File:Tora-ken (虎拳), Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, from the Kensarae sumai zue (1809).jpg

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English: Tora-ken 
                     日本語: 虎拳
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English: Tora-ken
日本語: 虎拳
Description
English: Representation of tora-ken or tiger-ken, an early rock-paper-scissor or sansukumi-ken game. Published in the Kensarae sumai zue by Yoshinami and Gojaku. In this game, the hero Watonai (Koxinga) wins over the tiger, the tiger wins over Watonai's mother, and Watonai's mother wins over Watonai. The man to the left of the screen is in the position of the tiger and the man on the right is in the position of Watonai.
Date 1809
date QS:P571,+1809-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium print
medium QS:P186,Q11060274
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Linhart, Sepp. "Die Repräsentation Von Tieren Im Japanischen Ken-Spiel: Versuch Einer Interpretation." Asiatische Studien: Zeitschrift Der Schweizerischen Asiengesellschaft 65.2 (2011): 541-61.

Yoshinami and Gojaku. 1809. Kensarae sumai zue (拳會角力圖會). 2 vols. Edo: Murataya, Jirobe, Osaka: Kawachiya Taisuke, Bunka 6.
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