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Honinbo Shusaku
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Honinbo Shusaku (1829 to 1862) was a Japanese go player of the Edo period Honinbo school, widely regarded as one of the greatest go players in history despite his short life; he died of cholera at thirty three. He is remembered above all for a game played in 1846 against Inoue Genan Inseki, known ever since as the ear reddening game: a single decisive move, recognized as such by a physician spectator whose face was seen to visibly redden before either player themselves fully grasped its significance, turned the game in Shusaku favor. His recorded games remain studied today as models of the classical Honinbo style.
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Career HighlightRegarded as the strongest player of his generation and, by many later assessments, among the greatest go players of all time, on the strength of his winning record in the Edo period castle games and his 1846 ear reddening game. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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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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