Research Catalog

Title

Awaji puppets of Japan [electronic resource]

Publication

1974.

Details

Description

1 streaming video file (32 min.) : sound, color.

Summary

The history and background of the Awaji puppets is followed by a demonstration of the puppets' costumes and typical movements. The chanter's role and training are discussed.

Donor/Sponsor

Asia Dance Project, JDR 3rd Fund.

Subjects

• Dance > Japan
• Puppets and marionettes > Japan
• Television > Awaji puppets of Japan
• Awaji Puppet Theater
• Fowler, Ted, > narrator
• Filmed performances
• Filmed dance

Genre/Form

• Filmed dance.
• Filmed performances.

Note

• Videotaped during a lecture-demonstration at Brooklyn College, New York on February 6, 1974.
• Demonstrated by three puppeteers, chanter, and shamisen performer of the Awaji Puppet Theater of Japan. Narrator: Ted Fowler.
• Then the range of voices of the chanter and typical sounds and standard motifs of the shamisen accompaniment are demonstrated.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

System Details (note)

• Streaming file.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 6548

OCLC

NYPY807051317-F

Title

Awaji puppets of Japan [electronic resource]

Imprint

1974.

Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

System Details

Streaming file.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 5-442.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Television. Awaji puppets of Japan.

Puppets and marionettes -- Japan.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 6548

*MGZIC 5-442 (former)