COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

10/04/2018

Karakuri puppets

 
Image result for karakuri meaning
 
Karakuri puppets (からくり人形 karakuri ningyō) are traditional Japanese mechanized puppets or automata, originally made from the 17th century to 19th century. ... The word karakuri means "mechanisms" or "trick". It is used to describe any device that evokes a sense of awe through concealment of its inner workings.

Related image





Related image



https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/KarakuriBritishMuseum.jpg 




A karakuri automaton, circa 1800. British Museum.



Japanese Karakuri, circa 1800




https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/TeaAutomatAndMechanism.jpg

  TeaAutomatAndMechanism.jpg ‎(596 × 575 pixels, file size: 461 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)




Karakuri.info English information site
Karakuri puppets in Takayama Matsuri FestivalNHK(video)

Related image



A karakuri automaton, circa 1800. British Museum.



Japanese Karakuri, circa 1800

Karakuri puppets









Animatronic
Gakutensoku
Japanese robotics
Tanaka Hisashige


















No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)