Bunraku Paper Puppets

I've just started doing some research, but this was WAY too cool not to post immediately.  Here is a site where you can print out paper cutouts and fold them together to make paper bunraku puppets.

Check out the video:



I will report back with more later!

Color in Japan

Please note the new file regarding meaning of colors in Japan in the Google Docs Folder.

Thank you!  See you all on Wednesday.

Welcome!

Welcome to the blog for the production team for Paragon Theatre's production of David Henry Hwang's Sound of a Voice.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.

The link to the Google Docs folder should be to the upper right of the information section of the blog.  Just a quick explanation of the documents:

There are two scanned documents from the Encyclopedia of the World's Religions, one covering Shinto and one covering Buddhism in Japan.  If anyone would like to read the full section on Buddhism, I will scan that.  These religions are the bases of most of folklore in Japan.

The other two thus far are articles I pulled from asianart.com--one regarding the origins and representations of the ghost in Japanese art, and one regarding origins and importance of the use of wood. I have highlighted pertinent notes in the files.

Happy reading!

Sarah