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Hon'inbō Retsugen
Honinbo Retsugen (本因坊烈元, 1750–1808) was a Japanese professional go player, and tenth head of the Hon'inbō house. Biography The period of the second half of the eighteenth century, as far as the game of go in Japan is concerned, is lacking in distinguishing features. It is short on both technical innovation and outstanding individuals. Some authors, for example John Fairbairn, have suggested that in this era the levels in China and in Japan were quite close, though since Japan was strictly closed this can only be argued on comparison of existing game records in very different styles. Retsugen was on the receiving end of the brilliance of the one player of the era who still has a high reputation, Yasui Senchi. Senchi was a pioneer of the kind of centrally-oriented play later revived and refined as ''shinfuseki or ''new opening strategy'' was the change of attitude to go opening theory A Go opening is the initial stage of a game of Go (game), Go. On the tradi ... [...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] |
Go (board Game)
# Go is an abstract strategy game, abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to fence off more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day. A 2016 survey by the International Go Federation's 75 member nations found that there are over 46 million people worldwide who know how to play Go, and over 20 million current players, the majority of whom live in East Asia. The Game piece (board game), playing pieces are called ''Go equipment#Stones, stones''. One player uses the white stones and the other black stones. The players take turns placing their stones on the vacant intersections (''points'') on the #Boards, board. Once placed, stones may not be moved, but ''captured stones'' are immediately removed from the board. A single stone (or connected group of stones) is ''captured'' when surrounded by the opponent's stones on all Orthogona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Players
This article gives an overview of well-known Go professional, professional and amateur players of the board game Go (game), Go throughout the ages. The page has been divided into sections based on the era in which the Go players played and the country in which they played. As this was not necessarily their country of birth, a flag of that country precedes every player's name. For a complete list of player articles, see :Go players. The important dates that this separation is based on are: * The establishment of the Four go houses at the start of the Tokugawa Shogunate. * The demise of the houses in the Meiji Period (end 19th century) followed by their replacement by the Nihon Kiin in 1924. * The start of international tournament Go in 1989 A Japanese census on Go players performed in 2002 estimates that over 24 million people worldwide play Go, most of whom live in Asia. Most of the players listed on this article are professionals, though some top level amateurs have been incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fairbairn (writer) , full name John Christian Kaʻiminoeauloamekaʻikeokekumupaʻa Fairbairn (born 1994), American football player
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John Fairbairn may refer to: * Jock Fairbairn ( 1890s), Scottish football goalkeeper with Heart of Midlothian * John Fairbairn (educator) (1794–1854), newspaper proprietor, educator, financier and politician * John Fairbairn, prisoner on '' St. Michael of Scarborough'' * John Fairbairn (skeleton racer) (born 1983), Canadian skeleton racer * John Fairbairn (naval officer) (1912–1984), South African naval officer who annexed the Prince Edward Islands for South Africa * Kaʻimi Fairbairn John Christian Kaiminoeauloamekaikeokekumupaa Fairbairn (born January 29, 1994) is an American professional football placekicker for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). Playing college football for the UCLA Bruins, he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasui Senchi
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] |
Shinfuseki
or ''new opening strategy'' was the change of attitude to go opening theory A Go opening is the initial stage of a game of Go (game), Go. On the traditional Go (board game), 19×19 board the opening phase of the game usually lasts between 15 and 40 Ply (game theory), plies. There is some specialised terminology for go ... that set in strongly in Japan in 1933. It corresponds, a little later, to hypermodern play in chess, with the inversion that ''shinfuseki'' thought the center of the board had been unjustly ''under''emphasised. In the 1930s, a group of Japanese players led by Kitani Minoru and Go Seigen began to question conventional wisdom on Go openings. Playing for early central influence, they emphasised in the early part of the opening fighting concepts such as thickness and moyo. Among the new concepts of shinfuseki was playing the first move on the center point. Traditional opening play followed a basic principle of sound play that can be summarized in three wor ... [...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] |
Honinbo Genjo
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] |
1750 Births
Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era. 1750 is commemorated as the year that started the Industrial Revolution, although the underpinnings of the Industrial Revolution could have started earlier. Events January–March * January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain and Portugal authorizes a larger Brazil than had the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, which originally established the boundaries of the Portuguese and Spanish territories in South America. * January 24 – A fire in Istanbul destroys 10,000 homes. * February 15 – After Spain and Portugal agree that the Uruguay River will be the boundary line between the two kingdoms' territory in South America, the Spanish Governor orders the Jesuits to vacate seven Indian missions along the river (San Angel, San Nicolas, San Luis, San Lorenzo, San Miguel, San Juan and San Borja). * March 5 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1808 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 ** The importation of slaves into the United States is formally banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect. However Americans still continue the slave trade by transporting Africans to Cuba and Brazil.. ** Sierra Leone becomes a British Crown Colony. * January 22 – Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil: John VI of Portugal, John (Dom João), Prince Regent, and the House of Braganza, Braganza royal family of Portugal arrive in their colony of Brazil in exile from the French occupation of their home kingdom. * January 26 – Rum Rebellion: On the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the crown colony, colony of New South Wales, disgruntled military officers of the New South Wales Corps (the "Rum Corps") overthrow and imprison Governor of New South Wales, Governor William Bligh and seize control of the colony. * February 2 – French troops take Rome as part of the Napoleonic Wars. * Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
