[SHIRASE, Nobu (1861?1946)]. Nankyoku Tanken Hikoki Sugoroku [English translation: South Pole Expedition Sugoroku]. Tokyo: Jitsugyo no Nibon Sha, 1 January 1911. (540 x 740 mm). Color pictorial lithograph of a Japanese Antarctic exploration board game issued as a supplement in ?Nihon Shonen?. (Old folds, gaming pieces trimmed off at outer edge). A competitive sugoroku which has 4 start points: Tokyo, Berlin, London and New York, targeting the final destination/goal the South Pole. There are four different routes to move forward indicated with different colors. This may be the first example of multiple starting points in a board game. It was January of Meiji 45th (1912) the year after publication of this sugoroku when Lt. Shirase arrived at latitude 80.5? South in his quest to reach the South Pole. Not in Ross.