I am incredibly excited about this new arrival: one of the oldest known/surviving pachinko machines. Made by 岡 (Oka), this might be what we consider a "2nd wave" pachinko machine. The first pachink machines were made by Oka around 1929, and those ones had a payout cup where the operator would manually place coins in the cup from the back when someone won.
This type of machine was the first pachinko with an automatic payout, where it would pay out 2 sen coins on a win.
This machine has some very special design notes though, as it seems to have been made with the optin of novelty play. I think this might have been done to circumvent local regulations / prohibitions, but that is speculation at this point.
You can read more about it on my eremeka site: ~1931 岡式電気自動球遊機 (Oka-style electric ball play machine) by 岡 (Oka)
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