From: Stephen J Lamb <SJL <at> DEV <dot> ALS <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 19 mar 1997
Subject: Re: origin of Shogi

> Hi all. Apart from being interested in playing several of the
> oriental chess games, I am also very much interested in their origin
> and early history.
> Recently I saw a mentioning of a book by Koichi Masukawa on the
> origin of Shogi. Unfortunately, the book was in Japanese. Does anyone
> know if there exists a translation of this book in English (or German)?
> Are there any other recent book on the origin/history of Shogi/Xiangqi
> that are accessible to me (i.e. not in Japanese/Chinese)?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lex
>


Quick plug: The Art of Shogi does include a smallish chapter
(okay, 6 pages) on the history of shogi.


Steve.