おもちゃから、美術品・工芸品の域へ
組み木と積み木のパズル「五重塔」（二宮義之作）
展示協力：北陸先端科学技術大学院大学
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江戸時代に始まる、日本を代表する伝統的な寄木細工や組木細工による秘密箱＝パズルは、関所の箱根から、旅人たちを通して全国的に広がりました。そして、作る人と遊ぶ人たちの知恵と勝負が重なり、より高度に成長し、おもちゃとしてだけではなく、美術品、工芸品の域にまで達しました。 |
Five-story pagoda wood block puzzle Created by Yoshiyuki Ninomiya
Exhibition Cooperator:Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Beginning in the Edo period, “secret box puzzles” created using the representative traditional Japanese craft techniques of marquetry and wood joinery began to spread throughout Japan, carried from Hakone by travelers passing through the Hakone checkpoint. And as the producers and the puzzle enthusiasts competed against one another and tried to outwit each other, the puzzles grew increasingly complex and began to move beyond the realm of toys, eventually coming to be considered works of art. Recognized as a masterpiece, this puzzle is made up of 106 pieces of shuri cherry wood which changes color over time, giving the pagoda an increasingly more dignified appearance with the passing of time.