TYPE: Game
DIMENSIONS: 7 X 10 1/4 inches (game sheet)
3 3/4 X 4 inches (box)
NOTES: Superb graphics.
LANGUAGE
Japanese
ITEM ID: 2204
Berlin Olympics Japanese Game
DATE
Year: 1936
Decade: 1930s
Century: 20th (1901-2000)
1936 Berlin Olympics Japanese game with players from Germany, Japan, Italy, Manchukuo (Manchuria), etc. There are 5 players and a device to move them across the game sheet.
According to scholar Sugihiko Uchida, “The seemingly owner’s name is written on the right edge. It is probably Ueno Kazumoto（上野和素). The inscription on the left indicates that this is one of the gifts for Japanese active-duty soldiers on the front.”
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