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Amidakuji

Also known as あみだくじ · ghost-leg lottery

Amidakuji: photograph by Yoimondai on ja.wikipedia
Photo: Yoimondai on ja.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Pick a top line and follow it down, taking every horizontal rung you meet, to find where you end up (prize, task, or order).

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Japan.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Japan and Korea.

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