Jitsugyo no Nihon (sold)
Jitsugyo no Nihon (株式会社実業之日本社, June 10, 1897 - 1931), roughly translating to 'Business Japan' was a Japanese magazine publisher active in Tokyo from the late Meiji, throughout the Showa, into the early Taisho Era. The firm was founded in 1897 as Dainihon Jitsugyo Gakkai but reformed in 1900 by Masuda Yoshikazu as Jitsugyō no Nihon Sha, Ltd. The publisher expanded rapidly, launching multiple publications. Among them were magazines geared towards Japanese youth, the Nihon Shonen, literally 'Japanese Boys', and Fujin Sekai or 'Woman's World', both of which issued Manga maps and gameboards. Jitsugyo no Nihon continued after 1931, even to the present day, but by this time had reorganized their business and dramatically transformed their operations to support the Pacific War.
Rare sugoroku game board promoting Japanese flight.
[Round the World Sogoruku] / 世界早逥飛行競爭雙六.
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A rare Showa 2 or 1927 aviation-themed Japanese sugoroku'round the world' gameboard and map. Intended for Japanese youth, the game takes the form of a world map, with Japan at center, placing the formally isolated nation in a global context - a message not lost on the youth of Japan, who soon would be soldiers in an imperial army bent on conquest. The map is drawn on an unusual polar projection with an iceless North Pole at center surrounded by Europe, Asia, an Africa on the left, and the North and South America on the right. Unlike most sugoroku games, here the starting point, the furi-dashi, and end point, the agari, are the same, Tokyo. Players can choose two routes, the more northerly blue path, and a southernly red path. Both routes pass through New York City, symbolized by the Statue of Liberty, as a midpoint. (more details)