Honorific king piece

[ddugovic]

One is king general other one jewel general. The one with dot (jewel) is used by lower ranked player, challenger, etc. tsumeshogi problems and some apps use both jewel generals to not put one player above the other, and therefore make them equals in eyes of Japanese custom. If you want to show respect to your shogi teacher, offer them to take the king general before you set up pieces/start game.

https://www.reddit.com/r/shogi/comments/fnqyl6/king_piece_with_dot_and_without_dot/flbqb7s/