From: Takako Noda <mxc06231 <at> JA2 <dot> SO-NET <dot> OR <dot> JP>
Date: 28 aug 1996
Subject: Re: GREETING TO THEE

At 01:05 96/08/27 +0900, you wrote:
> Dear Takako-san
>
> Hello!! I am very curious about old documents you mentioned. Can you
> introduve the name of the documentations? Does that have old kifu?
> If so, I would like to ask you to disclose that in this ML.

> Best wishes
> Yoshinori Sawada
> Tokyo Japan
> E-mail address: sawada <at> fa2 <dot> so-net <dot> or <dot> jp
> Nifty-serve ID: VED05133
>
The one I mentioned in my first message is called NICHUREKI, which was
compiled in 12th century but its content is solely on people and things
of the previous age. It is said to be the first book that contains
some description of shogi. Only some, not much. Actually it is nothing
but a rough description of rules of two types of shogi that coexisted
at the time. No kifu added, sorry to eat your heart out, Mr.Sawada.
The oldest kifu, by the way, is of the match fought between Sokei (Ohashi)
and Sansa (Hon-Imbo) in the early 17th century, if I remember correctly.
This kifu is widely known, with no worries of piracy and all. In fact,
I saw it on the shogi program, Eisei-Meijin, which happened to be my
third private instructor. It's interesting, in the sense that even a
(ahem) player like myself wants to raise a lot of objections. I could
copy it here, if I hear no objections?  But surely many of you have
seen it already?

I wrote a short essay about older forms of shogi, which I promise to
present it here soon.

TAKAKO