From: RAZA 2006 yahoo com au> Date: 5 may 2007 Subject: Shogi Quote I've been reading the book "Hagakure - The Book of the Samurai" by=20 Yamamoto Tsunetomo. Translated by William Scott Wilson. Kondasha=20 International 2002. In Chapter 6 on page 97 it says "Once Lord Masaie was playing shogi with Lord Hideyoshi and there were a= =20 number of daimy=F6 {1} watching. When it came time to withdraw, although= =20 Lord Masaie could stand, his feet were numb and he could not walk. He=20 made his withdrawal crawling away, causing everyone to laugh. Because=20 Lord Masaie was big and obese he was not ordinarily able to be on his=20 knees. After this event he thought it would not be fitting to be in=20 attendance anymore and began refusing such duties. {2} "=20=20 {1} Daimy=F6: a feudal lord.=20 {2} A request from Toytomi, the most powerful man in the country, to=20 play shogi amounted to a duty.=20=20 -- enjoy :) RAZA 2007 --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= aB5TiY.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------