In Japan, there were two types of Sugoroku, one was a board Sugoroku written as '雙六' and another was '双六', simply called Sugoroku or picture Sugoroku, which appeared in later years.
日本では「雙六」と書かれた盤双六（ばんすごろく）と後世に発生して単に「双六」と称した絵双六（えすごろく）の2種類があった。