Sept. 27, 2011
Young samurai meets goddess in exciting Yame mechanical doll play
The three-story structure used for the Toro Ningyo play in Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture, is fabricated each time and dismantled after the end of the event. On the upper level of the house are singers and a band of musicians, including drummers. The stage on the medium level has a separable bridge on which two dolls are operated with eight long sticks extended from both wings of the stage. Another doll also performs on the stage, but this is moved by operators from the lower level under the floor. Each doll is operated by six persons.
The doll play shown this year is based on a simple, happy story in which a young samurai from Satsuma, the old name of the current Kagoshima Prefecture, visits Itsukushima Shrine in the current Hiroshima Prefecture to pay homage to the Goddess of Benzaiten and sees a beautiful woman as the goddess incarnate emerge with her maid from the shrine and dance on sweet music while granting his wishes.
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