page_title: Karakuri puppet
hierarchical_section_title: Karakuri puppet
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 徳川園山車揃え
context_page_description: Karakuri puppets are traditional Japanese mechanized puppets or automata, originally made from the 17th century to 19th century. The dolls' gestures provided a form of entertainment. The word karakuri has also come to mean "mechanisms" or "trick" in Japanese. It is used to describe any device that evokes a sense of awe through concealment of its inner workings.
  The name karakuri is thought to come from the Japanese verb karakuru, which means "to pull, stretch, and move a thread." It is alternatively written in Japanese kanji as 絡繰り, 絡繰, 機巧, 機関, and archaically as 唐繰.
context_section_description: Karakuri puppets (からくり人形, karakuri ningyō) are traditional Japanese mechanized puppets or automata, originally made from the 17th century to 19th century.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 dolls' gestures provided a form of entertainment. The word karakuri has also come to mean "mechanisms" or "trick" in Japanese. It is used to describe any device that evokes a sense of awe through concealment of its inner workings.
  The name karakuri is thought to come from the Japanese verb karakuru, which means "to pull, stretch, and move a thread." It is alternatively written in Japanese kanji as 絡繰り, 絡繰, 機巧, 機関, and archaically as 唐繰.
caption: Dashi karakuri of the Tsutsui-chō/Dekimachi tennōsai in Nagoya.
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