A tour of mechanical toys around the world - Japanese Craft Book

Release date: ‎ 2024/7/22
Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese
Book: ‎ 160 pages

"Karakuri toys" are a way of showcasing the skills of craftsmen and artisans who are few and far between these days. This book introduces ingenious moving toys made from familiar and inexpensive materials such as paper and wood, in beautiful pages. It is packed with toys from the five continents and precious Japanese Karakuri local toys.

This book does not feature expensive and complicated Karakuri toys and automata such as tea-carrying dolls. The author loves simple and intellectual toys made from inexpensive materials and simple mechanisms, like those that were encountered as children in Japan after the war. It is a lot of fun to pick up and play with them. Karakuri toys from an era when there was no concept of intellectual property can be seen all over the world. Many of them can be made by yourself, so please give it a try.

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