IN 1891, THE first ads started appearing in papers: "Ouija, the Wonderful Talking Board," boomed a Pittsburgh toy and novelty shop, describing a magical device that answered questions "about the past, ...
Fortune-telling that asks questions to the spirit of the fox by chanting 'Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san,' and the person's hand placed on the desk moves on the Japanese syllabary chart to answer the ...