Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater

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Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater is a traditional Japanese form of puppet drama from Awaji Island that combines large, elaborately operated puppets with narrative chanting and shamisen music.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater canonical 2
Osaka bunraku 1
bunraku puppet theatre 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
traditional Japanese puppet theater ⓘ
aimsTo convey complex human emotions through puppets ⓘ
artForm narrative music theater ⓘ
puppet drama ⓘ
costumeFeature elaborate puppet costumes ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalRole regional folk entertainment ⓘ
religious offering ⓘ
hasComponent large puppets ⓘ
musicians ⓘ
narrative chanting ⓘ
puppet manipulators ⓘ
shamisen music ⓘ
tayū narrator ⓘ
hasPuppetOperatorRole ashizukai ⓘ
hidarizukai ⓘ
omozukai ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin Edo period ⓘ
influenced other regional puppet theaters in Japan ⓘ
influencedBy Osaka bunraku ⓘ
locatedIn Awaji Island ⓘ
Hyōgo Prefecture ⓘ
linked to: Hyogo Prefecture

Kansai region ⓘ
originatesFrom Awaji Island fishing communities ⓘ
performanceContext dedicatory performances for deities ⓘ
local shrines ⓘ
traveling troupes ⓘ
preservationActivity community-based performance groups ⓘ
training of young puppeteers ⓘ
puppetFeature movable eyes ⓘ
movable hands ⓘ
movable mouth ⓘ
puppetOperatorsPerPuppet three ⓘ
puppetSize approximately one meter tall ⓘ
recognizedAs important traditional performing art of Hyōgo Prefecture ⓘ
relatedTo bunraku ⓘ
ningyō jōruri ⓘ
requiresSkill coordinated three-person puppet manipulation ⓘ
narrative chanting in gidayū-bushi style ⓘ
shamisen accompaniment for jōruri ⓘ
typicalThemes domestic dramas ⓘ
heroic legends ⓘ
historical tales ⓘ
usesInstrument flute ⓘ
shamisen ⓘ
taiko drum ⓘ
usesLanguage Japanese ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Awaji Island → knownFor → Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater ⓘ
Awaji Island → hasCulturalPractice → Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater ⓘ
Edo literature → associatedWith → bunraku puppet theatre ⓘ
linked to: Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater
Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater → relatedTo → ningyō jōruri ⓘ
linked to: Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater
Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater → influencedBy → Osaka bunraku ⓘ
linked to: Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater
国立文楽劇場 → 主な上演ジャンル → 文楽 ⓘ
linked to: Awaji Ningyō Jōruri puppet theater