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Hon'inbō Shūho
, born as Murase Shūho (村瀬 秀甫), was a professional Japanese Go player who was an important figure in the popularization of the game. He was the first Japanese Go player to have a reputation in the Western world. At a time when he was thought to be the best player in Japan, he taught the game to chemist Oskar Korschelt, a visitor from Germany. Korschelt later was the first person to popularize Go to a notable degree in a non-Asian country. Shūho is also credited with the innovation of time limits being imposed on a game of Go. Biography Shūho became a student in the Hon'inbō house at the age of seven, reaching 1-dan rank in 1848 at the age of 10. In 1861 when he was 23 he reached 6-dan. He was the strongest Hon'inbō disciple after Shūsaku, and Shūwa wanted to make him his heir when Shūsaku died, but Jōwa's widow blocked this plan. In 1879 he founded the Hoensha institution with Nakagawa Kamesaburo. Hoensha would help to create a new revival of go via the publi ... [...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] |
Igo Shinpo
Igo or IGO may refer to: * Intergovernmental organization * Igo language, a Kwa language of Togo * Igo, California, a small town in the United States * Igo, Kansas, a ghost town in the United States * IATA-Code IGO of Jaime Ortiz Betancur Airport, Colombia * iGO (software), a satellite navigation software package * I-GO, a car-sharing service in Chicago, Illinois * Girawali Observatory, India * Go (game), known as igo in Japan * Isebe language (ISO-639: igo), a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea * IndiGo, an Indian low-cost airline (ICAO code IGO) People * Igo (singer), Latvian singer and songwriter * Igo Chico, American saxophonist * Igo Etrich (1879–1967), Austrian flight pioneer * Igo Galama (876–910), potestaat (governor) of Friesland * Igo Gruden Igo Gruden (18 April 1893 – 29 November 1948) was a Slovene poet and translator. He was born as Ignacij Gruden in the small fishing village of Aurisina near Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian County of Gor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). February * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1838 Births
Events January–March * January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange, London, Royal Exchange in London. * January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration of Morse's new invention, the telegraph. * January 21 – The first known report about the Lowest temperature recorded on Earth, lowest temperature on Earth is made, indicating in Yakutsk. * January 23 – A 1838 Vrancea earthquake, 7.5 earthquake strikes the Romanian district of Vrancea County, Vrancea causing damage in Moldavia and Wallachia, killing 73 people. * February 6 – Boer explorer Piet Retief and 60 of his men are massacred by King Dingane kaSenzangakhona of the Zulu people, after Retief accepts an invitation to celebrate the signing of a treaty, and his men willingly disarm as a show of good faith. * February 17 – Weenen massacre: Zulu impis massacre about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoikhoi and Sotho people, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Era
The was an Japanese era name, era of History of Japan, Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudalism, feudal society at risk of colonization by Western world, Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The period corresponded to the reign of Emperor Meiji. It was preceded by the Keiō era and was succeeded by the Taishō era, upon the accession of Emperor Taishō. The rapid modernization during the Meiji era was not without its opponents, as the rapid changes to society cause ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hon'inbō Shūei
Hon'inbō Shūei (本因坊秀栄, November 1, 1852 – February 10, 1907) was a Japanese professional Go player. Biography Hon'inbō Shūei, a younger son of the very strong Hon'inbō Shūwa, served as the 17th and again 19th head of the Hon'inbō house. He was also the 13th and final head of the Hayashi house before merging it with the Hon'inbō house in 1884. Hon'inbō Shūei was a remarkable player, and his strength apparently exceeded his contemporaries by a considerable margin. Surviving game records show that he played a large number of handicap games. He was very active and innovative in the 1890s, a time of reviving fortunes for go, and participated in a number of ''jubango''. He attained the title of Meijin in 1906, becoming the ninth person to have done so. Shūei's style was characterized by his calm and confident approach to the game and his supreme positional judgement. He was also fond of making light shapes and '' sabaki'' tactics. He earned the nickna ... [...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] |
Hoensha
The Hoensha was a Japanese Go organization founded in 1879 by Honinbo Shuho. The Hoensha was the successor to study groups set up by Nakagawa Kamesaburo and other players. It was the major Go organization of the later Meiji period. Like the many Go organizations today, the Hoensha awarded professional grades. The Hoensha house magazine was '' Igo Shinpo''. The Four Heavenly Kings of Hoensha were Kobayashi Tetsujiro, Mizutani Nuiji, Sakai Yasujiro, and Takahashi Kinesaburo. The Three Wunderkinder were Ishii Senji, Sugioka Eijiro, and Tamura Yasuhisa ( Honinbo Shusai). When Nihon Ki-in was established, the Hoensha was dissolved in 1924. See also * Kansai Ki-in * Hanguk Kiwon (Korean Go Association) * Zhongguo Qiyuan (Chinese Go Association) * Taiwan Chi-Yuan (Taiwanese Go Association) * American Go Association * European Go Federation The European Go Federation (EGF) is a non-profit organization with the purpose of encouraging, regulating, co-ordinating, and disseminatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
