Period Japanese Gambling?

[Lady Kimiko]

So, along with offering battle side tea...I thought it was also suiting to offer some games to my guests. That being said, would you please share with me info on period Japanese gambling and games? I know very little beyond tea tasting and incense gambling...so I am all ears on books to check out and any insight offered.

Thank you so much.

[Saionji Shonagon]

www.sengokudaimyo.com/miscellany/miscellany.html
has articles on several period games. Look for the buttons starting with "Kai awase" and ending with "Card games."

sites.asiasociety.org/arts/asiangames/index.html

Check your library for a copy of the companion book "Asian Games: The Art of Contest" put out by the Asia Society as well.

[Noriko]

In regards to gambling, sugaroku. Apparently, the gambling associated with that game got so bad, it had to be outlawed a few times (which if anything, says how well those laws actually worked).

As for kai awase, if you would like, I can send you instructions/files for making your own paper variant. The interior pictures are blobs of colors and the name of the color in English and Japanese and the shell pattern is randomly generated noise in Photoshop. So no special knowledge is required- just a discriminating eye.

[Lady Kimiko]

Jan 1, 2012 18:35:02 GMT -5 Noriko said:

In regards to gambling, sugaroku. Apparently, the gambling associated with that game got so bad, it had to be outlawed a few times (which if anything, says how well those laws actually worked).

As for kai awase, if you would like, I can send you instructions/files for making your own paper variant. The interior pictures are blobs of colors and the name of the color in English and Japanese and the shell pattern is randomly generated noise in Photoshop. So no special knowledge is required- just a discriminating eye.

More and more this board just keeps reminding me as to how much I love it. Please, I would love the info!

I do plan on making a shell matching game.