Japanese Wooden Abacus Soroban Math Calculating Tool Vtg 1/5 Beads 13 Rows ST55 3D art Packed weight: 2450 grams

Packed weight: 2450 grams

velvet leaves

red lacquer with plant and vine design

Japanese wooden Nipopo man statue

This sutra book was published in 1938 and then reprinted in Risshou Kouseikai Tokyo in July 1984

Japanese Wooden Abacus Soroban Math Calculating Tool Vtg 1/5 Beads 13 Rows ST55 3D art Packed weight: 2450 gramsJapanese 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 very center is one unmarked stack used for decimal places for more complicated calculations. Many primary schools all over Japan