noun
three-person puppet operation (bunraku)
Refers to the traditional bunraku technique where three puppeteers work together to manipulate a single large puppet. The term is specific to the context of Japanese puppet theater.
文楽では、三人遣いで一体の人形を操る。
In bunraku, a single puppet is manipulated by three-person operation.
Compound of 三人 (three people) + 遣い (operation, manipulation). The reading づかい is a rendaku form of つかい.