fivestones

Japanese: fivestones
fivestones

…Marbles [Toshiro Hanzawa]
[Similar examples in foreign countries]
European beanbags have a history dating back to the Greek and Roman eras, and the Greek poet Aristophanes recommended them as a game best suited for girls. They are still called knucklebones, along with jackstones and fivestones, because they traditionally used the bones from sheep's legs. Fivestones is played with four square stones and one round stone, and players throw the round stone and try to grab the other stones before it falls.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "fivestones" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…おはじき【半沢 敏郎】
[外国における類例]
 ヨーロッパのお手玉はギリシア,ローマ時代からの歴史をもち,ギリシアの詩人アリストファネスは,女子に最もふさわしい遊びと推称している。それが今もジャックストーンズjackstones,ファイブストーンズfivestonesの呼名とともにナックルボーンズknucklebonesと呼ばれるのは,むかしから羊の肢の骨knuckleboneを使ったからである。ファイブストーンズは4個の角型の石と,1個のまるい石で遊び,まるい石を投げて,それが落ちてくるまでに他の石をつかむのである。…

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