The Japanese numbers game : the use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan / Thomas Crump.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crump, Thomas.

Series:

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symbolism in folklore--Japan.

Symbolism in folklore.

Numerals--Folklore.

Numerals.

Symbolism of numbers--Japan.

Symbolism of numbers.

Japan--Civilization--1945-.

Japan.

Japan--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness or the decision to accept a new job. This text provides a general study of the field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces the reader to a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus and games involving numbers, as well as cur

Contents:

Cover; The Japanese numbers game: The use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; General editor's preface; Preface; 1 The numerical paradox; 2 Numbers in the written and spoken language; 3 Alternative number systems; 4 The culture of numbers; 5 What's in a Japanese name?; 6 Fortune-telling; 7 Time; 8 The spatial world of numbers; 9 The Japanese abacus; 10 Games-ancient and modern; 11 The ecology of numbers-past and present; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-201) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-93558-7

0-203-31810-2

1-280-33160-7

0-203-03897-5

9780203038970

OCLC:

52849360