Games of Japan & Korea

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By: Caterina Newman

This neatline exhibit is on several types of games of Japan and Korea. With Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko as inspiration, I examine the social aspects, like wealth, of Japanese and Korean games as well as their relationship with money -- often related to gambling. 

This research excursion allowed me to better understand the relationship Koreans and Japanese people had with games. Examining the cultural roots of games exhibited themes present in Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. To learn more about these themes, go through each record to learn more about the games of Japan and Korea. 

References:

 

Rufty, Christopher and Lai, Wei-Kai. Solving Simple Japanese Ladder Games. Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science, [2013]. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1094&context=jscas

Yi I-Hwa, Lee E-Wha, transl. Park Ju-Hee, Korea's Pastimes and Customs: A Social History (Homa & Sekey Books, 2005). Accessed through Google Books. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=HcsMRc6pbQoC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=Janggi+game&ots=XiAElAiQpk&sig=CcD336a4W61RNdzy1mznODERtn4#v=onepage&q=yut&f=false

Japan Zone. Is Gambling An Important Part Of Japanese Culture? https://www.japan-zone.com/features/072_gambling_important_japanese_culture.shtml

Manzenreiter, Wolfram. (2012). Playing against all odds: pachinko and the culture of risk-taking in Japan’s crisis economy. Leisure Studies - LEIS STUD. 32. 1-16. 10.1080/02614367.2011.652156.