Figure 1.-- We note Japanese boys playing what is identified as Kitari or Kotoro on the back of the photograph. The photograph would probably have been taken in the 1880s. Infortunately we have absolutely bo idea about what the boys are doing or what kind of game this was. Often photographs offer some hints as to what the game involves. Here we just hade no idea. We note a similar depiction with girls called 'onigokko'. It is identified as a tag game. Click on the image to see the girls. Youwiner how he chilkdren could run with those wooden geta sandals. They were virrtuall universal at the time in Japan.

We also note Japanese boys playing what is identified as Kitari or Kotoro on the back of the ogitograph. The photograph would probably have been taken in the 1880s. Infortunately we have absolutely bo idea about what the boys are doing or what kind of game this was. Often photographs offer some hints as to what the game involves. Here we just hade no idea. We note a similar depiction with girls called 'onigokko'. It is identified as a tag game. And thus the image here could be the bininning of the games before the children disperse to avoid beung tagged. Apparently there are differences, but the beginning of the game cetinly looks similar. We note that Kitaro is the name of many modern Japanese computer games. It is not clear to us, however, just what kind of computer ganes is involved either. We will need some input from our Japanese readers to sort this out.

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