ban-sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
A two-player board game played with dice and pieces, historically popular in Japan. Often contrasted with 絵双六 (e-sugoroku), a picture-based race game.
Ban-sugoroku is a traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon.
Nobles in the past often played ban-sugoroku.
Standard kanji spelling for the board game.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, sometimes used for readability.
Rarely used kanji form with 雙 instead of 双.
盤 (ban, 'board') + 双六 (sugoroku). 双六 originally referred to a dice game introduced from China, later developing into the board game form.