Title: Spinning Top Play: Secrets of Rotation Heibon Color Shinsho 121 Authors: Yoshiko Yagita, Yutaka Yamaguchi Published: 1979 Publisher: Heibonsha Pages: 144p Photography: Toshio Ichijima (Heibonsha Photography Department) Cooperation: Soo Ishii, Tatsuro Ichihara, Masaki Ueda Kiyoshi Utsumi, Yasushi Shinoda, Sven Aage Jorgensen Yoichi Suzuki, Masanori Sunamura, Yoshinori Sunamura, Yoshiko Nakagawa, Ken Nakazawa Chotaro Hasegawa, Masaaki Hiroi, Tamotsu Fukushima, Yoko Horibe, Hiroyasu Mochizuki, Bunraku Yanagi, Koshin Yanagiya, Masaru Yamamoto, Wataru Nobuyoshida Illustrations: Soo Ishii Layout: Takashi Ueda ◎Contents ✳︎Spinning Tops and Humans Spinning Tops and Humans ① Focusing on Europe and America Yoshiko Yagita An Old Friend of Humanity Tapping Tops String-Wound Tops The Appearance of Various Tops Allcock's View of Curved Tops ✳︎Various Types of Tops Twisting Tops Momi Tops String-Pulling Tops String-Wound Tops Poppy Seed Tops Tops of Various Materials Foreign Tops Various Ways of Spinning Ring Drums Chon-kake Zuguri Tops Tops of the Kyushu Region Iron-Bodied Tops Gambling Tops ✳︎Spinning Tops and Humans ② In Japan The Japanese Encounter with Tops The Popularization of Tops Adults and Tops Bee Tops and Iron Tops Must Not Disappear, Must Not Be Erased ✳︎The Movement of Tops Edo Curved Spinning Tops The Life of a Top The Balance of a Top Experiments in Standing Up Inverted Tops Long-Legged Tops and Long-Bodied Tops ✳︎The Movement of Tops Yutaka Yamaguchi The Life of a Top Climbing Tops The "Miso-Suru" of a Top Tops That Do Not "Miso-Suru" Standing Up The Lifespan of a Top ✳︎Trick Tops Using Centrifugal Force Using Friction Rotation and Vibration Unstable Equilibrium Sounding Tops and Color-Changing Tops Slightly Difficult Play Spinning Out a Top ✳︎Various Trick Tops Using Centrifugal Force Skillful Use of Frictional Force Changing the Rotation of a Top into Vibration Using Unstable Equilibrium Sounding Tops Color-Changing Tops ✳︎Making Tops ◎⤵︎Search Terms #Local Toys #Wooden Toys Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten MUJI Hikoichi Tops #Michiaki Hiroi #Masaaki Hiroi Kosuke Komiya Tadashi Sano Masashi Hirabayashi Moho Matsu Hara Koichi Sato Shinya Abe #Kiji Toys Tsutaya Zokuzo Tsutaya Mamoru Tsuta Fumio Tsuta Oguraya Koji Ogura Iwai Onsen Keisuke Serizawa Kan Yamamoto Folk Art Bernard Leach Asakusa Sukeroku Fukukan MUJI BRUTUS Souvenirs folktoy Folktoy Sori Yanagi Edo Curved Spinning Tops Bee Goma Daikichi Goma MUJI GINZA Atelier Muji Ginza ATELIER MUJI GINZA ATELIER MUJI_Gallery ATELIER MUJI