CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



867 



For a detailed account of the game see W. H. \\'ilkinsou in Korean 

 Games.' 

 53. Shogi. Chess. Japan. 



{(i) Board- and men.' 



(/>) PbotogTa])h of chess ])]ayers. 



The Japanese chessboard consists either of a small table, on four 

 feet, or a paper diagram. It is a square of nine or eighty-one squares, 

 which are slightly oblong in form. The pieces are i)laced in the squares, 

 not on the intersections as in China. They consist of punt-shaped 

 pieces of wood of different sizes, lying flat upon the board, not upright, 

 and slightly inclined toward the front; the directions of the point 

 determining to whom the piece belongs. Unlike all other games of 



Fig. 171. 



CHESS PLAYERS. 



Japan. 



After iKitive drawinj; by Bciku-seii, repvnduced in Korean Gaines. 



chess, the men are all of one color, and thus the same i)ieces serve for 

 the player and his adversary. Another peculiarity is that any piece 

 taken up may be entered by the adversary in any vacant place he 

 chooses, and at any time he thinks desirable to enter it, such entry 

 constituting his move. The names of the pieces on each side are as 

 follows: 



sho, "General" (1) = Ki"S- 



Kin sho, "Gold Generals" (2). 



Gin sho, "Silver Generals" (2). 



Hisha, "Flying Wagon" (1) = Castle. 



Kakko, "Angle going" (1) = Bishop. 



Keima,* (2) = Knights. 



Kyosha, "Fragrant Chariots" (2). 



Hohei, "Foot soldiers" (9) = Pawns. 



' Bibliography : W. H. Wilkinson, Chess in Korea, Pall Mall Budget, December 27, 

 1894; Idem, The Korean Eepository. 



-Cat. No. 93218, U.S.N.M. Deposited by the Corcoran Art Gallery. 



'Cat. No. 7088, Mus. Arch., Univ. Penn. 



nVritten Avith the Chinese characters kwei md, whiuh may bo translated "honor 

 able horse." 



