Results for "wordplay"
4 entries found.
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese superstitions
Common beliefs in Japan about luck, numbers, and omens rooted in language and customBelief · Luck and prosperity · Protection Living
🇯🇵 JapanGazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro百器徒然袋
A 1781 Japanese picture book in which crafted objects wake up as spiritsText · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇬🇧 United KingdomJack o' Kent
A Welsh Marches trickster who outwits the Devil to explain local hills and stonesFigure · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇹🇼 Taiwan and 1 moreAuspicious train ticket吉祥語車票
Train tickets with station names that form lucky phrases through wordplay.Charm · Luck and prosperity Living
🇯🇵 JapanGazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro百器徒然袋
A 1781 Japanese picture book in which crafted objects wake up as spiritsText · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇬🇧 United KingdomJack o' Kent
A Welsh Marches trickster who outwits the Devil to explain local hills and stonesFigure · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇹🇼 Taiwan and 1 moreAuspicious train ticket吉祥語車票
Train tickets with station names that form lucky phrases through wordplay.Charm · Luck and prosperity Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro: Toriyama Sekien ( 鳥山石燕 ), Public domain, source
- Auspicious train ticket: SSR2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, source