BOXER UPRISING.

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Board game advertisement. A juroku musashi board game based on the Boxer Uprising, with pieces decorated with the national flags of the members of the Eight-Nation Alliance. The board is also an advertisement for a company called Suga Kaikado, which sold books, stationery, and trinkets. We have traced no other copies.The centre of the board, where the "parent" begins, is marked as Tianjin, where the Eight-Nation Alliance rescued a besieged population of foreigners on 13-14 July 1900. Each "child" also begins at a battle location, including Beicang, Yangcun, and the Taku Forts. The lower triangle features Peking Castle, Jehol (Rehe), and the International Legations.Juroku musashi developed in the Edo period as a popular board game. One player controls the "parent" piece and the other controls 16 "child" pieces; the goal is for the "parent" to capture at least 10 "children" by jumping over them, or for the "children" to box the "parent" into a corner so it cannot move. The "parent" begins play at the centre of the board and the "children" begin along the edges of the main square.

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