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This document discusses post-war Japanese tin toys known as "buriki". It introduces how tin toys emerged in 1950s Japan as toys made of tinplate depicting robots, vehicles and space themes. It outlines the history of buriki, including how post-World War II economic restoration and Japan's rights to mass produce tin toys led to the production of toys like Robot Lilliput. The document also discusses packaging design, technology innovations using clockwork gears and battery motors, major toy companies, museums dedicated to collecting buriki, and how modern buriki feature Western licenses and online markets while preserving history.

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Buriki Presentation

This document discusses post-war Japanese tin toys known as "buriki". It introduces how tin toys emerged in 1950s Japan as toys made of tinplate depicting robots, vehicles and space themes. It outlines the history of buriki, including how post-World War II economic restoration and Japan's rights to mass produce tin toys led to the production of toys like Robot Lilliput. The document also discusses packaging design, technology innovations using clockwork gears and battery motors, major toy companies, museums dedicated to collecting buriki, and how modern buriki feature Western licenses and online markets while preserving history.

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ブ

リ
キ BURIKI: POST-WAR
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PUTRA JAPANESE TIN TOYS
POINTS OF DISCUSSION
1.Introduction to Post War Japanese Tin Toys
2.History of Post War Japanese Tin Toys
3.Collecting Post War Japanese Tin Toys
4.Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
• Japanese Tin Toys
emerged in the 1950s
• Made of Tinplate (hence:
“buriki”)
blik (Dutch)
➔ ブリキ（日本語）
• Robots, Vehicles, Space
Toys, Popular Character
HISTORY (BACKGROUND)
• Post World War II
Economic Restoration
• Japan had the rights to
mass produce tin toys
• Robot Lilliput was one
of the first to be
produced.
• Glimpse of a new age
(Space, Robots, etc.)
HISTORY (OVERSEAS)

JAPAN RELEASE ➔ AMERICAN RELEASE


HISTORY (SOCIAL & TECH)
Wind Up
Robot by • Packaging Design was
Yoshiya
a sign of the times.
• First instances of
revolutionizing

Battery technology.
Operated
• Clockwork Wind up
Robot by
Horikawa Gears ➔ Battery
Operated Motors
HISTORY (COMPANIES)
COLLECTING BURIKI

Teruhisa Kitahara
(the Founder)

YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF TIN TOYS

ブリキのおもちゃ博物館
MODERN COLLECTING

TIN TOYS HAVE MODERNIZED IN TERMS OF:


BRANDING (WESTERN LICENCES) AND THE MARKET (ONLINE)
HISTORICAL MEANING
• Japanese Tin Toys are overlooked
• First instances of technological
revolution (battery utilization)
• Symbol of Transition
Wartime ➔ Modern Technological Age
• The first “JAPANESE ROBOTS” to be
exported and known worldwide
• Ingenuity to Revolutionize
• Preserve these modern artifacts
REFERENCES
• https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/attack-of-the-vintage-toy-
robots-justin-pinchot-on-japans-coolest-postwar-export/
• https://www.fantastik.es/en/a-brief-tin-toy-history/
• http://yabai.com/p/4088
• http://www.unmissablejapan.com/etcetera/tin-toys
• https://alphadrome.net/data/displayimage.php?album=1&pid=605#top_di
splay_media
• http://www.toysclub.co.jp/muse/tintoy.html
• https://order.mandarake.co.jp/
• https://jp.mercari.com/
• https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/
ブ
リ
キ THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!
1X21DF01
ありがとうございます。
PUTRA

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