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From: jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly)
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Subject: Re: Shogi/Japanese Chess Variant
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 14:24:40 EST
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In article <871@spp2.UUCP> urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban) writes:
>As for Shogi, there is/was a book on the game which included die-cut
>cardboard pieces with both the Japanese glyph and a western symbol
>to simplify learning.  As usual, my information is at home, and I'm
>not, so I can't be more specific, nor do I know if this book
>is still in print.

Oh, I have a copy of that one.  It's "SHOGI - Japan's Game of Strategy",
by Trevor Leggett.  I'll give complete info, since it may not be easily
available in the U.S.  Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company of
Rutland, VT and Tokyo, Japan.  (c) 1966 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.
First edition, 1966.  Fifth printing (my copy) 1976.

Representatives for Continental Europe: Boxerbooks, Inc., Zurich
British Isles: Prentice-Hall International, Inc., London
Australasia: Book Wise (Aus) Pty. Ltd.  104-108 Sussex St., Sydney 2000
Canada: Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton.

You might have the best luck ordering it from Tuttle's offices in Japan:
Suido 1-chome, 2-6, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
If you have Japanese-American bookstores in your area, such as Kinokuniya
in L.A. and S.F., you might try those, but no guarantees.

Besides the die-cut pieces Mike mentioned, it has a fold-out board and
an appendix on how to read Japanese games scores, so that you can play
through the games in your favorite newspaper.
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	Jim Gillogly
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