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Title |
Shogi (Japanese chess) Game, c. 1930-1970 |
Object Name |
Game, Board |
Description |
Shogi (Japanese chess) Game, c. 1930-1970. Dark brown wooden box with sliding wooden lid contains 41 trapezoidal-shaped wooden tiles with pointed tops and black Japanese characters on either side. |
Date |
c. 1930-1970 |
Catalog Number |
2022.039.023 |
Dimensions |
H-2.625 W-4.75 D-3.625 inches |
Dimension Details |
2.625 x 4.75 x 3.625 (box - closed); tiles range from 1.25 x 1.125 x .25 to 1 x .875 x .25 |
Collection |
3D - Recreational Devices |
Inscription Text |
Japanese characters (in yellow on box lid & in black on both sides of tiles) |
Provenance |
Owned and used by donor's grandmother, Yoshiko Yamanouchi, who was born in Japan in 1895, immigrated to the U.S. in 1915, lived in San Mateo and died in 1973. |
Notes |
Shogi is a Japanese board game played by two players. The object of the game is to capture the opponent's King. Shogi is played on a nine-by-nine board. The vertical rows are called files, the horizontal ones ranks or just rows. Each player has twenty pieces: one King, two Gold Generals, two Silver Generals, two kNights, two Lances, one Rook, one Bishop and nine Pawns. The player moving up the board and making the first move is referred to as black and his opponent white, although in Shogi sets all pieces have the same colour. They are differentiated only in direction: pieces pointing away from a player are his. The pieces lie flat on the board and have their Japanese name written on them. [http://www.shogi.ricoh/rules/erules.html#:~:text=Each%20player%20has%20twenty%20pieces,pieces%20have%20the%20same%20colour. 11/2/2022] |
Search Terms |
Games Japanese Yamanouchi, Yoshiko |
Subjects |
Chess Games |
People |
Yamanouchi, Yoshiko |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Laura Watanuki |