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 Theater: The tragic tale of Uzuma River” … told by high-tech figurines
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“The Bridge that Brings Happiness”. Human sacrifice - the tragic tale
of Uzuma River
To calm the anger of the Uzuma River god, a sacrifice was made of a beautiful
young girl who was buried alive under the bridge. In order to console her
ghost, the villagers floated 108 lanterns down the river to help her attain
Buddhahood. The bridge then became known as “The Bridge that Brings Happiness”.
The performance, which lasts about 12 minutes, uses fully-automated state
of the art technology to bring the figurines to life, and has received
much praise from visitors.
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You can see an extract from “The tragic tale of Uzuma River” online.
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Puppet dolls manning floats with musical
accompaniment (hand operated)
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Wealthy townsfolk from the late Edo ? early Meiji period would display
their money by parading puppet floats like this one through the towns.
Also on display are family heirlooms, treasures made from wood from the
precious meiboku tree etc, with corresponding explanations
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The sound of the suikinkutsu echoing in the quiet garden
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The museum’s eight white-walled storehouses are surrounded by a black
fence that stretches for 120m, occupying about 4000㎡ in the center of
the Tochigi Ginza Road.
Inside, there is also a garden and a hut built in tea-ceremony style, allowing
you to forget the hustle and bustle of the outside world. Within this silence,
the echoes of the suikinkutsu are particularly striking.
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| A listed tangible cultural property! |
The Tsukada Museum of History and Legend operated as a timber transportation
wholesaler in the late Edo period, taking wood along the Fukugawa River
to the timber market in Edo. The eight white walls came to be seen as landmarks
of Tochigi City, and even today the arrangement of the impressive storehouses
along the river evokes nostalgia for the olden days…
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| ＜Guide＞ |
t-rex-tukapon@t-cnet.or.jp
Link Here・・・。 
