Children in Coal Pits (Yama) in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) #13: Top Spinning
1964 - 1967

Meiji Jidai Yama no Kodomo #13: Koma-mawashi
[Children in Coal Pits (Yama) in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) #13: Top Spinning]
25.5 x 35.5 cm Painting in Watercolors and Ink

When a top-spinning rope was wound anti-clockwise around the axis of a top, the method was called buchi. A player sometimes threw his top at his opponent's. When the rope was wound clockwise around the axis of the top, the method was called piki and the top was spun by pulling the rope crosswise. The one who stopped his opponent's top by hitting it with his own became the winner.
A top called Kitchan Koma was very good and expensive. It cost 3 to 5 sen (0.03 to 0.05 yen). Children sometimes pestered their mothers to buy one, but their requests were refused almost every time. There were various kinds of tops, such as deboso, imogata, hineri goma, etc.


Translation Assisted by Mr. Nathan Johndro

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