kendamaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɛnˌdɑːmə/

名詞

kendama (plural kendamas)

1. A traditional Japanese toy with an attached ball that can be caught in any of three cups or on a spike.
   • 2017 March 30, Mike Ives, “As Hong Kong Ponders Its Future Under Beijing, Politics Infuses Its Art”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 February 2021:

     An especially haunting work, “If the Moment Came,” is a waist-high black box with a top made of wired glass and a murky interior that shows a looping video of a hand playing with a kendama, a Japanese toy featuring a wooden handle and a small ball.
     The artist, Chloë Cheuk, said that she created the installation after making an audio recording of boys playing with kendamas at one of the 2014 protest sites.

   • 2019 July 12, “History of the Japan Kendama Association”, in Sweet Kendamas‎, archived from the original on 29 June 2021:

     He spread kendama throughout Japan utilizing strong-minded leadership while working energetically on unifying and codifying the techniques. […] In 1980 Fujiwara moved production of the official JKA kendama to the company Hakushinsya (maker of the Shinfuji).

参考

• bilboquet

Further reading

• kendama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia