tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post6281796891039164635..comments2023-12-26T20:25:04.539-08:00Comments on Dragon Art of Asia - 2012 - Year of the DRAGON: Games with DragonsGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-40160675868604308002015-04-29T14:26:03.134-07:002015-04-29T14:26:03.134-07:00Castle Games of the Edo Period
The Ôhashi records
...<b>Castle Games of the Edo Period<br />The Ôhashi records<br />An Eye-Witness Report Discovered by Masukawa Kôichi </b><br /><br /> Starting in June 1995, I have examined fragmentary scriptures from the traditional Shogi player family Ôhashi and was able to discover some twenty five hitherto unknown texts that deal in official manner with the annual tournaments of Go and Shogi at Edo Castle. The author of all these fragmentary records is the fifth head of the house of Ôhashi, called Ôhashi Sôkei the third. The records cover the thirty four years from 1674 to 1708. Here I would like to present the first record.<br /><br />As an official report about the attendance of the players at the Castle of the Shogun, the record does not deal with the ordinary life of the players. Even so the author accounts what he actually heard and saw. Therefore we are able to learn many facts and details hitherto unknown to the history of Go and Shogi. The aim of the records was not merely to inform the posterity. They also served as documents when a new superior (the Commissioner of Temples and Shrines) requested information about precedents.<br /><br />The tournaments at the Castle were held regularly since 1667, seven years before this record was written. At that time the officially sponsored houses of Go and Shogi were obliged to move from Kyoto to Edo. This was the time when many medieval leftovers in the administration were removed by new provisions. Correspondingly, the roles of the players too seem to have taken a definite shape then. <br />.<br />more by<br />Author: Masukawa Kôichi, <br />transl. Bernhard Scheid <br />.<br />http://pokspace.goverband.at/essays/masukawa.htm<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-57945554762039271762014-11-18T13:14:24.417-08:002014-11-18T13:14:24.417-08:00November 17
Today is "Shōgi Day" in Japa...November 17<br />Today is "Shōgi Day" in Japan! <br />This family of Japanese, chess-style strategy games, whose name means "General's game," takes in a host of variants, including Go (pictured, right). Shōgi enjoyed such popularity in the Edo period that eighth shōgun of the age, and confirmed fan, Tokugawa Yoshimune went so far as to organize a "castle shōgi" tournament each year on the 17th day of the 11th month of the old lunisolar calendar. Although that date actually corresponds with November 26 by modern reckoning, November 17 was chosen in 1975 by the Japan Shogi Association as the day to promote their pastime.<br /><br />Find out more with this fascinating feature on the game:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBkT2bbVURk<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-51017994682426309082014-08-27T22:09:38.640-07:002014-08-27T22:09:38.640-07:00Tendo-shi shogi museum 天童市将棋資料館
We display docume...Tendo-shi shogi museum 天童市将棋資料館 <br />We display document about world shogi and shogi including the history of piece.<br />.<br />and temple Koomyoo-In 光明院 Komyo-In<br />with Fudo Myo-O<br />.<br />and<br />Takamatsu Kannon hadaka mochitsuki<br />高松観音裸もちつき<br />pounding mochi rice cakes in the nude Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttp://fudosama.blogspot.jp/2014/08/komyo-in-yamagata.htmlnoreply@blogger.com