Warai Puppet Troupe

The Warai Puppet Troupe was a theater troupe owned by Kakita Seiichi. Path of Waves, p. 159 It had an associated theater in Hirosaka's Samurai Quarter. The troupe had been a family-owned fixture for many years and Seiichi continued the lineage. The troupe enjoyed reasonable and consistent success, but eventually it began to falter, its performances becoming lackluster and unoriginal. Almost overnight, the troupe's performances changed, using puppets that they almost seemed to move and speak of their own volition. The troup became well-known for their mirthful comedy, high drama, and commanding and engaging presence on the stage and this fame spread beyond Hirosaka. Eventually a group of samurai uncovered that the puppets were possesed by spirits, which had begun to commit petty crimes and had escalated in seriousness. Path of Waves, pp. 171-172
== See also ==
* Possessed Puppets/Meta
Troupe Warai Puppet Troupe