Castle (shogi)
Left Mino Castle
☖ pieces in hand: –
| 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
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| 歩 | 歩 | 6 | |||||||
| 歩 | 角 | 歩 | 歩 | 7 | |||||
| 玉 | 銀 | 金 | 8 | ||||||
| 香 | 桂 | 金 | 9 |
☗ pieces in hand: –
In shogi, castles (Japanese: 囲い, Hepburn: kakoi; lit.: "enclosure") are strong defensive configurations of pieces that protect the king (Japanese: 玉).
While the English shogi term "castle" seems to be borrowed from the special castling move in western chess, shogi castles are structures that require making multiple individual moves with more than one piece.