Candy Bird - Candy Bird

...The candy is shaped by holding it with both hands and then painted in red or blue. It appears that bird shapes were the main focus of the work, and Morisada Manko states that "even in this world, candy birds are still the common name for candy crafts." Ame no Kakubuki (candy acrobatic performers) were those who showed candy crafts in acrobatics, and some of them appeared in small plays in Fukiya-cho during the An'ei era (1772-81).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ame no Tori" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…両手でおさえながら形をつくり，紅や青で彩色する。もっぱら鳥の形をつくったものと見え，〈今世モ飴ノ鳥ト云テ飴細工ノ惣名トス〉と《守貞漫稿》はいっている。あめ細工を曲芸ふうにして見せたのがあめの曲吹きで，安永年間(1772‐81)には葺屋（ふきや）町の小芝居に出演したものもあったという。…

※「飴ノ鳥」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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