Shadow puppet

Japanese: 影人形 - かげにんぎょう

〘Noun〙① A game in which people make shapes of people or birds and animals with their hands and project them onto paper screens or walls using a light. Sometimes people would attach various objects such as paper cuttings or chopsticks to their hands or bodies. Shadow puppets. Shadow hats. *Haikai Rakuyoshu (1680) "A Spring Night - A Shadow Puppet Show (Ukiyo) " ② Doing or saying various things in the shadows. *Hakuhon Kokin Hyaku Baka ( 1814 ) Vol. 2 " Even so, they have big faces and high waists, and they use shadow puppets."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 手で人や鳥獣の形を作り、灯火によって障子や壁などに映し出す遊び。切紙や箸などさまざまな物を手や身体に付けて写すこともあった。影絵。かげぼうし。※俳諧・洛陽集（1680）「春の夜哉(かな)影人形のはつ芝居〈浮名〉」② 陰でいろいろなことをしたり言ったりすること。※滑稽本・古今百馬鹿（1814）下「夫(それ)でさへ面(つら)が大きいの、腰が高いのと、影人形(カゲニンギャウ)をつかはれます」

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