Hon'inbō Satsugen (本因坊察元; 1733–1788) was a professional
Go player
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Biography
Satsugen became
Meijin
is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word ''meijin'' (名 ''mei'' "excellent, artful", 人 ''jin'' "person") refers to a highly skilled master of a certain field (t ...
by defeating
Inoue Shunseki in 1767.
1733 births
1788 deaths
Japanese Go players
18th-century Go players
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