Swallowtail - Swallowtail

Japanese: 揚羽根 - あげはね
Swallowtail - Swallowtail

...The "Tokyo Annual Events" from the end of the Meiji period states that there are shuttlecocks ranging from normal (1 shaku 2 sun) to kohira, ohira, mago, and shakuhachi (about 3 shaku 5 sun), but that geisha houses have ones that are about 3 to 5 shaku. Ways to play include "agehane," in which individuals compete to see who can hit the shuttlecock the most, and "oihane," in which two or more people take turns hitting the shuttlecock. It is common to sing a shuttlecock song while counting. [Hanzawa Toshiro]...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "swallowtail" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…明治末の《東京年中行事》には並物(1尺2寸)から,小平(こひら),大平,孫,尺八(3尺5寸くらい)まであるが,芸妓屋などでは3~5尺くらいのものがあると記している。遊び方としては,羽根をつく回数を個人で競う〈揚(あげ)羽根〉,2人以上が交互につき返す〈追羽根〉があり,数をかぞえるときは羽根つき歌をうたうのが普通である。【半沢 敏郎】。…

※「揚羽根」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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