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

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Title
English: Mushi-ken no zu (虫拳之圖, from chinese)
Français : Mushi-ken no zu (虫拳之圖, du chinois : chongquan zhi tu, schéma du (jeu de) main-insecte). De droite à gauche :
Sur la première image le serpent (蛇 hebi/shé)
Sur la seconde image, la grenouille (蛙 kawazu/)
Sur la troisième image, le mille-patte/myriapode ou scutigère véloce (蚰蜒 namekuji/yóuyán).
日本語: 虫拳
Description
English: Representation of mushi-ken, one of the earliest rock-paper-scissor or sansukumi-ken games. Published in the Kensarae sumai zue by Yoshinami and Gojaku. From left to right: Slug (蚰蜒 namekuji), frog (蛙 kawazu), and snake (蛇 hebi). The frog defeats the slug, the slug defeats the snake, and the snake defeats the frog
Date 1809
date QS:P571,+1809-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium print
medium QS:P186,Q11060274
Source/Photographer

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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