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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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sugoroku 双六と伝説 Legends about the game Sugoroku
Sugoroku board with the IROHA alphabet
sugoroku 双六 / 雙六 (すごろく) Sugoroku board game
e sugoroku 絵双六（えすごろく）Sugoroku with pictures
kami sugoroku 紙双六（かみすごろく）Sugoroku from paper
doochuu sugoroku 道中双六（どううちゅうすごろく）with pictures from the 53 stations of the Tokaido Road
. Games and Kigo for the New Year .
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Sugoroku (双六) refers to two different forms of Japanese board game, one similar to western backgammon and the other similar to western Snakes and ladders. Sugoroku plays identically to backgammon (it even has the same starting position), except for the following differences:
Doubles are not special. If a player rolls doubles, each die still counts only once.
There is no "bearing off". The goal is to move all of one's men to within the last six spaces of the board.
There is no doubling cube.
It is not permitted to form a prime of six contiguous points to obstruct one's opponent.
The game is thought to have been introduced from China (where it was known as Shuanglu) into Japan in the sixth century. There are pictures and a cursory description of the rules at
http://www.cultural-china.com/
It is known that in the centuries following the game's introduction into Japan it was made illegal several times, most prominently in 689 and 754. This is because the simple and luck-based nature of sugoroku made it an ideal gambling game. This version of sugoroku and records of playing for gambling continuously appeared until early Edo era. In early Edo-era, a new and quick gambling game called Hanchō (半丁) appeared and using sugoroku for gambling quickly dwindled.
This variant of the backgammon family has died out in most other countries, but it is still popular in Japan, partially due to a boost caused by the inclusion of a free Sugoroku board with the first issue of the newspaper Kingu (in 1925) which sold 740,000 copies.
A simpler sugoroku, with the similar rules as Snakes and ladders appeared as early as late 13th century and helped by the cheap and elaborate wooden block printing technology of Edo period, it became a popular game. Thousands of variations of boards were made with pictures and themes from religion, political, actors, and even adult material. In Meiji and later period, this variation of game remained popular often included as a game in kid-oriented magazines.
In 1968, Takara introduced Jinsei Game (人生ゲーム Jinsei Gēmu) as a Japanese version of The Game of Life and this became an instant hit by using a roulette instead of dice and by offering alternative goals beside quickly reaching the goal. This game was periodically updated introducing many timely topics and sold over 10 million sets to date. In the electric gaming genre, Momotaro Dentetsu series is the most popular computer sugoroku game in Japan.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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- reference source : 百種怪談妖物双六 -
Sugoroku board with Yokai monsters !
. yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - Introduction - .
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Oku-bookoo Shusse Sugoroku 奥奉公出世双六 Sugoroku about the carrier in the Oku harem of Edo castle
歌川豊国 Utagawa Toyokuni III / 弘化元年（1844）
This board includes all the stages of a city girl coming to the famous Oku harem and making her way (or not) in the labyrinth of titles.
奥務めの女性の出世を題材とした双六です。
江戸時代の女性にとって大奥はあこがれの場所でもありました。
この双六は「お目見え o-memie」「御はした go-hashita」などの下働きから、「御仲居（おなかい）
「御三の間（おさんのま）osan no ma」「御次（おつぎ）o-tsugi」などになります。
一番上の身分は - at the very top are
「中臈（ちゅうろう）chuuroo」「御部屋様 o-heya sama」（将軍の子をなした中臈）「老女（ろうじょ）
ここに出世するまで、実に様々な役職・
江戸時代は身分制社会です。「御三家」や「御三卿」
このような双六を「出世双六」と呼び、
- reference source : library.metro.tokyo.jp/
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. funadama 船玉 / 船霊 / 船魂 guardian deity of a boat .
likes to play Sugoroku
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上宝村 Kamitakaramura 双六 Sugoroku village
Kobo Daishi 弘法大師 and Zaimoku-Iwa 材木岩 - Timber Rocks
Once Kobo Daishi came to Sugoroku village. He made a bet with the local Amanojaku Demon that he would build a temple hall in one night. But the Amanojaku imitated the call of a rooster as a sign of morning and Kobo Daishi was deceived in thinking his time was up.
Kobo Daishi got so angry that he turned all the wood for the temple hall into stones and boulders. This is the origin of natural stone formation, looking like pieces of wood.
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岩波橋 Iwanamibashi and Amanojaki 天の邪気 （あまのじゃき）
At 双六の岩波橋 the bridge Iwanamibashi at Sugoroku there is a rock formation looking like a game board for the game Sugoroku ( 双六の盤).
Once some Amanojaku collected rocks from a mountain in the West to make a board to play Sugoroku. The one who lost the game got angry and threw the bord far away, where it hit a stone cliff, dissolved into many small stones and is still now at the side of the river, called 賽の淵 Sai no Fuchi.
This is the origin of the name of this small village, Sugoroku.
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天邪鬼と天人 Amanojaku to Tenjin
This is another version of the above, where Amanojaku and Tenjin played a game of Sugoroku. When Amanojaku cheated to win, Tenjin got angry and threw the board away. The dice they had used became the stone formation Sai ga Fuchi サイが渕 (same as the Sai no Fuchi above).
Once a gropu of professional gamblers made fun of this story and peed on the rocks.
Suddenly the weather turned wild, it began to snow and all the crops of the year were lost.
The gamblers were arrested, tortured and finally died of mental disorders.
- Look at the Timber Rocks here :
. Legends about the Amanojaku Demon 天邪気と伝説.
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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双六の戻りて大井川越せず
sugoroku no modorite Ooigawa kosezu
coming back
to Sugoroku
I can not cross River Oigawa
Ikeda Hidesui 池田秀水 (1933 - )
River Oigawa refers to the game of the 53 stations of the Tokaido road.
道中雙六 Dochu Sugoroku with pictures from the 53 stations of the Tokaido Road
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. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師 空海 - 伝説 .
. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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