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Identifier: chessplayingcard00culi (find matches)
Title: Chess and playing cards
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929 United States National Museum University of Pennsylvania. University Museum
Subjects: Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) Chess Playing cards Games
Publisher: Washington
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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atue of the Baron Li, said to have been one actually used by that illustriousman. The U i, literally as you wish, is of Buddhistic origin, and is one of the Saptaratna or .Seven precious things, which constitute the insignia of a Tchakravartti.In Japan it is carried by the chief priests of the Zen sect, and is used by them toadminister a blow to the catechumen when he fails to answer correctly. Its originpresents an interesting problem, its form suggesting that of the throwing-stick.I lie fat or xhaku are wooden tablets, said to have been originally used for notingmemoranda. .I. M. Dixon, The Tsuishikari Ainos, Trans. Asiatic Soc, Japan, XI, Pt. 1, p. 47. The Japanese call them hi(je-age, i% beard raisers. In A Glance at ThreeCoun-tlies (Sautjoku Tsurau Znsetsn), Tokyo, 1785, the author, Kin Shihei, illustrates amustache-stick, which he describes under this name, stating that they are used bythe Ainu lor the purpose mentioned. Report of U. S. National Museum, 1896. —Culin. Plate 19.
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Mustache Sticks. Length. 12.1 to 18) inches. Ainu of Yezo. Japan. Cat. Nos. 160697, 160698, 150696, 82261, 160699, 160696, I.s.v Bf. Report of U. S. National Museum, 1896.—Culin. Plate 20. /

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  • bookauthor:University_of_Pennsylvania__University_Museum
  • booksubject:Cotton_States_Exposition__1895___Atlanta__Ga__
  • booksubject:Chess
  • booksubject:Playing_cards
  • booksubject:Games
  • bookpublisher:Washington
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
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  • bookleafnumber:196
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