The Head Honcho: A Meeting with a Top Puppet Craftsman

Awa ningyō jōruri performance of Keisei Awa no Naruto (The Courtesan and the Whirlpool of Awa).

An Awa ningyō jōruri head (left) and a bunraku head (right).

The transformation of Kiyohime in Anchin Kiyohime densetsu (The Legend of Anchin and Kiyohime).

Mother Oyumi (left) and daughter Otsuru (right) from Keisei Awa no naruto (The Courtesan and the Whirlpool of Awa).