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Hon'inbō Jōsaku
Hon'inbō Jōsaku (本因坊丈策, 1803–1847) was a Japanese professional go player and the thirteenth head of the Hon'inbō school. He was not in the same top-rank class over the board as either his predecessor Jōwa or his successor Shūwa. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Josaku, Honinbo 1803 births 1847 deaths Japanese Go players ...
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Hon'inbō School
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 (� ...
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Hon'inbō Jōwa
Honinbo Jowa (本因坊丈和, original name Todani Matsunosuke, 1787–1847) served as 12th Hon'inbō from 1827 and Meijin Godokoro from 1831 until 1839, when he was forced into retirement. Jōwa was born in Nagano, Japan, in 1787. It was said that Jōwa had great strength without equal. Historically he was accorded the title "latter sage" to match Dōsaku who was known as the "former sage". At some point in the Meiji Era this title was transferred to the more popular Shūsaku, as word was spread that Jōwa used the contacts that Hayashi Genbi had within the government to help him attain the Meijin Godokoro position. However, even without playing a sogo, Jōwa's strength was still apparent. Later on in his life, Jōwa also played one of the most famous games in Go history known as the " Blood-vomiting game". Gennan Inseki, a rival of Jōwa's who had seen the coveted position of Meijin godokoro snatched away from him through less than honorable means, persuaded a rapidly impr ...
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Hon'inbō Shūwa
Hon'inbō Shūwa (本因坊秀和, c. 1820–1873) was a Japanese professional Go (game), Go player, and also the fourteenth head of the Hon'inbō house from 1847 to 1873. Career Shūwa's most significant games were probably the three challenge games of 1840 and 1842 against Inoue Gennan Inseki. After Jowa's resignation of the post of Meijin godokoro in 1839, Gennan was making yet another run for the post of Meijin godokoro when the Honinbo house lodged a complaint with the government, leading to the first game between Shūwa and Gennan in 1840. Shuwa won this game by 4 points (on black), leaving Gennan so dismayed by his strength that he discontinued the series and withdrew his application.Power, John. Invincible; The Games of Shusaku, p.12. Tokyo, Japan: Kiseido Publishing Company, 1982. The subsequent games in 1842 were attempts by Gennan to show he could beat Shūwa taking white (even though he could take black every 3rd game, as befitted a difference of 1 dan rank), but he wa ...
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Hon'inbō
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 (� ...
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1803 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's ''Almanach des gourmands'', the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris. * January 4 – William Symington demonstrates his ''Charlotte Dundas'', the "first practical steamboat", in Scotland. * January 30 – James Monroe, Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans; they end up completing the Louisiana Purchase. * February 19 ** An Act of Mediation, issued by Napoleon Bonaparte, establishes the Swiss Confederation (Napoleonic), Swiss Confederation to replace the Helvetic Republic. Under the terms of the act, Graubünden, Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Thurgau, the Ticino and Vaud become Swiss cantons. ** Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state. * February 20 – Kandyan Wars: Kandy, Ceylon is taken by a British detachment. * February 21 – Edward Despard and six others are hanged and beheaded for plotti ...
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1847 Deaths
Events January–March * January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government. * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. * January 16 – John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. * January 17 – St. Anthony Hall fraternity is founded at Columbia University, New York City. * January 30 – Yerba Buena, California, is renamed San Francisco. * February 5 – A rescue effort, called the First Relief, leaves Johnson's Ranch to save the ill-fated Donner Party of California-bound migrants who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada earlier this winter. Some have resorted to survival by cannibalism. * February 22 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista – 5,000 American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15,000 Mexican troops under Antonio López de Santa Anna, defeating the Mexicans the next day. * Fe ...
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