Chochin-Goma, Lantern Top; a follow-up (part 6)
That this performance has impressed is also reflected in the book 'Child Life in Japan’ from 1879 that is written and illustrated by Matilda Chaplin Ayrton (photo 6)
(photo 6: Child Life in Japan,1879 by Matilde Chaplin - Ayrton (1846 -1883))
Professor Perry describes for me on the most romantic way the game of spinning tops in Japan, especially considering his background as a physicist!
Should you, after reading this blog, have new information for me then I hear this please! And perhaps this will lead to a new blog!
Lourens Bas, september 2016.
Sources:
-Albany Institute of History and Art, collectie Robert Hewson Pruyn.
-'Street performers and society in urban Japan'(1600-1900)' door Gerald Groemer (2016).
-'Prayer and play in late Tokugawa Japan', Asakusa Sensoji and Edo Society, Nam-Lin Hur (2000).
-'Daruma Archives'(weblog) Dr. Gabi Greve, Daruma Museum Japan.
-‘Childlife in Japan' (1879) door Matilda Chaplin-Ayrton.
-‘Spinning Tops’ (1890) door J. Perry.