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wehayley
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2007 7:59 am    Post subject: Links to Japan Reply with quote

For those interested, take a look at the link: http://www.kyotojournal.org/
It's a wonderful site filled with lots of great information and insight and even more links...
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Photiou
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PostPosted: Jul 04, 2007 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Traditional Crafts of Japan:
http://www.kougei.or.jp/english/index.html
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PostPosted: Jul 29, 2007 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some info about Japanese karakuri puppets:
http://www.karakuri.info/
Not that much material but this tea serving puppet is quite interesting:
http://www.karakuri.info/zashiki/index.html
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Photiou
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PostPosted: Jul 29, 2007 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Photiou wrote:
Some info about Japanese karakuri puppets:
http://www.karakuri.info/
Not that much material but this tea serving puppet is quite interesting:
http://www.karakuri.info/zashiki/index.html


Few youtube clips showing karakuri puppets in action:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=po6imWUREPY
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=pBURWGr3AlU
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=7PiG-FA11UM
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PostPosted: Jul 30, 2007 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Photiou wrote:
Photiou wrote:
Some info about Japanese karakuri puppets:
http://www.karakuri.info/
Not that much material but this tea serving puppet is quite interesting:
http://www.karakuri.info/zashiki/index.html


Few youtube clips showing karakuri puppets in action:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=po6imWUREPY
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=pBURWGr3AlU
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=7PiG-FA11UM


That robot drawing the character was fantastic! Even the motions mimics the style required of calligraphy!
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