Cartridge Condition: | 4,5/5 | Instructions: | 4,5/5 |
Box: | 3.5/5 | Reg.Card: |
Yes |
Playable: |
Japanese Consoles SFC, SFC Jr |
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Janken is mostly written in Hiragana じ ゃ ん け ん or Katakana ジ ャ ン ケ ン. We still accept two combinations of kanjis. The first is 石 拳 where 石 means stone (ishi).拳 (ken) refers to the hand and is generally used in hand games (ken asobi 拳 遊 び). Thus, according to this combination, janken would have originally meant "stone game" with the pronunciation jakuken (じ ゃ く け devenue) becoming janken. The second combination is 両 拳 where 両 means “two / two”. The explanation here is that it was a two-person game, with the pronunciation ryanken (り ゃ ん け ん) becoming janken over time.
Regardless, this game was one of the many ken asobi that were in vogue during the Edo era (17th century). Nothing better around a glass of alcohol! The principle of the three strokes was very probably influenced by a Chinese game, shoushiling. On the other hand, it was in Japan that the idea of using paper, stone and scissors was born. And it is very likely that it reached the West through direct Japanese influence as well.
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