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Hoensha
    Keywords: Culture & History

Group of pros founded in 1879 around Honinbo Shuho, successor to study groups set up by Nakagawa Kamesaburo and others. The major go institution of the later Meiji period, awarding pro grades.

Heads of Hoensha:

  1. Honinbo Shuho
  2. Nakagawa Kamesaburo from 1886
  3. Iwasaki Kenzo 1899-1912
  4. Ishii Senji
  5. Hirose Heijiro
  6. Iwasa Kei 1924.

The Hoensha house magazine was Igo Shinpo.

The Four Heavenly Kings of Hoensha were Kobayashi Tetsujiro, Mizutani Nuiji, Sakai Yasujiro and Takahashi Kinesaburo. The Three Wunderkindern were Ishii Senji, Sugioka Eijiro and Tamura Yasuhisa.



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