The Honinbo is Japan's oldest continuously contested go title tournament, inaugurated in 1941 following the death of the twenty-first hereditary head of the Honinbo house, a lineage of professional go players founded in the late sixteenth century by the Buddhist priest Honinbo Sansa (1559 to 1623). The modern tournament, sponsored today by the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, carries the historical house's name and lineage rather than being a competition its earlier members personally entered.
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Founding Year Founding DateDate the deciding round of the first Honinbo title tournament concluded, a three game match played 15, 17 and 18 July 1941 in which Sekiyama Riichi was confirmed as the first titleholder under the new Nihon Ki-in system; the tournament itself had begun in 1939. Frequency
Frequency (category) Honinbo
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Shusaku (1829-1862) was a celebrated player of the historical Honinbo go house in Edo-period Japan, generations before the modern annual Honinbo title tournament of the same name was established in 1941; the tournament continues the house's name and lineage rather than a competition he personally entered.
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Source Wikipedia, Cho Chikun
Source Wikipedia, Go Seigen
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Source Wikipedia, Rin Kaiho
Source Wikipedia, Sakata Eio
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Wikipedia, Yuta Iyama
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Yuta Iyama Kisei, Honinbo, Meijin (井山 裕太, Iyama Yūta; born 24 May 1989) is a Japanese professional Go player.
Wikipedia, Cho Chikun
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Cho is the first in history to win all of the "Top 7" titles in Japan (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Judan, Tengen, Oza, and Gosei) which he achieved by winning the Oza in 1994.
Wikipedia, Ear-reddening game
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The ear-reddening game (Japanese: 耳赤の一局, Hepburn: mimiaka no ikkyoku) is a game of go of the Edo period of Japan, played on September 11, 1846, between Honinbo Shusaku (black) and Inoue Genan Inseki (white).
Wikipedia, Go Seigen
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During the 1950s, apart from playing the jubango, Go Seigen participated in many three-game special matches against the Honinbo title holders and other notable players.
Wikipedia, Sakata Eio
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During his Honinbo reign, he also won the Meijin title in 1963, making Sakata the first player to simultaneously hold both titles (which at the time were the biggest titles in Japan).
Cho U - Wikipedia
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Later in the year, Cho qualified for the 56th Honinbo league.
Wikipedia, Rin Kaiho
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Rin would continue winning the Meijin on different occasions, along with the Honinbo, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Masao Kato
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He made the Honinbo league in 1968 as a 4 dan, a feat unheard of at the time.
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