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Historic Honinbos
Keywords: Culture & History
This is a list of the historic Honinbos, including the heirs who did not succeed to the Head of the House. (Heirs will not have a number before their use name.) 01. Sansa Meijin 1612-1623 02. Sanetsu 8-Dan 1630-1658 03. Doetsu 7-Dan 1658-1677 04. Dosaku Meijin 1677-1702 (h) Doteki 7-Dan (1684-1690) (h) Sakugen 7-Dan (1692-1699) 05. Dochi Meijin 1702-1727 06. Chihaku 6-Dan 1727-1733 07. Shuhaku 6-Dan 1733-1741 08. Hakugen 6-Dan 1741-1754 09. Satsugen Meijin 1754-1788 10. Retsugen 8-Dan 1788-1808 11. Genjo 8-Dan 1808-1827 12. Jowa Meijin 1827-1839 13. Josaku 7-Dan 1839-1847 14. Shuwa 8-Dan 1847-1873 (h) Shusaku 7-Dan (1848-1862) 15. Shuetsu 6-Dan 1873-1879 16. Shugen 4-Dan 1879-1884 17. Shuei 7-Dan 1884-1886 18. Shuho 8-Dan 1886 19. Shuei Meijin 1887-1907 20. Shugen 6-Dan 1907-1914 21. Shusai Meijin 1914-1940 Note: The 17th and 19th Honinbo are the same person. Also from 1864-1884 Shuei had been head of the Hayashi school. The Nihon Ki-in has recently started numbering those players who have qualified for the Honorary Honinbo title (by winning the Honinbo title five times in a row) as a continuation of the above list, as follows: 22. Takagawa Kaku 23. Sakata Eio 24. Ishida Yoshio 25. Cho Chikun This is a copy of the living page "Historic Honinbos" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |