These origami-like puppets can come to life with one touch. They are called karakuri puppets and they have been used in Japan as early as the 17th Century. The technique is called Kirigami which ...

NEYAGAWA, Osaka -- After tens of thousands of adjustments and eight years of hard work, a craftsman in west Japan has finally created a mechanical doll that plays the "koto" traditional string ...

The word karakuri, which can also mean “subtle trickery,” is derived from the verb karakuru, meaning to “pull, stretch, and move a thread,” and a karakuri automaton is a dual feat of art and ...

These origami-like puppets can come to life with one touch. They are called karakuri puppets and they have been used in Japan as early as the 17th Century. The technique is called Kirigami which ...

A Japanese designer by the name of Haruki Nakamura has taken the art of “karakuri” and applied it to paper creations to bring them to life. Karakuri roughly translates as “trick” or “mechanized” and ...