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karakuri doll からくり人形
This video taken at an Antique fair in Japan & you are viewing a rare mechanical karakuri doll. These were made in very limited numbers for wealthy people, as they were very expensive! Most are now in museums! If this is for sale & not just a display piece, it would go for many thousands of dollars! I have seen 3 or 4 before in working condition at the Edo/Tokyo Museum here in Tokyo! One is a samurai who actually fires small arrows into a target! Unreal craftsmanship that is now lost!
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