将棋図巧・将棋図巧詰手. 将棋図巧詰手 (1755) - Page 13

A two-page spread from a pre-modern Japanese woodblock-printed book of Shogi (Japanese chess) problems and solutions. The text is written vertically and read from right to left. The pages contain a series of tsume-shogi (checkmate puzzles) labeled thirty-seven (三十七番) through forty (四十番). The right page contains problems 37 to 39, and the left page contains various sequence branches and problem 40. Coordinates (e.g., 八八 for 8-8) are written in smaller characters to the right of the piece names. Move qualifiers like "成" (promoted) and "打" (drop) are written as small glosses or interlinear notes.

Large 6-6 Silver promoted, 6-5 King, 7-5 Silver promoted, 6-4 King, 8-4 Silver, same Dragon, 7-4 Silver, same Dragon, 8-4 Silver, same King, 9-3 Silver, same Promoted Pawn, same Dragon, 7-4 Silver promoted, 8-5 Silver drop, 6-5 King.

6-6 6-6 Pawn drop, 6-6 King, 6-6 Rook drop, 4-4 King, 5-4 Dragon, same King, 5-6 Dragon, same King, 4-8 Knight, same King, 2-8 Pawn, same King, 2-8 Pawn, same King.

3-7 3-7 Bishop promoted, 2-6 King, 3-7 King promoted, 1-5 King, 2-6 Pawn, same King, 2-7 King promoted, 8-1 King, 3-7 Bishop promoted, 1-6 King, 2-6 Pawn, same King, 2-7 Bishop promoted, 2-6 King.

3-7 3-7 Bishop promoted, 2-6 King, 3-7 King promoted, 1-5 King, 2-6 Pawn, same King, 2-7 King promoted, 6-4 King, 3-7 Bishop promoted, 1-6 King, 2-6 Pawn, same King, 2-7 Bishop promoted, 2-6 King.

3-7 3-7 Bishop promoted, 2-6 King, 3-7 King promoted, 1-5 King, 2-6 Pawn, same King, 2-7 King promoted, 3-7 King, 3-7 Bishop promoted, 1-6 King, 2-6 Pawn, same King, 2-7 Bishop promoted, 2-6 King.

Number Forty

5-4 Gold drop, 5-5 King, 6-6 Gold promoted, 5-5 King, 6-4 Gold promoted, 5-5 King, 6-4 Pawn drop, same Bishop, 7-5 Knight drop, same King, 5-5 Gold drop, 6-4 King, 7-4 Pawn drop, same King.

5-4 Gold promoted, same King, 6-4 Pawn drop, same Bishop, 7-5 Knight drop, same King, 5-5 Gold drop, 6-4 King, 7-4 Pawn drop, same King.

Number Thirty-seven

8-8 Bishop promoted, same King, 5-8 Gold, same King, 3-8 Rook, same King, 3-6 Bishop promoted, 5-5 King, 4-7 Bishop promoted, 6-6 King, 7-6 Pawn drop,
8-7 Knight, same Promoted Pawn, 7-6 Pawn drop, 8-5 King, 8-8 Knight, same Promoted Pawn, 7-7 Pawn drop, 6-9 King, 5-7 King, 4-7 Promoted Pawn.

Number Thirty-eight

2-2 Bishop drop, 5-5 King, 6-4 Silver, same Silver, 5-3 Dragon, same Silver, 6-4 Pawn drop, 4-5 King, 3-6 Bishop promoted, 5-5 King, 2-2 Dragon drop,
5-6 same Promoted Pawn, 6-6 Rook drop, 3-3 King, 4-4 Dragon drop, 2-3 King, 3-3 Dragon drop, 2-2 King, 1-1 Dragon drop, 2-1 Knight drop, 2-3 King.

Number Thirty-nine

1-1 Pawn, same King, 3-3 King promoted, 2-2 King, 2-2 King.