Warazan
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Warazan (藁算) was a system of record-keeping using knotted straw at the time of the Ryūkyū Kingdom.[3][4] In the dialect of the Sakishima Islands it was known as barasan and on Okinawa Island as warazani or warazai.[5] Formerly used in particular in relation to the "head tax", it is still to be found in connection with the annual Itoman Giant Tug-of-War (糸満大綱引), to record the amount of miki or sacred sake dedicated.[1]
See also
- Kaidā glyphs
- Naha Tug-of-war
- Quipu
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The mathematics from Komonjo". University of the Ryukyus Library. November 2017. https://www.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/lib_uploadfile/column/h2911_eng.pdf.
- ↑ "Error: no
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specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). University of the Ryukyus Library. https://shimuchi.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/collection/miyara/mi00501/13. - ↑ "Native Writing Systems in the Okinawan Islands" (in ja, en). University of Tokyo. 2015. http://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/postgraduate/database/2015/165.html.
- ↑ Sasaki Toshikazu. "A Study of Ryukyu Materials in the Collection of the National Museum of Ethnology". National Museum of Ethnology. https://older.minpaku.ac.jp/english/research/activity/project/iurp/07jr100.
- ↑ Miyata Yoshimi 宮田義美 (27 December 2014). (in ja)Reports of Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, Tsuda University (Tsuda University): 358. https://www2.tsuda.ac.jp/suukeiken/math/suugakushi/sympo25/25_17miyata.pdf.
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