Coffee-table book "History and Culture of Mahjong"

Takeshobo 2005
ISBN: 4-8124-2365-1

Language: Japanese (with English legends)

Format 22 x 31 cm
190 pages

This is the definitive book for Mahjong lovers and collectors, produced by the Mahjong Museum in Chiba (Japan). There is no comparable coffee-table book about Mahjong culture worldwide. The quality of the pictures and illustrations as well as the print is excellent.

We are very glad that we've been able to buy a few copies of this extraordinary coffee-table book now, after the first edition 2005 was rapidly out of print.

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Set long Mahjong counting sticks, made of bamboo (44 pcs)
made in Germany

Dimensions:
Box: 110x87x30mm
Sticks: 90x5mm

Weight: 30g

Use counting sticks to distribute and pay the points after each game in the traditional way.

These sticks are not made of cheap plastic but of carefully cut bamboo with painted dots. They are handcrafted in Germany.

One set of these counting sticks consists of:

• 6 light sticks with 5 red lines (at each end) - equivalent to e.g. 50 points
• 18 light sticks with one black line (at each end) - equivalent to e.g. 10 points
• 20 dark sticks with...

Set short Mahjong counting sticks, made of bamboo (29 pcs)
made in Germany

Dimensions:
Box: 110x87x28mm
Sticks: 60x5mm

Weight: 20g

Use counting sticks to distribute and pay the points after each game in the traditional way.

These sticks are not made of cheap plastic but of carefully cut bamboo with painted dots. They are handcrafted in Germany.

One set of these counting sticks consists of:

• 2 sticks with 6 red and 6 black dots (equivalent to e.g. 500 points)
• 9 sticks with 2 red dots (equivalent to e.g. 100 points)
• 8 sticks with 8 red dots (equivalent to e.g. 10 p...

Mahjong set with bamboo/bone tiles in blue silk box
made in China

Without Western numbers and capitals!

Dimensions:
Tiles: 26x18x12mm
Box: 310x195x35mm

Weight: 1.7 kg

144 tiles + 4 Chinese joker tiles + 4 blank tiles
incl. 4 wind discs and 4 dice

This genuine Chinese Mahjong set contains tiles with a slightly convex back of bamboo; the front side is a 3mm layer made of solid bone (no pressed bonemeal).

The symbols are engraved and brightly colored. There are no Western numbers and capitals at the Character and Wind tiles. A little barrier for beginners, but of di...