Beerbong - Beerbong

Japanese: ビヤボン - びやぼん

A hairpin-shaped iron toy with a round ring and two forked legs. It is a type of flute toy less than 10cm long, and was popular during the Edo period. It was so named because it makes a "biyabon" sound when you flick the prongs on one of the legs with your hand. It was also called a biwa flute. The 1830 (Tenpo 1) publication of Kiyu Shoran states, "Children in Edo also played with this flute. It was called biyabon because the sound it made sounds like biyabon." This tells us how popular it was. In addition to being a child's toy, high-quality products were also loved and prized among adults.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

丸い輪に二またになった2本の足がついた簪（かんざし）型の鉄製玩具。10cm足らずの笛玩具の一種で，江戸時代に流行した。二またの足の一方に付いている爪を少しずつ手ではじくと〈ビヤボン〉と鳴るのでこの名がついた。琵琶笛とも呼んだ。1830年(天保1)刊の《嬉遊笑覧》に〈此笛を江戸の子供もてあそびたり。鳴す音のびやぼんと聞ゆるから，びやぼんと称へたり〉とあり，その流行ぶりを伝えている。子どものおもちゃのほか，上製品がおとなの間でも愛好，珍重された。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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