. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 10. TABAL (BACKGAMMON) BOARD: JOHORE, MALAY PENINSULA. (Fnim sperimen in the Museum of the University oi Pennsylvania.' China. The name of the game, tabal, is doubtless from the I'ortuguese tabola or Spanish tabla, and datht from the Portuguese or Spanish dodo, '•a ; SUGOROKU. The game described by r>r. Hyde agrees in some respects witli the Japanese game of sugorol-u, as illustrated in native encyclopedias. In tig. 11, rei
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 10. TABAL (BACKGAMMON) BOARD: JOHORE, MALAY PENINSULA. (Fnim sperimen in the Museum of the University oi Pennsylvania.' China. The name of the game, tabal, is doubtless from the I'ortuguese tabola or Spanish tabla, and datht from the Portuguese or Spanish dodo, '•a ; SUGOROKU. The game described by r>r. Hyde agrees in some respects witli the Japanese game of sugorol-u, as illustrated in native encyclopedias. In tig. 11, rei)roduced from the Kum mo dzu e iais ei* the board is. Fij;. 11. SUGOROKU BOARD:JAPAN. represented as being divided into VI parts by longitudinal lines, wliich are broken in the middle by an open space similar to the ho Mi, or "dividing river," of the Chinese chessboard. According to the same work the 12 compartments, called in Japanese me, or "eyes," symbolize tlie 12 months, and the black and white stones, with which the game is played, day and night. * "Very Complete Collection of Pictures to Teach tlie ; Kiyoto, 1789, vol. 4, part 8, tol. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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