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Toys: puppet, Japanese
Rice paper puppet made in Japan. Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim. Shadow play is an old tradition and it has a long history in Southeast Asia. Toys: puppet, Japanese Japanese puppet made of rice paper. Old number 1138
