Marionette "Yaoya Osichi"

Yuuki Magotaro, the disciple of Yuuki Magosaburo IX, changed his name to Takeda Sannosuke in the spring of 1955, and gave a name-changing performance at Mitsukoshi Theater on April 6th of the same year. The namers of his new name were Tokugawa Musei and the second director of the Theatre Museum Kawatake Toshishige. Thanks to this relationship, under the direction of Takeda Sannosuke, Oginosuke and others from the same troupe manufactured and donated this material to the Theatre Museum. A string puppet is usually hooked with 18 strings, while some puppets could be hooked with more than 40 strings.Yuuki Magotaro, the disciple of Yuuki Magosaburo IX, changed his name to Takeda Sannosuke in the spring of 1955, and gave a name-changing performance at Mitsukoshi Theater on April 6th of the same year. The namers of his new name were Tokugawa Musei and the second director of the Theatre Museum Kawatake Toshishige. Thanks to this relationship, under the direction of Takeda Sannosuke, Oginosuke and others from the same troupe manufactured and donated this material to the Theatre Museum. A string puppet is usually hooked with 18 strings, while some puppets could be hooked with more than 40 strings.