Fukuwarai

Fukuwarai (福笑い), or in English, Lucky Laugh, is a Japanese children's game popular at the Lunar New Year. Players are led to a table which has a paper drawing of a human face with no features depicted, and cutouts of several facial features (such as the eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth). While blindfolded, the players attempt to place the features onto the face in the correct positions.

Example components for a Fukuwarai game: a blank face and a set of facial features

The game is thought to date from the late Edo period, and it commonly used an okame-style face of a woman with large cheeks.[1]

The game is similar to the Western game Pin the Tail on the Donkey, except for being performed on a table.

References

Matsutani, Minoru (1 January 2016). "New Year's holidays are a time to revisit traditions, customs". The Japan Times Online. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

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[1] Matsutani, Minoru (1 January 2016). "New Year's holidays are a time to revisit traditions, customs". The Japan Times Online. Retrieved 24 January 2020.