Name: 驢馬嘶かせ (donkey braying)
Year: ~1937
Company: 日本娯楽機製作所 (Japan Amusement Machine Manufacturing)
This machine appears to be a copy of the famous machine Donkey Bray by Exhibit Supply. I do not think this is an imported machine, but a mostly-faithful copy..
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| 1928 Test Your Strength and make Donkey Bray by Exhibit Supply |
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| plaque for an Exhibit Supply Donkey Bray machine |
The Japanese machine seems very similar to the Exhibit Supply machine. It is hard to see the details of the donkey face in the black and white reproduction, but it appears to be quite accurate to the original. But many other things are different.
Analyzing from top-to-bottom: On the Japanese version the top circle is slightly larger, the donkey head sits near the bottom instead of the center, the plaque is replaced with a placard/instructions holder, the dial type + background + casing is different, there is no slogan text, the entire base and pull mech casing is different, and even the pull bar is different with the Japanese version having a center bar extending through it.
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| full entry from the ~1937 catalogue |
一錢入れて前のハンを両手で引上ぐれば力程度を正面のゲージに押はし最高點に達したる時は驢馬が泣きます
Machine translation:
If you put a drop in and pull up the handle in front with both hands, the force will be pushed to the gauge in front, and when it reaches the highest point, the donkey will cry.
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| dial from an Exhibit Supply Donkey Bray machine |
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