Maka dai dai shōgi is a large board variant of shogi. The game dates back to the 15th century and is based on dai dai shogi and the earlier dai shogi. The three Edo-era sources are not congruent in th
Maka dai dai shogi display showing the initial setup, at the Tendō shogi museum (天童市将棋資料館)
Chu shogi is a strategy board game native to Japan. It is similar to modern shogi in its rules and gameplay. Its name means "mid-sized shogi", from a time when there were three sizes of shogi variants
Chu shogi wood set. One side's pieces are all promoted (except for the unpromotable pieces), and show as red.