Nanking Manipulation - Nanking Manipulation

Japanese: 南京操り - ナンキンあやつり
Nanking Manipulation - Nanking Manipulation
A type of puppet theater from the Edo period. It is a puppet theater using strings. It uses smaller puppets than those used by hand. It is said that the name comes from the fact that the small ones have the character for Nanjing (Nanjing) in front of them.

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Japanese:
江戸時代の人形芝居の一種。糸操りのこと。手遣いの場合より小さい人形を使用。小型のものに南京の字を冠するところから,この名称があるといわれる。

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