The Mechanism of Moving Forwardthe mechanism of beginning
What enables the karakuri ningyo to commence operation is the auto-adjustment pin, which—as with all parts, save the mainspring—must be crafted of nothing but the most appropriate wood, harvested and fashioned at the proper time of year, to avoid air temperature and humidity taking their toll, before the structure has yet been assembled. This pin functions as a stopper for the cogwheel.
UPON ENTERING HIS workroom on the nineteenth day of the twelfth month of the Nederlander year 1863, Tanaka Hisashige promptly lost hold of the lacquered tray he had been carrying, such that the tea implements he had so meticulously prepared, moments prior, fell clattering to the polished wooden floor.
“Such a clamor,” murmured Sakuma Kei, evincing
