Puppets of Nostalgia: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Japanese Awaji Ningyō Tradition

by Jane Marie Law

Puppets of Nostalgia is the first major work in any Western language to examine the ritual origins and religious dimensions of puppetry in Japan. In a lucid and engaging style accessible to the general reader, Jane Marie Law describes the "life, death, and rebirth" of awaji ningyo shibai , the unique form of puppet theater of Awaji Island that has existed since the sixteenth century. Puppetry rites on Awaji helped to maintain rigid ritual purity codes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069102894X
• ISBN13: 9780691028941
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.8" x 10.0"