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200 14$aThe Japanese numbers game$b[electronic resource] $ethe use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan /$fThomas Crump
210   $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1992
215   $a1 online resource (224 p.)
225 1 $aNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-138-00923-7 
311   $a0-415-05609-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [196]-201) and index.
327   $aCover; The Japanese numbers game: The use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; General editor's preface; Preface; 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; Notes; References; Index
330   $aAn almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness or the decision to accept a new job. This text provides a general study of the field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces the reader to a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus and games involving numbers, as well as cur
410  0$aNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
606   $aSymbolism in folklore$zJapan
606   $aNumerals$vFolklore
606   $aSymbolism of numbers$zJapan
607   $aJapan$xCivilization$y1945-
607   $aJapan$xSocial life and customs
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615  0$aNumerals
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