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Evidence for Sugoroku

7 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.1416
Type Artifact
Location 34°41'21.36"N,135°50'18.00"E
Date 0724-01-01 - 0749-12-31
Rules 2x12 board, divided in half.
Content Wooden Sugoroku game board in the collection of the Shosoin Storehouse in Nara, Japan. Two rows of twelve circles, with two lunettes splitting the rows in half. Said to have belonged to the Emperor Shomu. Yuhara 2004: 37; Diag. 1.2.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite, Royalty
Genders Male
Source Yuhara, A. 2004. "The Evolution of Sugoroku Boards." Board Game Studies 7: 35-52.

Id DLP.Evidence.1417
Type Artifact
Location 34°41'21.36"N, 135°50'18.00"E
Date 0710-01-01 - 0784-12-31
Rules 2x12 board, divided in half.
Content Wooden Sugoroku game board in the collection of the Shosoin Storehouse in Nara, Japan. Two rows of twelve circles, with two lunettes splitting the rows in half. Nara Era. Yuhara 2004: 37; Diag. 1.3.1-2.
Confidence 100
Source Yuhara, A. 2004. "The Evolution of Sugoroku Boards." Board Game Studies 7: 35-52.

Id DLP.Evidence.1418
Type Artifact
Location 34°41'21.36"N,135°50'18.00"E
Date 0710-01-01 - 0784-12-31
Rules 2x12 board, divided in half.
Content Wooden Sugoroku game board in the collection of the Shosoin Storehouse in Nara, Japan. Two rows of twelve squares, with a lone separating the board in half. Nara Era. Yuhara 2004: 37; Diag. 1.4.
Confidence 100
Source Yuhara, A. 2004. "The Evolution of Sugoroku Boards." Board Game Studies 7: 35-52.

Id DLP.Evidence.1419
Type Artifact
Location 35°19'9.23"N,139°32'48.07"E
Date 1300-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules Twelve spaces on one half, board divided in centre.
Content Wooden Sugoroku board fragment from the Hojo Tokifusa/Akitoki residence in Kamakura City, Kanagawa. Half of the board preserved, with a line of spaces divided by parallel lines, the central of which is marked with an X and extends beyond the others. 14th century. Yuhara 2004: 38-39, Diag. 2.
Confidence 100
Spaces Household
Source Yuhara, A. 2004. "The Evolution of Sugoroku Boards." Board Game Studies 7: 35-52.

Id DLP.Evidence.1420
Type Artifact
Location 36°41'45.16"N, 137°12'48.81"E
Date 1526-01-01 - 1599-12-31
Rules 2x12 board, divided in half.
Content Wooden Sugoroku board found in the Mizuhashi/Nakabanba ruin in Toyama, Japan. Two rows of twelve rectnagles, with a line, marked with two Xs, dividing the board in half. Mid to late sixteenth century. Yuhara 2004: 39, Diag. 3.8.
Confidence 100
Source Yuhara, A. 2004. "The Evolution of Sugoroku Boards." Board Game Studies 7: 35-52.

Id DLP.Evidence.1421
Type Artifact
Location 40°12'46.64"N,141°17'45.66"E
Date 1575-01-01 - 1599-12-31
Rules 2x12 board.
Content Fragmentary wooden Sugoroku board from Ichinoe Castle, Japan. Two rows of rectangles, eleven in one row and nine in the other preserved. Late sixteenth century CE. Yuhara 2004: 39, Diag. 3.8.
Confidence 100
Source Yuhara, A. 2004. "The Evolution of Sugoroku Boards." Board Game Studies 7: 35-52.

Id DLP.Evidence.1422
Type Contemporary text
Location Japan
Date 0754-01-01 - 0754-12-31
Rules Name of the game.
Content "Viele Beamte und Bürger gaben sich dem Sugoroku-Spiel hin. Das waren unge- setzliche Taten, denn sie achteten die Eltern nicht oder machten Bankrott. Spieler sol- len schwere Strafen bekommen" Masukawa 2000: 52.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Non-Elite, Elite
Source Masukawa, K. 2000. "Kurze Geschichte des Tricktrack in Japan." Board Game Studies 3: 51-58.

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