“All puppeteers wear gauntlets which are connected by a tape taken round the back of the neck; white cloth is used for the chief puppeteer and black for his assistants. The gauntlets are used to conceal the naked forearms and also to absorb perspiration.”
Scott‘s enjoyable presentation of the history of Japanese puppet theatre along with the background of puppeteers, musicians, and narrators, including the summary of ten popular plays.
Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1963. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Duodecimo. 173 pages. Dust jacket in very good condition with slight discoloration and some edge wear. Boards clean and bright with minimal signs of wear. Binding tight and square. Pages tanned. Beautiful copy.
