Editing Karakuri puppet (section)

{{Short description|Traditional Japanese puppet}}
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[[Image:KarakuriBritishMuseum.jpg|thumb|200px|A {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}} automaton, {{circa|1800}}, [[British Museum]]]]
{{nihongo|'''{{transliteration|ja|Karakuri}} puppets'''|からくり人形|karakuri ningyō}} are traditional [[Japan]]ese mechanized [[puppet]]s or [[automata]], made from the 17th century to the 19th century. The dolls' gestures provided a form of entertainment. The word {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}} has also come to mean "mechanisms" or "trick" in [[Japanese language|Japanese]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Law |first=Jane Marie |title=Puppets of Nostalgia – The Life, Death and Rebirth of the Japanese Awaji Ningyo Tradition |date=1997 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-02894-1}}</ref> It is used to describe any device that evokes a sense of awe through concealment of its inner workings.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi = 10.1162/LEON_a_00936|title = Karakuri: Subtle Trickery in Device Art and Robotics Demonstrations at Miraikan|year = 2015|last1 = Shea|first1 = Michael|journal = Leonardo|volume = 48|pages = 40–47|s2cid = 57445910}}</ref>

The name {{transliteration|ja|karakuri}} is thought to come from the Japanese verb {{transliteration|ja|karakuru}}, which means "to pull, stretch, and move a thread".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nihon-Daijiten-Kankōkai Tōkyō|title=Nihon kokugo daijiten.|date=2000|publisher=Shōgakukan|oclc=835363391}}</ref> It is alternatively written in [[kanji]] as {{lang|ja|絡繰り}}, {{lang|ja|絡繰}}, {{lang|ja|機巧}}, {{lang|ja|機関}}, and archaically as {{lang|ja|唐繰}}.