Art of Deception

Japanese: アート・オブ・ディセプション - あーとおぶでぃせぷしょん
Art of Deception

...Also, dangerous tricks such as sticking needles through the body without being hurt or twisting a red-hot iron bar with bare hands have a strong mystical quality, but they cannot be called magic because their primary purpose is not to entertain the audience. Many foreign books describe magic as the art of deception. Magic is sometimes called magic, conjuring, or simply trick in English, and is translated as sorcery, conjuring, or magic trick, but there is not much difference in meaning between these terms. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Art of Deception" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また身体に針を通しても無傷であることをみせたり,灼熱の鉄棒を素手でしごいたりするいわゆる危険術も神秘感は強いが,観客に娯楽を提供することを本来の目的としていないので奇術とは呼べない。外国の書物では奇術をアート・オブ・ディセプションart of deception(まやかしの術)と表現したものが多い。奇術のことを英語でマジックmagic,コンジャリングconjuringあるいは単にトリックtrickと呼ぶことがあり,魔術,奇術,手品などの訳語があてられているが,その意味に大差があるわけではない。…

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出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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