Japan : described and illustrated by the Japanese (1897)
Brinkley, F. (Frank), 1841-1912, Mundy, Arthur J, Okakura, Kakuzō, 1862-1913 · Boston : J.B. Millet company · leaf 52
JAPAN. 261 Strange to say, however, though the Japanese welcomed the cards, they rejected the foreign manner of using them, and devised a game of their own, which may be compared to whist, but is, on the whole, more complicated and difficult. It is called "flower joining” ( liana - aioase). We must… … nine grades of experts, and not once in a cen- a waitress in tea-house. tury does a player succeed in obtaining the diploma of the ninth or highest grade. The board and men — small, round counters of shell, ivory or stone — used for playing go serve also for a pastime called gomoku-narabe, or “…
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