Abstract
ABSTRACTThis article provides a personal as well as scholarly exploration of the short films, and two longer films, by puppet animator Kawamoto Kihachirō (1925–2010), with special attention to the influence of conventions from traditional Japanese theatre and doll ceremonials in Japan. Select themes in the films (such as weaving, archery, transformation, union between souls) are highlighted, leading to a longer discussion of two Kawamoto films: Dōjōji (1976) and Shisha no sho/The Book of the Dead (2005). The article also offers a journey through the exhibition galleries of the Kawamoto Kihachirō Puppet Museum in Iida City, Nagano prefecture.
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