Kishago

Japanese: きしゃご
Kishago

…As the name suggests, in the past, stone flicking was a game of flicking pebbles. Later, small shells, called kisago (thin spirals) or, in some regions, kishago or sezegai, as well as ginkgo and soapberry fruits and juzu balls, came to be used instead of pebbles, and were called kisago, kishago, or ichyou katsuke. Eventually, the "flippers" for playing with marbles were created from these natural objects. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…石はじき遊びはその名のごとく,昔は小石をはじき当てる遊びであった。後にこの小石にかわってキサゴ(細螺),地方によってはキシャゴ,せぜ貝などと呼ばれる小貝殻や,イチョウ,ムクロジの実,じゅず玉なども遊具とされるようになり,〈きさご〉〈きしゃご〉〈いちょうかっつけ〉などと呼ばれた。これら自然物の遊具から,やがておはじき遊び用の〈はじき〉が創作されるようになった。…

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