A Comparative Study of Rural Folk Traditions of China: Traditional Puppet Plays of the Zhoushan islands and Cangnan Prefecture

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23520422
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
Research Institution	Niigata University
Principal Investigator	HASHIYA Eiko (BABA Eiko) 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (80189513)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	SETA Mitsuko 中央大学, 非常勤講師
Research Collaborator	YANG Sihao 中国温州博物館, 副館長 MAO Jiuyan 新潟大学, 現代社会文化研究科, 後期博士課程 LIN Xiaowen 中国温州大学, 人文学院民俗学専攻, 修士課程
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords	中国文学 / 人形芝居 / 口承文芸 / 舟山群島 / 浙江省蒼南県 / 浙江省泰順県 / 月唐演義 / 粉粧楼 / 中国浙江省 / 舟山 / 蒼南 / 泰順 / 一人遣い人形芝居 / 中国浙江省舟山 / 中国浙江省温州地区 / 布袋戯 / 中国舟山群島 / 中国蒼南県 / 「粉粧楼」
Research Abstract	I visited Cangnan prefecture, Taishun prefecture and Zhoushan islands, in China,in order to video tape the performance of the traditional hand puppet play YueTangYanYi, the life of GuoZiYi, a great general of Tang Dynasty. A puppet play in these places is played by one puppeteer alone. He manipulates puppets and narrates and plays musical instruments simultaneously. Although a puppeteer is usually focuses on his narration, he does not dedicate himself to manipulation. Puppets often stuck on the stage frame. I think it shows clearly that these puppet plays originate in the traditional narrative history in China.