Drawing - Utsushie

Japanese: 写絵 - うつしえ

A magic lantern spectacle that was performed at festivals and comedy halls up until the Meiji period. During the Kyowa era, an artist in Edo named Takamatsu Kumakichi invented a device that allowed him to paint colored pictures on a cut glass panel and project them manually. Using several magic lanterns, he could overlay images, make close-up images, or make blurred images. Some magic lanterns have the user recite the lines, while others are accompanied by a sekkyobushi joruri story. Famous artist artists include Ryokawatei Sen'yu and the first Tamagawa Buncho. This is the prototype of kamishibai (paper theater).

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Japanese:

幻灯による見世物で，明治に至るまで縁日や寄席で演じられた。享和年間，江戸の高松熊吉という上絵師が切子（ガラス）板に彩色絵を描き手動で映写する仕掛を発明。数台の幻灯機を用いて重ね写し，大写し，ぼかし写しもした。使い手がせりふをいうもの，説経節の浄瑠璃を伴奏とするものがあり，有名な写絵師に両川亭船遊，初世玉川文蝶がいる。紙芝居の原型。

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