Hon'inbō Shugen (本因坊秀元, 1854 – 5 September 1917) was a

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. He was twice head of the Hon'inbō house, being both the sixteenth and the twentieth head.

Biography

While not an outstanding exponent of the game by the standards set earlier in the 19th century, Shugen twice took over Honinbo leadership, essentially as a stopgap leader. On the first occasion, the go world was coping with the declining interest in the game produced by the

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External links

Page at Sensei's Library
1854 births 1917 deaths Japanese Go players {{Japan-Go-bio-stub