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Re: Is this abacus back to front?

by --CELKO-- <jcelko212@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mar 25, 2008 at 05:02 AM

>> It was just a curiosity, someone suggested the abacus is "back to front"
on this postage stamp.  <<

This is not an abacus.  It is a soroban, the Japanese version.  Before
WWII they had five beads in the lower section ("Earth") and one in the
top ("Heaven").  Post-war soroban removed a lower bead.    It is
oriented correctly.

You can get details at the Tomoe Soroban company website:
http://www.soroban.com/toiawase_eng.html




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Is this abacus back to front?
 "rodney" <po  2008-03-25 09:32:07 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 Mensanator <mensanator  2008-03-24 18:02:49 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 "rodney" <po  2008-03-25 10:40:50 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 --CELKO-- <jcelko212@[  2008-03-25 05:02:06 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 "rodney" <po  2008-03-25 22:31:58 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 "Dan in NY" <  2008-03-25 23:05:06 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 "rodney" <po  2008-03-26 15:03:34 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 "Mark Spahn" &l  2008-03-27 11:16:21 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 "rodney" <po  2008-03-28 07:31:52 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 Mensanator <mensanator  2008-03-25 21:50:45 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 "rodney" <po  2008-03-26 14:15:49 
Re: Is this abacus back to front?
 --CELKO-- <jcelko212@[  2008-03-27 08:10:05 

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