The Mino castle (美濃囲い minō gakoi or 本美濃囲い hon minō gakoi) is a castle used in shogi. Mino castle is a very commonly used defensive formation that may be...

Left Mino Castle ☖ pieces in hand: – ☗ pieces in hand: – In shogi, castles (Japanese: 囲い, romanized: kakoi) are strong defensive configurations of pieces...

Mino (美濃市, Mino-shi) is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 31 December 2018[update], the city had an estimated population of 20,749 in 8149 households...

Nobunaga and Nobutada died at Honno-ji incident. Later, Nagayoshi took Mino Castle with the help of his relatives from the Ikeda clan side of his family...

Ōsumi castle avoids one of the weaknesses of the Mino castle and some other ranging rook castles: Black cannot defend the point at 28. The Ōsumi castle is...

Nobunaga's campaign to defeat the Saitō clan in their mountaintop castle and conquer Mino Province, Japan. It was a short, two-week siege, fought between...

and was much closer to the castle, so Gifu Castle was protected by two large rivers. It also commanded the main route into Mino Province from then Tōkaidō...

several moves to create (compared to other Ranging Rook castles like Mino castle). A Mino castle may transition into a Right Fortress. Crab ☖ pieces in...

of the province of Mino under the Tokugawa shogunate. Other names for the castle include Bi Castle (麇城 Bi-jō) and Kyoroku Castle (巨鹿城 Kyoroku-jō). Ōgaki...

Mino Province (美濃国, Mino no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today southern Gifu Prefecture. Mino was bordered by Ōmi to the...