Every day at 11:00 and 14:00, the story of the samurai executed in 1698, told with puppets.
On the open-air stage, built like the ‘nōson butai’ still found in shrine courtyards across the prefecture, two puppeteers move the Awa ningyō jōruri puppets by hand, while a narrator and the shamisen tell the story of Bandō Jūrōbē: a samurai administrator executed in 1698, who became the protagonist of the play ‘Keisei Awa no Naruto’. The rooms display puppet heads and costumes, and there is a garden from the Genroku period.
Residence-museum devoted to traditional puppet theatre, an Important Intangible Cultural Property designated by the State (‘阿波人形浄瑠璃’). The site recreates the house of the village official Bandō Jūrōbē, whose true story from 1698 inspired the famous play.
ℹ️ Open 9:30–17:00 (until 18:00 in July–August), performances at 11:00 and 14:00 (about 35 minutes; extended hours from 11 to 16 August). Tickets: adults ¥410, students ¥310, children ¥200. Closed 31 December – 3 January.
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