Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 182
158 JAPAN DAY BY DAY in French and a good-natured laugh at some blunder. Their English is so good that I can understand every word they say. Last night two of them came into my room at my request to explain to me the Japanese game of go. The game was originally brought from China, but now the… … erboard, but the squares are smaller and are not colored light and dark as ours are, and there are many more of them, there being 361 squares, 19 by 19. The checkers are flat disks, like buttons, made out of a black stone and white shell, and they are placed not on the squares, but at the…
Japan -- Description and travel · Japan -- Social life and customs
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