Image: Kitsune-ken (狐拳), Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, from the Genyoku sui bento (1774)

Description: Representation of three people playing kitsune-ken (fox-ken), an early Japanese rock-paper-scissor or sansukumi-ken game. Published in the Genyoku sui bento in 1774. From left to right: Hunter (猟師 ryōshi), village head (庄屋 shōya), and fox (狐 kitsune). The fox defeats the village head, the village head defeats the hunter, and the hunter defeats the fox.
Title: English: Kitsune-ken
Credit: Linhart, Sepp. "Die Repräsentation Von Tieren Im Japanischen Ken-Spiel: Versuch Einer Interpretation." Asiatische Studien: Zeitschrift Der Schweizerischen Asiengesellschaft 65.2 (2011): 541-61. 1774. Genyoku sui bento. 4.
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