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A Kyoto publishing house

A two-sided printing key-block, depicting on: side A: a Chushingura Sugoroku and on side B: a Famous Places of Osaka Sugoroku  board game

The keyblock was produced in KYOTO. Date:                   c. mid-19th century Block size:           c. 43 x 30 cms / c. 17" x 12") Condition:           Fine. A sugoroku keyblock has become a very RARE item. ref. no.: # 702592 - SOLD -

Information about the Game of Sugoroku is widely available on the Internet, as, e.g. at:   WIKIPEDIA. Numerous pictures of woodblock-printed games boards can be also found on the Internet, using seach terms as sugoroku and / or Chushingura, e.g. at  GOOGLE. Sugoroku ('double-sixes') are Japanese board games that can be traced back to the twelfth century. Themes include a large variety of topics. - Our print block deals, on one side, with the historical revenge drama, the Chushingura, involving the Forty-seven Ronin and their mission to avenge the death of their master's death, and on the other shows a game, freely translated: "Close inspection of famous places, products and objects of the city of Osaka."

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