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Description and Notes |
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Adachi's Interviews |
足立インタビュー資料 |
Barbara Curtis Adachi's interviews of Bunraku Troupe members. |
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Animal |
動物 |
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Arm |
手 |
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Armature |
さし金 |
A device consisting of a wooden rod, a cord, and a lever attached to puppet's left arm.
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Asahi Theater |
朝日座 |
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Auxiliary stage |
床あるいは出語台 |
Revolving platform for narrators and shamisen players.
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Backstage |
舞台裏 |
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Backstage at Bunraku |
バックステージ・アット・ブンラク |
By Barbara C. Adachi, New York: John Weatherhill, Inc., 1985.
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Barbara Curtis Adachi |
バーバラ・カーティス・足立 |
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Butai geta [high wooden clogs] |
舞台下駄 |
High wooden clogs worn on stage by head puppeteers.
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Chakutōban |
着到板あるいは到着板 |
A wooden panel with performer names indicating whether the performer has arrived.
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Chikamatsu Monzaemon, 1653-1725 |
近松門左衛門 |
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Chūzuri [flying performance] |
宙吊り |
Flying performance by performer being suspended by wires.
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Costume |
衣装 |
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Derek Birdsall, Art Director |
デレック・バードサル |
For The Voices and Hands of Bunraku.
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Directing |
演出 |
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Dō [body] |
胴 |
Body, torso, or framework of puppets.
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Dōgushi [headgrip] |
胴串 |
Headgrip to which neck and head of puppet are permanently attached and from which toggles protrude.
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Donald Keene |
ドナルド・キーン |
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Dressing room |
楽屋 |
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Fox |
狐 |
See also Animal. |
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Geza [room for offstage musicians] |
下座あるいは囃子部屋 |
Small room over stage-right entrance occupied by offstage musicians.
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Gregory Vitiello, Editor |
グレゴリー・ヴィティエロ |
For The Voices and Hands of Bunraku.
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Hamatani Hitoshi, Stage Director |
浜谷仁 |
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Harri Peccinotti, Photographer |
ハリ・ペチノッティ |
For The Voices and Hands of Bunraku.
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Hirata Yukio |
ひらたゆきお |
Accompanied Adachi on her interview trips with Bunraku Troupe members in 1977. |
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Hishida Kōji, Keeper of heads |
菱田宏治 |
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History of Bunraku |
文楽の歴史資料 |
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Hitori zukai |
一人遣い |
Puppet manipulated by one puppeteer
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Ishibashi Osamu, Costume director |
石橋長武 |
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Jason Choi, Translator |
ジェイソン・チョイ |
For The Voices and Hands of Bunraku.
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Kagezukai [hooded performers] |
影遣い |
Literally, shaded manipulator; denotes that all performing pupeteers appear on stage hooded and in the black robe (kuroko).
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Kashirawari [distribution of puppet heads] |
首割り |
Distribution/selection of puppet heads for roles.
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Kineya Hiroji, Offstage Musician |
きねやひろじ |
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Kōjō performance |
口上（演目） |
Announcement performance.
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Kōjō [announcement] |
口上（東西東西） |
Literally, east and west; hear ye!
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Kokyū [a musical instrument] |
胡弓 |
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Koto [transverse harp] |
琴 |
Transverse harp with a wooden body and silk strings.
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Kotsuzumi [hourglass-shaped drum] |
小鼓 |
Hourglass-shaped drum played at shoulder level with the hand.
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Kowari-chō/Kowari [cue book] |
小割帳 |
Cue book listing puppeteer assignments and groupings.
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Leg |
足 |
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Mochizuki Haruo, Offstage Musician |
もちづきはるお |
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Mochizuki Taishirō, Offstage Musician |
もちづきたいしろう |
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Nakoshi Shōji, Wig master |
名越昭司 |
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Narrator |
太夫 |
Chanter or reciter.
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National Bunraku Theatre |
国立文楽劇場 |
Opened in Osaka, Japan, in 1984.
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Non-Bunraku materials |
文楽以外の資料 |
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Ōe Minosuke, Carver of heads |
大江巳之助 |
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Performance list |
公演情報資料 |
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Performance recording |
文楽サウンドレコーディング |
For audio visual materials. |
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Performer directory |
文楽人名録 |
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Personal photograph |
足立個人写真 |
Bunraku related, but off-off-stage photographs, e.g. with family of performers. |
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Props |
小道具 |
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Puppet |
人形 |
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Puppet costuming |
人形拵え |
Attaching puppet head and kimono to the puppet's framework.
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Puppet head |
かしら |
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Puppeteer |
人形遣い |
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Puppetry, non-Bunraku |
文楽以外の人形浄瑠璃 |
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Rehearsal |
舞台稽古 |
Used sparingly since all the performance photographs were taken during rehearsals. Used only for photographs where director and senior performers direct or train juniors during rehearsals and/or left-arm and leg manupulators appear without hoods on stage. |
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Sankyoku [three instruments] |
三曲 |
Three instruments: koto, kokyū and shakuhachi. Played in Bunraku by a shamisen player when a character in performance plays the instrument.
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Set Construction |
大道具造り |
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Shakuhachi [a musical instrument] |
尺八 |
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Shamisen player |
三味線 |
Three stringed musical instrument.
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Stage set |
大道具 |
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Taiko [drum] |
太鼓 |
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Television programs/motion pictures |
テレビ番組・映画 |
For audio visual materials. |
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The Voices and Hands of Bunraku |
文楽のひとびと |
By Barbara C. Adachi, Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International, c1978.
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Theater |
劇場 |
Photographs of viewer seats, stage curtain, etc. |
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Tour |
ツアー |
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Tour, International |
海外公演 |
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Training |
稽古 |
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Uehara Tsuruko, Seamstress |
うえはらつるこ |
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Wig |
かづら |
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Wing, from |
舞台そでからの写真 |
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Yonetani Eijirō, Properties |
よねたにえいじろう |
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Yukahon [narrator's text] |
床本 |
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