hide and seek

Japanese: かくれんぼ

A type of children's game. One person is chosen to be the Oni, and the others hide in places of their choice, and when a signal is given, the Oni searches for the person hiding. This game has been played since ancient times, and in the Kiyū Shōran, it is written that "the hidden game is Utsubo, and in Eiga Monogatari and other stories, the word warahage is what is called the modern-day Kakurenbo." This shows that what was originally called "Hidden Games" was called "Kakurenbo" (Hide and Seek) during the Bunsei period (1804-1830) as it is today.

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Japanese:

子供の遊戯の一つ。鬼になる者1人を決め，他の者は各自思い思いの場所に身をひそめ，合図とともに鬼が隠れた者を捜し出す遊び。古くから行われた遊びで，『嬉遊笑覧』には，「かくれあそびはうつぼまた栄花物語などにかくれあそびのわらはげたることをいへるはいまのかくれんぼなり」とあって，初め「隠れ遊び」といわれてきたものが，化政期 (1804～30) には現在と同じく「隠れんぼ」と称されていたことがわかる。

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