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jmdict 2853478 Active (id: 2177793)
床本
ゆかほん
1. [n] [hist]
▶ yukahon
▶ [expl] books with large characters placed on the floor to be read from by the narrator in jōruri and bunraku
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1356680 浄瑠璃 1. jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
  ⇒ see: 1505240 文楽 1. bunraku; Japanese puppet theatre (theater)



History:
2. A 2022-02-06 22:20:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/bunraku/jp/performer/performer1.html (has pictures of them)
1. A* 2022-02-03 06:43:32  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
kokugos
http://www.glopad.org/jparc/?q=en/node/22819
These scripts usually encompass a single scene and are marked with the performance notations of the narrator. They are used both as scores and as props by narrators in Bunraku (ningyō jōruri) and jōruri when they perform on stage.

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