Fox Fist - Kitsuneken

Japanese: 狐拳 - きつねけん

A game similar to Janken, in which players compete using their fingers and arms. Two players sit facing each other and assume the poses of a fox, a hunter, or a village headman. The fox opens both hands and raises them to his ears in the shape of fox ears, the hunter makes fists with both hands as if holding a gun, and the village headman opens both hands and places them on his lap. The rules are that the fox tricks the village headman and defeats him, the hunter defeats the fox, and the village headman, being in a stronger position, defeats the hunter. It has many names, such as Touhachiken, Village Headman Ken, Zaigyoken, and Myoshuken, and is said to have started as entertainment at drinking parties in the Edo period, but in all cases the winner is decided by a rock-bottom tie between the fox, the hunter, and the village headman. (→Fist)

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:

じゃん拳に類似した，指や腕を使って勝敗を争う遊技。向かい合って正座した2人がお互いに，キツネ・猟師・庄屋いずれかの姿勢を出し合う。キツネは両手を開き耳のあたりに上げてキツネの耳の形にし，猟師は両手で握り拳をつくり鉄砲を構えるようにし，庄屋は両手を開いてひざの上に置く。キツネは庄屋を化かして庄屋に勝ち，猟師はキツネに勝ち，庄屋は立場が強いので猟師に勝つというルールになっている。藤八拳 (とうはちけん) ，庄屋拳，在郷拳，名主拳など多くの名称をもち，江戸時代に酒席の座興として始まったものとされるが，いずれもキツネ・猟師・庄屋の三すくみによって勝ち負けが決められる。 (→拳 )

出典　ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典について　情報

<<: Fox enforcement - Fox enforcement

>>: Fox God - Fox God