{"id":5719,"date":"2016-04-04T14:17:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/?p=5719"},"modified":"2016-04-06T09:37:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T08:37:18","slug":"masuda-string-puppeteers-shimane-prefectures-edo-period-string-puppetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/international-exchange\/masuda-string-puppeteers-shimane-prefectures-edo-period-string-puppetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Masuda String Puppeteers: Shimane Prefecture\u2019s Edo Period String Puppetry, London events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"colMain\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5724\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Musauda-String-Puppets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5724\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5724\" alt=\"Masuda String Puppeteers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Musauda-String-Puppets-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Musauda-String-Puppets-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Musauda-String-Puppets.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Masuda String Puppeteers<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Masuda String Puppets<\/em> is a performance group based in Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture. Two events will be held in London as part of a visit to the UK and the<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0first\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">overseas performance as a part of the &#8216;V&amp;A Japan Festival for Families&#8217; events. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Masuda String Puppeteers\u2019 style is the only surviving Edo Period (1603 \u2013 1868)\u00a0style string puppetry currently performed in Japan, using an Edo-era puppet stage with Gidayu-style narration.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>special event<\/em>\u00a0will be held\u00a028 April 2016 at\u00a06:00 \u2013 7:00pm, followed by a drinks reception from 7:00pm\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">at The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Regents Park, London. \u00a0Details can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajf.org.uk\/event\/masuda-string-puppeteers-shimane-prefectures-edo-period-string-puppetry\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The troupe will also be performing as part of the Japan Festival for Families on<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0Sun 1 May 2016 from 11:00 t<\/span>hroughout the V&amp;A, a free\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">special Children\u2019s Day celebration to \u00a0immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and stories of Japan. \u00a0Visitors can take\u00a0<\/span>part in dance, music, storytelling, digital and art activities for all the family. \u00a0More details can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.vam.ac.uk\/whatson\/index\/view\/id\/1160\/event\/Japan-Festival-for-Families\/dt\/2016-05-01\/eType\/1\/free\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">A Cultural Property (\u6587\u5316\u8ca1:\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">bunkazai<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">) is administered by the Japanese government&#8217;s Agency for Cultural Affairs, and includes tangible properties (structures and works of art or craft); intangible properties (performing arts and craft techniques); folk properties both tangible and intangible; monuments historic, scenic and natural; cultural landscapes; and groups of traditional buildings. Buried properties and conservation techniques are also protected. \u00a0Together these cultural properties are to be preserved and utilized as the heritage of the Japanese people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masuda String Puppets is a performance group based in Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture. Two events will be held in London as part of a visit to the UK and the\u00a0first\u00a0overseas performance as a part of the &#8216;V&amp;A Japan Festival for Families&#8217; events. The Masuda String Puppeteers\u2019 style is the only surviving Edo Period (1603 \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-exchange","category-multicultural-japan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5719"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5733,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5719\/revisions\/5733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}