Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for the Use of Travellers and OthersKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1891 - 503 pages |
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Page 21
... playing chess , checkers , and various games of the " Mother Goose " description , of which sugoroku is the chief . Ever since the early days of foreign intercourse they have likewise had certain kinds of cards , of which the hana ...
... playing chess , checkers , and various games of the " Mother Goose " description , of which sugoroku is the chief . Ever since the early days of foreign intercourse they have likewise had certain kinds of cards , of which the hana ...
Page 23
... playing with dolls , etc. , etc ,, - in fact , most of our old nursery friends , but modified by the genius loci . ( See also Article on POLO . ) Books recommended . Child - Life in Japan , by Mrs. Chaplin Ayrton . - The Games and ...
... playing with dolls , etc. , etc ,, - in fact , most of our old nursery friends , but modified by the genius loci . ( See also Article on POLO . ) Books recommended . Child - Life in Japan , by Mrs. Chaplin Ayrton . - The Games and ...
Page 80
... played with twenty pieces on each side , distinguished not by a difference of colour , but principally by the ideographs upon them . Though the move- ments of the pieces resemble in most respects those followed in the Western game ...
... played with twenty pieces on each side , distinguished not by a difference of colour , but principally by the ideographs upon them . Though the move- ments of the pieces resemble in most respects those followed in the Western game ...
Page 81
... play , and thus while away the tedium of waiting for employment . But it is comparatively little patronised by the educated classes , who hold its rival Go in much higher estimation . Ō is the king , keima the knight , hisha the rook ...
... play , and thus while away the tedium of waiting for employment . But it is comparatively little patronised by the educated classes , who hold its rival Go in much higher estimation . Ō is the king , keima the knight , hisha the rook ...
Page 88
... playing much before the middle of May . On the other hand , winter is robbed of the gloom of short afternoons by the beautiful clearness of the sky down to the end of the year , and even throughout January whenever it is not actually ...
... playing much before the middle of May . On the other hand , winter is robbed of the gloom of short afternoons by the beautiful clearness of the sky down to the end of the year , and even throughout January whenever it is not actually ...
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