Japanese Wooden Abacus Soroban Math Calculating Tool Vtg 1/4 Beads 23 Rows ST73 Arare Pattern It's decorated with an illustration

It's decorated with an illustration of two gold hares (usagi)

Vtg Japanese Plaster Statue Kimono Girl

This is a vintage Japanese lacquered ashtray

5 cm long x 42

5 cm wide x 28

Japanese Wooden Abacus Soroban Math Calculating Tool Vtg 1/4 Beads 23 Rows ST73 Arare Pattern It's decorated with an illustrationJapanese Soroban Abacus Calculator Tool This is a vintage Japanese abacus or soroban. It is a mathematics calculating tool and is considered the first calculator in Japan. The Japanese abacus is different from the parent Chinese version. It has a top section of single beads and a bottom of stacked beads, usually five. At the center is one unmarked stack used for decimal places for more complicated calculations. Many primary schools all over Japan