Its first audience was youngerSourced
Gateball’s starting point differs from its image
Gateball was devised in Japan in 1947 as a game for young people. Kazunobu Suzuki developed it using wood amid material shortages. It subsequently became popular among older players. The group now strongly associated with a game need not be its original audience.
A game’s audience can change after its invention.
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