Kiyoken - Kyoken

...A game in which two players face each other and show shapes with their fingers, hands, arms and posture to determine the winner. There are different rules depending on the type of fist. It is generally believed that fist games were introduced from China, where they were called 'Thumb Fighter', 'Thumb Jin', 'Middle Finger Game', etc., and played as entertainment at drinking parties. In Japan, they are called 'Kenda' or '○○ken', and were introduced from Nagasaki to Kyoto, Osaka and Edo during the Edo period. Nowadays, when we think of fists, we generally think of 'janken' (rock, scissors), but there are many other types of fists. However, if we classify them broadly based on the content of the game, they can be divided into two types: 'suken' and 'sansukumiken'. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kiyoken" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…両人相対し指，手，腕や体勢で形姿を示し，それによって勝敗を決める遊び。拳の種類によってそれぞれの取り決めがある。拳戯は中国からの渡来遊戯とするのが通説で，中国では拇戦，拇陣，中指之戯などと呼ばれ，酒宴の座興として行われた。日本では拳打あるいは○○拳と呼ばれ，江戸期に長崎から京坂，そして江戸へと伝えられた。現在では，拳といえば〈じゃんけん〉を想起するのが一般的だが，その他にもさまざまな拳がある。しかし，それらを遊事の内容から大別すると，数拳と三すくみ拳の2種類に分けることができる。…

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