shogi , also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, ''chaturanga, Xiangqi'', Indian chess, and '' janggi''. ''Shōgi'' ...

, the Saginomiya joseki (鷺宮定跡 ''saginomiya jōseki'') is a joseki for a

Left Silver-5g Rapid Attack Left Silver-57 Rapid Attack or Left Silver-5g Rapid Attack or Left Silver-5g Quick Attack (5七銀左急戦 ''go-nana gin hidari kyuusen'') is a fast attacking strategy in shogi used with several different Static Rook openings often played by Bla ...

(Static Rook) vs

Fourth File Rook In shogi, Fourth File Rook (四間飛車 ''shikenbisha'') is a class of Ranging Rook openings in which the rook is initially positioned on the fourth file if played by White or the sixth file if played by Black. History The earlie ...

(Ranging Rook)

opening Opening may refer to: * Al-Fatiha, "The Opening", the first chapter of the Qur'an * The Opening (album), live album by Mal Waldron * Backgammon opening * Chess opening * A title sequence or opening credits * , a term from contract bridge * , ...

. It was originally conceived by

Teruichi Aono Teruichi Aono (青野照市 ''Aono Teruichi,'' born January 1, 1953) is a 9-dan professional shogi player from Yaizu, Shizuoka. Shogi professional Promotion history The promotion history of Aono is as follows: * 4-kyū: 1968 * 1-dan: 1970 ...

between 1975 and 1985, and further popularized in title matches by

Kunio Yonenaga was a Japanese professional shogi player and president of Japan Shogi Association (May, 2005 - December 18, 2012). He received an honorary title Lifetime Kisei due to his remarkable results in the Kisei title tournament. He is a former Meijin ...

. The name ''Saginomiya'' comes from the fact that both Aono and Yonenaga lived in the Saginomiya District of Nakano in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

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