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Author Crump, Thomas

Title The Japanese numbers game : the use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan / Thomas Crump
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 209 pages) : illustrations
Series The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
Contents 1. The numerical paradox -- 2. Numbers in the written and spoken language -- 3. Alternative number systems -- 4. The culture of numbers -- 5. What's in a Japanese name? -- 6. Fortune-telling -- 7. Time -- 8. The spatial world of numbers -- 9. The Japanese abacus -- 10. Games : ancient and modern -- 11. The ecology of numbers : past and present
Summary An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness or the decision to accept a new job. This text provides a general study of the field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces the reader to a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus and games involving numbers, as well as cur
Analysis Numbers Sociology
Japan
Numbers Sociology
Japan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-201) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Symbolism in folklore -- Japan
Numerals -- Folklore
Symbolism of numbers -- Japan
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
Civilization
Manners and customs
Numerals
Symbolism in folklore
Symbolism of numbers
SUBJECT Japan -- Civilization -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069378
Japan -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069579
Subject Japan
Genre/Form Electronic books
Folklore
Form Electronic book
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