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Soroban is an instrument for counting, which has been used for a long time. Merchants often use Soroban to show their customers the prices of certain goods, as they have done since olden times. |
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（width255、depth155、height90 mm) The merchant couple is counting the receipts for the day by the side of a brazier. They are smiling, so it seems that they have done good business and that they are getting on well together. |
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In old times, there was a counter like this in a store. An employer sat at a counter, ordered the employees to do something and then counted receipts. The counter served as both a president's room and a secretary's room. |
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（width378、depth135、height298 mm) This is a box where the employees used to put their Soroban. The Soroban were put in the box in an order depending on the class of the employees. |
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（width85、depth52、height105 mm) This couple is finely dressed, and look as if they are having a picture taken. It is interesting that the wife is holding a Soroban in her arms. |
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（width183、depth253、height130 mm) Two Soroban are attached to the inside of the lid in order to count both revenues and expenditures. The beads are made of magnets so they don't slide if the lid is opened. |
