Tenjiku shogi

Tenjiku shogi

Adding local short description: "16×16 variant of Japanese chess", overriding Wikidata description "16x16 variant of Japanese chess"

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{{Short description|16×16 variant of Japanese chess}}
[[File:Tenjiku shogi set.jpg|thumb|right|Modernised tenjiku shogi set. Historically, the board would not have been checkered.]]
[[File:Tenjiku shogi set.jpg|thumb|right|Modernised tenjiku shogi set. Historically, the board would not have been checkered.]]
'''Tenjiku shogi''' (天竺将棋 ''tenjiku shōgi,'' "[[Indian chess]]" or 天竺大将棋 ''tenjiku dai shōgi'' "great Indian chess") is a large-board [[Shogi variant|variant]] of [[shogi]] (Japanese chess). The game dates back to the 15th or 16th century and was based on the earlier [[chu shogi]], which itself was based on [[dai shogi]].
'''Tenjiku shogi''' (天竺将棋 ''tenjiku shōgi,'' "[[Indian chess]]" or 天竺大将棋 ''tenjiku dai shōgi'' "great Indian chess") is a large-board [[Shogi variant|variant]] of [[shogi]] (Japanese chess). The game dates back to the 15th or 16th century and was based on the earlier [[chu shogi]], which itself was based on [[dai shogi]].