Merry-go-round. One of the main rides found in amusement parks and children's entertainment centers. A round platform has seats shaped like wooden horses, animals, or carriages, which rotate along with the platform using a motor, while the wooden horses move up and down at the same time. It is said to have originated as a carousel, invented as a tool for medieval European knights to practice javelin throwing from horseback, and is still often called by this name in Europe and the United States. At the beginning of the 8th century, something similar to today's merry-go-rounds began to be installed in England and France as a festival event. At first, the rotation was human-powered, but in 1863, the Englishman Bradshaw invented a mechanized power source. They first appeared in Japan at the Domestic Industrial Exposition held in Osaka in 1903, and became a permanent fixture at an amusement park in Asakusa around 1907. While today's amusement parks are focused on thrills, the idyllic atmosphere of merry-go-rounds is still beloved by people of all ages, from young children to seniors. [Kaji Tatsuo] [Reference] |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
回転木馬。遊園地や児童向き娯楽場などの主要遊戯乗り物の一つ。円形プラットホームに、主として木馬、その他の動物や馬車などの形をした座席があり、モーターの動力でプラットホームとともに回転し、木馬などは同時に上下運動する。中世ヨーロッパの騎士たちの、馬上からのやり投げ練習道具として考案されたカラセルcarouselがその発祥といわれ、このため欧米ではいまでもこの名でよばれることが多い。8世紀の初頭イギリス、フランスでいまのメリーゴーラウンドに近いものが、祭りの催し物として設置されるようになった。初め回転は人力によったが、1863年、イギリス人ブラッドショーが動力の機械化を考案した。 日本に登場したのは、1903年大阪で行われた内国勧業博覧会で、常設されるようになったのは1907年ころの浅草の遊園地である。スリル中心の現在の遊園地娯楽施設のなかにあって、メリーゴーラウンドの牧歌的雰囲気が、いまも幼児から高年齢層にまで愛されている。 [梶 龍雄] [参照項目] |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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