Sugoroku (Japanese board games) collection, 1896-circa 1950
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Summary
- Abstract:
- Sugoroku are Japanese games similar to snakes and ladders, which in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were sometimes included in newspapers and children's magazines. Includes 26 sugoroku games (some items are double-sided), primarily dating from the 1910s to 1930s, with a few earlier and later.
- Extent:
- 4.0 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11796
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes 26 sugoroku games (some items are double-sided), primarily dating from the 1910s to 1930s, with a few earlier and later. Many games have a military theme, but others themes include animals, science, Hollywood actors, and travel.
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すごろく, or sugoroku, are Japanese games similar to "snakes and ladders". These types of games typically involve numbered squares, which players navigate from bottom to top using dice, and where there may be "ladders" allowing a climb ahead or "snakes" causing a fall behind. Sugoroku may vary in structure and game play, and often include instructions on how to play. In the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa periods (1890s-1940s and later), sugoroku games were sometimes included as inserts in newspapers and children's magazines.
- Acquisition information:
- The Sugoroku (Japanese Games) collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as purchases in 2019, from Asia Bookroom in 2021, from Daša Pahor, Ph.D., Alexander Johnson, Ph.D. in 2021, from Rose Counsell Hozuki Books in 2022, and from Joe Fay McBride Rare Books in 2023.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Sara Biondi and Tracy M. Jackson, February 2020
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0007, 2020-0036, 2021-0117, 2022-0007, 2022-0109, 2023-0033
Updated by Tracy M. Jackson and Matthew Hayes, December 2021 and February 2022.
Updated by Tracy Jackson and Sara Biondi, July 2023.
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