (hon tesuri) which in the Bunraku stage serves to make the puppets appear to stand on the ground.
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Rights Statement
Credit Line	Courtesy of The Barbara Curtis Adachi Bunraku Collection, C.V. Starr East Asian library, Columbia University.
Ordering Information	Contact C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University, starr@libraries.cul.columbia.edu.