Iron General
From 棋 Database
In Heian dai shogi, the iron general could make all the moves of the gold, except the retreating one. (fFfsW)
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By the Kamakura period, the iron general had lost the sideways moves. This placed it in a logical progression after the (also revised) copper general. (fK)
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