Shikama Chiyoji

Shikama Chiyoji (鹿間千代治, 1879-1963) Nihon Ki-in pro. 6 dan in 1955. He was also a haiku poet and authored a book collecting one hundred haiku on the game, including many of his own poems. His artname as a poet was shōtōrō (松濤楼).

His pupils were Kusaka Kaneo, Nakaoka Jiro and Kodama Kunio.