was a Japanese
Go player, who is said to be born in either
Aizu
is the westernmost of the three regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the other two regions being Nakadōri in the central area of the prefecture and Hamadōri in the east. As of October 1, 2010, it had a population of 291,838. The princip ...
or
Kawachi Province
was a province of Japan in the eastern part of modern Osaka Prefecture. It originally held the southwestern area that was split off into Izumi Province. It was also known as .
Geography
The area was radically different in the past, with Kawachi ...
. His year of birth is unknown, but his birthname is believed to be . He served as an apprentice to Yasui Shuntetsu Senkaku.
In 1748, he changed his birthname to his present name, and began playing castle game . As he was part of a famous Go house, he would play with the other Go houses in the shōgun's castle. In 1775, his mentor Yasui Shuntetsu Senkaku retired, causing him to become the sixth head of the
Yasui house.
He died on September 4, 1780.
Results
*1748 (
Kan'en 1) 3 games/win vs
Inoue Shunseki
Inoue (kanji: , historical kana orthography: ''Winouhe'') is the 16th most common Japanese surname. Historically, it was also romanized as Inouye, and many Japanese-descended people outside of Japan still retain this spelling. A less common varia ...
*1749 (Kan'en 2) 5 games/loss vs
Honinbo Hakugen
*1750 (Kan'en 3) 2 games/win vs Inoue Shunseki
*1751 (
Hōreki 1) none vs
Inoue Shuntatsu
*1752 (Hōreki 2) 1 game/loss vs Honinbo Hakugen
*1753 (Hōreki 3) 2 games/loss vs
Hayashi Tennyu
*1754 (Hōreki 4) 4 games/win vs Inoue Shuntatsu
*1755 (Hōreki 5) 2 games/win vs Hayashi Tennyu
*1756 (Hōreki 6) 2 games/loss vs Inoue Shunseki
*1757 (Hōreki 7) 6 games/win vs Inoue Shunseki
*1758 (Hōreki 8) 2 games/loss vs
Honinbo Satsugen
*1759 (Hōreki 9) 5 games/loss vs Inoue Shuntatsu
*1760 (Hōreki 10) 4 games/win vs
Hayashi Yugen
Resources木石庵「安井仙哲」
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yasui, Sentetsu
Japanese Go players
1734 births
1780 deaths