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Hon'inbō Dōchi
Hon'inbō Dōchi (本因坊道知, 1690–1727) was a professional Go player. Biography Dōchi learned to play Go at the age of 7. A short two years thereafter, he had become a disciple of Hon'inbō Dōsaku, the strongest player of his time. He became very strong under Dosaku, eventually reaching 6 dan. After Dosaku died in 1702, Dōchi was passed on to Inoue Dōsetsu Inseki. By 1719, he had advanced to 8 dan, the highest rank at the time. Dōchi became the 5th Hon'inbō in 1702, and Meijin Godoroko in 1721. He served as Honinbō for twenty-five years (1702–1727) and Meijin for 6 years (1721–1727). He played in an international match against a visiting Ryukyuan player, the Satonushi of Yara. He is famous for his brilliant endgame plays, including a classic example of '' semedori'' (forcing an opponent to capture dead stone, exhibited in a 1705 game against Yasui Senkaku. This was in a grudge match, since there had been bad blood between the Honinbos and Yasuis since Yas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasui Sanchi
Yasui Sanchi (安井算知, 1617–1703) was a Japanese professional Go player, and second head of the Yasui house. He became ''Meijin''-''godokoro'' in 1668. It has always been said''Go Monthly Review'' 1963/5 p.54 that this promotion was achieved by a backstairs route, with influence exerted by the head of the Matsudaira clan The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of the .... A related anecdote has Hon'inbō San'etsu facing down Lord Matsudaira during an earlier official '' oshirogo'' against Sanchi. The Hon'inbō house did not take this lying down. From 1668 to 1675 Hon'inbō Dōetsu played a twenty-game match against Sanchi (they had played in 1649, but after that there was a dearth of competitive games). Dōetsu had the better of it with Black, earning the right to a ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1727 Deaths
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1690 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbian rebels and Austrian troops in battle at Kaçanik Gorge, prompting more than 30,000 Serb refugees to flee northward from Kosovo, Macedonia and Sandžak to the Austrian Empire. * January 6 – At the age of 11 years old, Prince Joseph, son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, is named as "King of the Romans", the next in line to become the Emperor. * January 7 – The first recorded full peal is rung, at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the City of London, marking a new era in change ringing. * January 13 – Captain Thomas Pound, after being captured with his crew the previous month, is tried in Boston and found guilty of piracy although he is later reprieved. * January 27 ** The crew of the ship HMS ''Welfare'', commanded by John Strong, become the first European people to land at the Falkland Islands. ** William Coward is hanged for acts of piracy, following his capture after seizing the ketch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hon'inbō Chihaku
Hon'inbō Chihaku (本因坊知伯, 1710–1733) was a Japanese professional go player, and sixth head of the Hon'inbō house. He was a nephew of Hon'inbō Dōchi. He died young, before an official heir had been appointed. ''Oshirogo'' *1722 against Inoue Insetsu Inseki (B with three stones, won) *1723 against Hayashi Bonkyu (B with two stones, '' jigo'') *1725 against Hayashi Incho (B with two stones, W), against Inoue Yuseki (B, lost) *1726 against Inoue Insetsu Inseki (B, jigo) *1727 against Yasui Senkaku, (B, jigo) *1728 against Hayashi Incho, (B, won) *1730 against 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 ... (W, lost) *1731 against Inoue Shunseki, (B, won) *1733 against Inoue Shunseki (W, lost) References * GoGod Encyclopedia 1710 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hon'inbō Satsugen
Hon'inbō Satsugen (本因坊察元; 1733–1788) was a professional Go player. Biography Satsugen became Meijin is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi player, professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word ( "excellent, artful", "person") refers to a highly skilled master of a certain field (the ... by defeating Inoue Shunseki in 1767. References 1733 births 1788 deaths 18th-century Go players Japanese Go players {{Japan-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jubango
Jūbango (十番碁) is a Japanese term for a Go match consisting of ten games which might be ended earlier if agreed by both players. A decisive victory would result in the opponent being ' beaten down' to a lower rank. A player would be beaten down if he fell behind his opponent by four wins in the net score. This would mean a change in the playing terms corresponding to a handicap suitable for a rank difference of one rank. Some notable historical ''jūbango'' players are Go Seigen (1914-2014), Kitani Minoru (1909–75), Honinbo Shuei (1852-1907) and Hashimoto Utaro (1907-94). These matches were usually spread over long time-periods, with gaps of months possible between games. They were also peripatetic (taking place in different venues). Both of these features make them different from modern mind sports matches, which tend to be held over a short time in a definite location. Modern go title matches have adapted these characteristics of a jūbango. Traditional format Among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Go
''Oshirogo'' (御城碁 "castle Go") or castle games were official matches of high-level Go played in Japan during the Edo period, usually in the castles of the ''shōgun''. Players were mostly from the four go houses. Matches were played in the ''shōguns presence. With the passage of the years, this became a formality: the players would replay a game that had already been played, and the ''shōgun'' would often be represented by an official, rather than attend himself. The games themselves were, though, bitterly contested, since the castle games had a major effect on the prestige of the four houses. Throughout the Tokugawa shogunate there was an ongoing struggle to take control of the official positions of ''Meijin'' and ''godokoro''. Hundreds of game records of the castle games survive; a large collection was edited by Kensaku Segoe was a professional Go player. (His surname is occasionally given as Segoshi, but that appears to be a misreading, even if attested by furi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasui Senkaku
Yasui (written: 安井 or 保井) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese judge *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese biologist *, Japanese voice actor *, American lawyer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese Go player *, Japanese Go player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese Confucian scholar *, Japanese painter *, Japanese economist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese fencer *, Japanese politician See also * Yasui house, one of the four Schools of Go during the Edo period * Yasui procedure, a pediatric heart operation *'' Yasui v. United States'' (1943), a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honinbo Dosaku
Honinbo (or Hon'inbō, 本因坊) is a title used by the head of the Honinbo house or the winner of the Honinbo tournament. Honinbo house The Honinbo house was a school of Go players officially founded in 1612 and discontinued in 1940. The founder was the Buddhist priest Nikkai, and 1612 is the year when Oda Nobunaga started sponsoring the school. The name Honinbo was that of the pavilion on the grounds of the Jakkoji temple in Kyoto where Nikkai lived. When the capital was moved to Tokyo, Nikkai moved along and turned "Honinbo" into a title, calling himself Honinbo Sansa. Heads of the Honinbo house * 1st Honinbo, Sansa (算砂, 1612-1623) * 2nd Honinbo, San'etsu (算悦, 1630-1658) * 3rd Honinbo, Dōetsu (道悦, 1658-1677) * 4th Honinbo, Dōsaku (道策, 1677-1702) ** appointed successor, Dōteki (道的) (died early) ** appointed successor, Sakugen(策元) * 5th Honinbo, Dōchi (道知, 1702-1727) * 6th Honinbo, Chihaku (知伯, 1727-1733) * 7th Honinbo, Shuhaku (� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
