Fairy tale play - Otogi Shibai

Japanese: お伽芝居 - おとぎしばい
Fairy tale play - Otogi Shibai

…Similar things can be found in countries around the world, and many of them, like Japan, are performed for a kind of educational purpose (drama education). Children's plays in Japan are said to have begun with "fairy tale plays" such as "Floating Kokyu," a dramatization of a fairy tale performed by Kawakami Otojiro's troupe at the Hongo-za Theater in Tokyo in 1903 (Meiji 36). From then until the Taisho period, theaters such as the "Yurakuza Children's Day" (Sundays and holidays) held performances for children, and specialized theater companies also began to appear. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Otogi Shibai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…世界各国に同じようなものが見られ,その多くは日本同様,一種の教育的な目的(演劇教育)をもって行われている。 日本における児童劇は,川上音二郎一座が,1903年(明治36)に東京の本郷座で上演したおとぎ話の劇化であった《浮れ胡弓(こきゆう)》などの〈お伽(とぎ)芝居〉に始まるとされている。以後大正期にかけ〈有楽座子供日〉(日曜・祝日)などの劇場主体の子供むけ公演が持たれ,専門劇団も姿を見せるようになった。…

※「お伽芝居」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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