Ball riding - Tamanori

Japanese: 玉乗り - たまのり

A type of acrobatics. Performers ride on large balls. In Chinese sangaku, there was a form of ball riding called "Tokyuugi." In Japan, it was first performed in 1864 by a foreign circus troupe in Yokohama. The first Japanese performers were Yamamoto Kojima Tayu II, an acrobat who had returned from the West, who performed in Sennichimae, Osaka in 1883. The following year, Egawa Sakuzo (portrait) from Tokyo invited him to Yokohama and performed, gaining popularity with his bottle-walking, ring-breaking, and springboard tricks. Later, the performance moved to Asakusa Park, where boys and girls around the age of 10 performed on balls as Hashibenkei, Kurama Tengu, and Dojoji, and became known as "Egawa's Ball Riding." Since the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, there have been no troupes that specialize in ball riding. Today, it can be seen in circus troupes, and ball riding by sea lions and monkeys has also been devised.

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Japanese:

曲芸の1種。大きな玉に乗って曲芸を演じるもの。中国の散楽には「踏毬戯 (とうきゅうぎ) 」という玉乗りがあった。日本では元治1 (1864) 年外人曲馬団が横浜で演じたのがその初め。日本人では，1883年西洋帰りの軽業師 (かるわざし) 2世山本小島太夫が大阪千日前で興行したのが最初。翌年東京の江川作蔵 (造) がこれを横浜に呼んで興行し，瓶渡り，輪抜け，踏板などで評判を呼んだ。のちに浅草公園に移り，10歳前後の少年少女に，橋弁慶，鞍馬天狗，道成寺などを玉の上で演じさせ，「江川の玉乗り」として知られた。関東大震災 (1923) 以後は玉乗りを専門とする座はなくなっている。現在では，サーカスの一座でみられるほか，オットセイ，サルなどの玉乗りも工夫されている。

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