little patronised by the educated classes, who hold its rival Go in much higher esteem.
The following is a diagram of the board:—
| Yari | Keima | Gin | Kin | Ō | Kin | Gin | Keima | Yari |
| Hisha | Kaku | |||||||
| Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu |
| Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu | Fu |
| Kaku | Hisha | |||||||
| Yari | Keima | Gin | Kin | Ō | Kin | Gin | Keima | Yari |
Ō is the king, keima the knight, hisha the rook, and kaku the bishop, or pieces having movements like them. Fu is the pawn. The movements of the yari also resemble those of the rook, but are confined to the single rank on which it stands. Gin (silver) and kin (gold) are not found in Western chess. Gin moves one square diagonally at a time, also one square forward. If removed from its original position, it can retreat one square diagonally only. The kin, besides having similar movements, has also the power of moving one square on each side of itself, but it cannot return diagonally. The fu advances one square forward, and captures as it moves. When any piece moves into the adversary's third row, it may become a kin, in the same way as queening is effected in our game. This is indicated by turning the piece over.
