Fukuwarai - Fukuwarai

Japanese: 福笑い - ふくわらい
Fukuwarai - Fukuwarai

A type of paper toy (gangu). It consists of a piece of paper with just the outline of an Ofuku mask's face drawn on it, and other pieces of paper with the eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, etc. cut out. To play, a player blindfolded with a hand towel or similar item arranges the eyes, nose, etc. on the Ofuku mask's paper, and the fun part is that the end result is a comical face that makes you want to laugh. It seems to have become popular around the mid-Edo period, and was popular as an indoor game during the New Year holidays from the Meiji period onwards until before World War II.

[Ryosuke Saito]

Fukuwarai
This game is said to have become popular in the middle of the Edo period. Along with sugoroku and karuta, it was popular as an indoor game during the New Year holidays. Yoshu Shuen's "Eastern Customs and Customs: Fukutsukushi, Fukuwarahi" (1889, Meiji 22), National Diet Library Collection

Fukuwarai


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

紙製玩具(がんぐ)の一種。お福面(おかめ)の顔の輪郭だけを描いた紙と、別に眉(まゆ)、目、鼻、口などを切り抜いた紙片とが組合せになっている。遊び方は、手拭(てぬぐい)などで目隠しした者が、この目、鼻などをお福面の紙の上に並べていくが、できあがりが笑いたくなる滑稽(こっけい)な顔だちになる点におもしろさがある。江戸中期ごろから流行し始めたものらしく、明治以降も第二次世界大戦前までは正月の室内遊びとして盛んに行われた。

[斎藤良輔]

福笑い
江戸時代中ごろから流行し始めたといわれる遊び。双六、かるたなどとともに、正月の室内遊びとして盛んに行われた。楊洲周延画『東風俗福つくし 福わらひ』 1889年(明治22)国立国会図書館所蔵">

福笑い


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