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The Tile and Card Game Name |
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Tile Set History |
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Mahjong(g) Before Mahjong(g) Part 1 |
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Mahjong(g) Before Mahjong(g) Part 2 |
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Mahjong(g), before and after Mahjong(g): Part 1 |
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Mahjong(g), before and after Mahjong(g): Part 2 |
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Flowers and Kings: An Hypothesis of their Function in Early Ma Que |
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From Cards to Tiles: The Origin of Mahjong(g)’s Earliest Suit Names |
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An Uncommon Má Jiàng Pattern from Fujian? |
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Máquè/májiàng/Mahjong terms 1780 – 1920 |
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Babc****, Hager and Lethin and the Mah-Jongg Company of China et al. |
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Money-Suited Cards |
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Tile Set Galleries |
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Literature |
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Gallery 1.0 |
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Gallery 2.0 |
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Gallery 3.0 |
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Gallery 4.0 |
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Mahjong Racks Gallery |
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Materials & Translations |
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Private Collections |
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Allan and Lila Weitz Galleries. |
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Garland Price Gallery. |
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Tony Watson Galleries. |
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The Mahjong Collector Magazine Articles |
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The Origin and Development of the Mahjong Tile Set. Part 1. |
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The Origin and Development of the Mahjong Tile Set. Part 2. |
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20/06/19 Three new tile sets have been added to the Garland Price Gallery, found under the Private Collections tab at the top of the Home page. Enjoy. |
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01/05/2019 NEW. Since The Mahjong Collector magazine has now ceased publication, its space on this Home page will now be used for short examinations of various attributes of Mahjong tile sets – from an aesthetic and historical perspective – as well as showcasing the types of differences that are exhibited by the patterns on tiles found in tile sets. This section is labelled Fascinating Mahjong(g) Tiles.…Read More |
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30/12/18 Update. Completed the next page of Tony Watson’s MJ collection Gallery. See under Private Collections. Added another set to Garland Price Gallery. See under Private Collections. |
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21/12/18 Recent additions to the site are; (1) a section – The Tile and Card Game Name – on the derivation of the name ‘Mahjong” from existing names for the game during the late 19th century. An etymological hypothesis is put forward by Hongbing Xu that discusses this development. (2) An additional private collection is being added to the Private Collections section. This is still under…Read More |
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Tile Set History: The early appearances and developments of the tile set are presented in eight articles using doc***entary evidence, with pictures of key tile sets – among them the earliest so far discovered and doc***ented. Six of these articles originally appeared in The Playing-card, the Journal of the International Playing Card Society. The last article argues for a link between the suits of early Chinese playing cards and the suits of the early mo ziang tile set (what became known as Mahjong). Another link may also be found in the names used for an 18th century card game and the 19th century mo ziang game, and this is discussed in the next article ‘máquè/májiàng/Mahjong terms 1780-1920’. The discussion in this article also highlights the geographical spread of the card game of máquè and the tile game of mo ziang as well as identifying the social conditions and the social vectors that aided that spread. |
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China to the West: This article doc***ents the introduction to the West of one of the most pop****r versions of the Chinese game of 麻雀, má qiǎo (sparrow(s), má què in modern Pinyin). This introduction is explained via the fortuitous meetings of J. P. Babc****, A. R. Hager and A. N. Lethin and their formation of the Mah-Jongg Company of China, of San Francisco and the Continental Mah-Jongg Sales Co., – as well as their patents and trademarks. This article is thoroughly referenced throughout and also features photos of the individuals mentioned above. |
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Money-Suited Cards: This section describes and illustrates Chinese money-suited playing cards from which the tile set suits most probably were derived. Some of these examples date from the 19th century. Also featured is an example of a Late Qing four suited ma diao deck. A brief introduction describes the construction and explains the meaning of the names of the individual suits. |
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Tile Set Galleries: Gallery 1.0. Tile sets that share the same structure as the Himly/Glover sets (1868 – 1876). Gallery 1.1. Tile sets that share the structure of Wilkinson/Laufer sets (1889 – 1901). Gallery 2.0. Tile sets that share the same structure as the Culin tile set (1909). This Gallery is in turn divided into 5 Sub-galleries, based on tile material composition; 1. Bamboo. 2. Bone and Bamboo. Because sets of this composition were so plentiful, this Sub-gallery is further divided up into Galleries based on container types. Thus; Slide-fronted Cabinets. Top-opening Boxes. Slide-top Boxes. Attaché-style Cases. 3. Ivory and Bamboo. 4. Bone and Ebony. 5. Synthetic. Guest Contributions. 1. Alternative Tile Sets. |
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Literature: Presented here, in three categories, are illustrations of key research doc***ents and texts, including additional books on Chinese symbolism and character translation for the novice. Also included are examples of the booklets commonly found with tile sets exported from China, as well as some of the earliest key texts and manuals in English. |
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Materials and Translations: This section features a catalogue of materials used in tile manufacture. The list – consisting of pictured examples and detailed texts describing their properties, manufacturing history and use – is probably not exhaustive. An excellent introduction into the diversity of materials for making tiles. (A page featuring key tiles and the translations of their sinograms will be added in due course.) |
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Mahjong Racks Gallery: This Gallery contains a small selection of Tile Racks composed of mainly wood – either plainly painted or lacquered or painted and lacquered with intricate designs overpainted into the paint or lacquer. Also featured are Racks of a very simple design and made of metal and varnished wooden Racks of complex construction. |
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www.kongming.net |
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