"Kaibon Taisou Shigen" - Kaihon Taisou Shigen

Japanese: 《魁本対相四言》 - かいほんたいそうしげん
"Kaibon Taisou Shigen" - Kaihon Taisou Shigen

...The Yuan Dynasty's "Tetsukou Lu" (1366) contains the words "luibanju" (grinding ball), "abacusju" (sorobanju), and "buddhist abacus." The picture book for memorizing Chinese characters, "Kaihon Taiso Shigen" (1371), contains a picture of the same Chinese abacus as we see today. In other words, it seems that the abacus was in widespread use at least 100 years before this. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kaibon Taiso Shigen" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…元代の《輟耕(てつこう)録》(1366)に〈擂盤珠〉〈算盤珠〉〈仏頂珠〉の語がある。漢字を覚えるための絵本《魁本対相四言》(1371)には,今日の中国算盤と同じ絵が書かれている。すなわち,これより少なくとも100年以上前にそろばんが普及していたと思える。…

※「《魁本対相四言》」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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