吊つり上あげ

noun

kabuki lift mechanism

A stage device in kabuki used to hoist an actor into the air, often for dramatic entrances or exits.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きでは、吊つり上あげを使つかって役やく者しゃが空くう中ちゅうに登とう場じょうすることがある。

  In kabuki, actors sometimes appear in midair using the lift mechanism.