人にん形ぎょう回まわし

noun

puppet operator; puppeteer

Refers to a person who manipulates puppets, especially in traditional Japanese puppet theater such as bunraku.

• 彼かれは人にん形ぎょう回まわしとして文ぶん楽らくの舞ぶ台たいに立たっている。

  He stands on the bunraku stage as a puppet operator.