From: =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCPmVCPCEhTTU7ThsoQg==?=              <mgn-kam <at> PO <dot> HARENET <dot> OR <dot> JP>
Date: 19 jan 1996
Subject: notation

>
>Hello, Randy-san
>
>:Does this mean that if one million people in the West learned to play
>:shogi but knew little or nothing of the Japanese tradition that this
>:would be a failure?
>
>I don't mean that. On the contrary we are doing efforts in order that
>any Occidental people can read and pronounce the authentic terms only
>by reading alphabetic characters. The way so far adopted is to oblige
>people to pronouce "Rook" by showing the Kanji letters of "Hisha".
>I don't think it kind nor practical for Western people to learn Shogi.
>
>I don't want to take the position only to recommend our notation, but
>at minimun I want you to agree on the idea to call Japanese Shogi pieces
>by its real names.
>For other aspects I think we can reach to the consensus thorugh discussion.
>
>For this purpose we'd like to have your help.
>
>I appreciate much your attitude to learn Japanese letter to get through
>its culture. It should be admired, but I am not in the position to
>recommend your way to the major percentage of Western people.
>
>
>* By the way, have you ever heard SUMO wrestling channel providing
>  English speakers version ? It may give us some clue to the solution.
>
>
>Sunny SANO KFF00705 <at> niftyserve <dot> or <dot> jp
>
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