Tempo Four
Keywords: Culture & History
The Tempo Top Four (天保四傑 Tenpō Shiketsu)
The Tempo Top Four, Ito Showa, Ota Yuzo, Yasui Sanchi, and Sakaguchi Sentoku, were the closest rivals (all 7 dans) of Shuwa (8 dan in 1850), who was the top active player along with the old Gennan Inseki during the late Tempo era in Japan (1839 - 1844) and up to his death in 1873.