Takegaeshi - Takegaeshi

Japanese: 竹返し - たけがえし
Takegaeshi - Takegaeshi

A traditional children's game. A handful of six bamboo spatulas (sometimes five to twelve), each about 17 or 18 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide, and 3 millimeters thick, are lightly thrown up and caught on the back of the hand. The players then slide them to the floor, competing to get them all to land heads or tails. There are many regional names for this game, including Hattan-gaeshi (Ehime), Nanatsutake (Kyoto), Take-nango (Niigata), and Rokkasen (Fukushima). It is said to have existed since the Keicho era (1596-1615), and the name Take-gaeshi appears in Kiyu Shoran (1830).

[Shoji Inoguchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

伝承的な童戯の一種。長さ17、8センチメートル、幅2センチメートル、厚さ3ミリメートルほどの竹べら6本(5~12本の場合もある)を、一握りにして軽く投げ上げ、手の甲で受ける。それを床に滑り落として、全部を表か裏にそろえることを競う。地方的な名称が多く、はったん返し(愛媛)、七つ竹(京都)、竹なんご(新潟)、六歌仙(福島)などがある。慶長(けいちょう)(1596~1615)ごろからあったといわれ、竹返しの名称は『嬉遊笑覧(きゆうしょうらん)』(1830)に出てくる。

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