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Ichitarō Doi
was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8- dan (the highest rank at the time), and was the first president of the Japan Shogi Association. Doi was a student of , the thirteenth Lifetime Meijin, along with contemporary colleagues Yoshio Kimura, Yasujirō Kon, Chōtarō Hanada, and Tōichi Watanabe. Shogi professional Born in Matsuyama, Doi eventually moved to the Yūrakuchō district in Tokyo. With the guidance of teacher Kinjirō Sekine, Ichitarō Doi reached the rank of 4-dan in 1910. In 1917, Doi reached 8-dan. He along with Kinjirō Sekine, Sankichi Sakata (a potential Meijin candidate), and Kaiō Takeuchi (竹内翁) was one of the few players with an 8-dan rank at the time that Sekine became the thirteenth Meijin. Doi's record against Sakata was 1 win and 1 loss. As a strong player, when the Mejin system shifted to a tournament competition, Doi was one of the 8 competitors in the very first tournament league in 1937, all of which were d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsuyama
270px, Matsuyama City Hall 270px, Ehime Prefectural Capital Building is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, in Japan and is also Shikoku's largest city. , the city had an estimated population of 505,948 in 243,541 households and a population density of 1,200 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Matsuyama is located in central Ehime Prefecture, facing the Seto Inland Sea to the north, the mountains of the Takanawa Peninsula to the north and east, and the Saragamine Mountain Range, an extension of the Shikoku Mountains, to the south. It is located on the northeastern portion of the Dōgo Plain. The city also includes the Kutsuna Islands, an archipelago of 29 islands in the Seto Inland Sea. Neighbouring municipalities Ehime Prefecture * Imabari * Kumakōgen * Masaki * Tobe * Tōon Climate Matsuyama has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''; Trewartha climate classification ''Cf'') with hot summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
