Analysis of harmonious combination between puppeteers in Bunraku

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25540154
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: UEDA Kazuhiro 東京大学, 大学院情報学環・学際情報学府, 教授 (60262101)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MORITA Toshio 慶應義塾大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (30329081)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 芸術情報 / 古典芸能 / 文楽 / 動作計測 / 生理計測

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to clarify how puppeteers can realize cooperative manipulation in Bunraku, we examined (1) whether “Zu” was important or not for cooperation, (2) the way a puppeteer showed “Zu” depended or not on experience of the puppeteer, and (3) whether synchronization of breathing among puppeteers means their harmonious combination in performance. As a result, we showed that (1) “Zu” was primarily important for cooperative manipulation in Bunraku, (2) the way a puppeteer showed “Zu” did not depend on his experience, and (3) synchronization of breathing among puppeteers did not mean their harmonious combination.

Free Research Field

認知科学