Noroma (Norouma) - Noroma

Japanese: のろま(野呂間) - のろま

Clown puppets. In the early modern period, Kyogen plays were always inserted between the various performing arts in the entertainment world. They were diverse, including popular songs, acrobatics, karakuri puppets, and boyish singing and dancing. Impersonations by the clowns of Kabuki theaters were particularly popular, and the Joruri Theater even made puppets that imitated the faces of famous clowns and performed humorous skits. Among them, the Fundoku, Sairoku, Taroma, and others were made, but the Edo Noroma is the most famous. Said to have been created by Noromatsu Kanbei, this puppet has a flat head and is bluish-black in color.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

道化人形。近世初頭，興行界で行われる諸芸能には必ず間（あい）の狂言がはさまれた。それは歌謡や軽業，からくり，少年の歌舞など多彩であった。なかでも歌舞伎の座の道化方による物まね芸が好まれ，浄瑠璃操座ではそれら著名道化方の顔を模した人形まで作られ，滑稽（こつけい）な寸劇を演じた。ふんとく，才六，たろま等々が作られたが，江戸ののろまがいちばん著名である。野呂松勘兵衛が創始したといわれる人形で，頭がひらたく色の青黒い人形であった。

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