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The shoji are surrounded by an engawa (porch/corridor); the engawa is surrounded by garasu-do, all-glass sliding panels. A shoji ( 障 （ しょう ） 子 （ じ ） , Japanese pronunciation: [ɕo:(d)ʑi] ) is a door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture , consisting of translucent (or transparent) sheets on a ...
Kyoto shogi with initial setup. Kyoto shogi (京都将棋, kyōto shōgi, "Kyoto chess") is a modern variant of shogi (Japanese chess). It was invented by Tamiya Katsuya c. 1976. Kyoto shogi is played like standard shogi, but with a reduced number of pieces on a 5×5 board.
Shogi (将棋, shōgi, English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ i /, [1] Japanese:), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi.
Masonic Shogi gameboard and starting position. Masonic shogi is a shogi variant invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1987. [1] [2] The game is played on a modified shogi board whereby alternating ranks are indented to the right—resembling masonry brickwork. The moves of pieces are adapted to the new geometry; in other respects the game is the ...
Dai dai shogi set. Dai dai shōgi (大大将棋 'huge chess') is a large board variant of shogi (Japanese chess). The game dates back to the 15th century and is based on the earlier dai shogi. Apart from its size, the major difference is in the range of the pieces and the "promotion by capture" rule. It is the smallest board variant to use this ...
The Cozy castle or Ōsumi castle (Japanese: 大住囲い or 大隅囲い, romanized: Ōsumi gakoi) is a type of shogi castle.. It is one of the fastest castles to form; it can be completed in just three moves (e.g., in the case of Black (sente) castling to the right, K-48, K-38, G-48).
Wa shogi (和将棋, wa shōgi, harmony chess) is a large board variant of shogi (Japanese chess) in which all of the pieces are named for animals. It is played either with or without drops. It is played either with or without drops.
The pieces were designed by fellow women's professional shogi player Maiko Fujita (藤田 麻衣子, Fujita Maiko). [1] It is played on a 3×4 board and generally follows the rules of standard shogi , including drops , except that pieces can only move one square at a time, and the king reaching the enemy camp as an additional way to win the game.