Meanwhile in Japan….

Josiane Keller – お雪 Oyuki – costume test (2015)

the costume is not sewn yet, so far only as a test, roughly, about lines and fabric, also her hair is not done yet, the question is if I should do much about it in case of this particular puppet, maybe not too much.

Compare with 円山 応挙 Maruyama Okyo, who is a favourite painter of mine, in particular for a certain tiger scroll, or rather the composition of the tiger integrated with the cut off edges of the scroll, which makes it scarily real (to me, anyways). But this time I want to show this painting, which he according to legend painted from the apparition of his dead lover (幻 = apparition, phantom, dream, illusion, dream; interesting options to translate this)

円山 応挙 Maruyama Okyo – お雪の幻 the Ghost of Oyuki (1750)

and then of course her rival:

Josiane Keller – お鶴 Otsuru – costume test (2015)

also her costume is so far only draped, to test fabric and lines, and her hair will be coiffured, in this case yes, at least in most scenes.

The crane, as such, in the making:

Josiane Keller – 鶴 crane (2015)

Also, obviously not completed yet, but getting there.

Compare withe the master: 竹田喜之助 Kinosuke Takeda, a scene from 雪ん子 “Snow Child”:

竹田喜之助 Kinosuke Takeda – 雪ん子 Snow Child 

竹田喜之助 Takeda Kinosuke (1923 – 1979)

and here the next challenge, I so far have avoided successfully with stubborn procrastination: traditional miniature straw snow boots, 藁沓 (“waragutsu”), somehow the master could do it, so I will have to figure it out, too, some how…:

竹田喜之助 Takeda Kinosuke – 藁沓 (“waragutsu”, winter straw boots)

And here some more lovely shots of puppeteer Miss Ayako Bando, (who partially got me hooked on this, with a book of 雪の子 “Snow Child” by 竹田喜之助 Takeda Kinosuke):

Josiane Keller “阪東 亜矢子 Ayako Bando” (2015)

And if you missed it in earlier posts, here once more her homepage:

http://ayajijo.com/