The
puppets are approximately one-half or two-thirds life-size. The heads
(頭, kashira)
of some puppets have movable eyelids and jaws. The main puppet
characters were musume (娘,
young woman), fukeoyama (老
女形, married woman), bunshishi (文
七, warrior), ōdanshichi (大
団七, braggart), but their heads could be used for some roles. There is
also some special wigs, usually made of human hair. The tokoyama (床
山, “wig master”), is responsible for sewing, maintaining and creating
an appropriate hairstyle (結髪 keppatsu)
for each role.