Cutout Shadow Art - Cutout Shadow Art

Japanese: 切抜き影絵 - きりぬきかげえ
Cutout Shadow Art - Cutout Shadow Art

…It is a game in which figures resembling people, birds, animals, etc. are illuminated by a light and projected onto paper doors, walls, white curtains, etc. In Japan, it began in the early Edo period and was used for hand shadow puppets, cut-out shadow puppets, and also for rotating lanterns. The early forms of magic lanterns were also called shadow puppets. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "cutout shadow puppets" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人物や鳥獣などに似せた形を灯火に照らして,障子や壁,白い幕などに写す遊び。日本では江戸時代初期から始まり,手影絵,切抜き影絵などの遊びに用いられたほか,回り灯籠にもつかわれている。幻灯初期の写絵もまた影絵と呼ばれた。…

※「切抜き影絵」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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