Tools - Okidougu

Japanese: 置道具 - おきどうぐ
Tools - Okidougu

… Small props, along with stage props, costumes, wigs, etc., are a genre of backstage that constitutes stage art. Their task is to procure and create props according to the requirements of the drama, based on the instructions of the director and stage designer and the actors' ideas, in accordance with the role and character of the play and the characters. Small props are broadly divided into "stage props" and "personal props." "Stage props" refers to furniture, ornaments, hanging scrolls, screens, folding screens, braziers, etc. that are placed as part of the set before the curtain opens in the space of the stage or studio where the stage props are set. "Personal props" refers to items such as arrow holders, tobacco cases, inro, fans, nakahikari, straw sandals, sandals, geta, etc. in historical plays, and rings, earrings, pendants, watches, wallets, etc. in modern plays. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "okidoku" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…小道具は,大道具,衣装(舞台衣装),鬘(かつら)などとともに,舞台美術を構成する裏方の一ジャンルで,ドラマの求めに応じて,演出家,舞台美術家の指示と演技者の構想を中心に,演目と登場人物の役柄や性格に相応して調達し,製作することを任務としている。小道具は〈出道具(置道具)〉と〈持物(もちもの)(持道具)〉に大別される。〈出道具〉は,大道具がセットされた舞台やスタジオの空間内に,装置の一部として幕が開く前から置かれる家具,置物,掛軸,几帳(きちよう),屛風,火鉢……などをいい,〈持物〉は,時代物では矢立,莨入(たばこいれ),印籠,扇,中啓や草鞋(わらじ),草履,下駄など,現代劇では指輪,イアリング,ペンダント,時計,財布……などをいう。…

※「置道具」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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