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Gennan Inseki
Keywords: Culture & History, People
(1798-1859) Head of the Inoue house (1824-1846), proposed a changed numbering that made him the eleventh head (rather than tenth), by including Doseki at the head of the list. At various times known as Hattori Rittetsu, Inoue Ansetsu, Intetsu, Gen(n)an Inseki, Inoue Genan Inseki. There is something very confusing about this player. In Invincible by John Power, a wonderful collection of the games of Shusaku, Gennan Inseki is depicted as being the head of the Inoue house, who rivals with the head of the Honinbo house, Jowa, to become Meijin. After the retreat of Jowa, due to his scheming and manipulations being exposed by Hayashi Genbi, Gennan continued his quest for Meijin but was successively defeated by Honinbo Shuwa and Shusaku. In Appreciating Famous Games however, when giving a game between Gennan and Shuwa, the author says "This is not the Intetsu (meaning Gennan) of the Red Ear Game, by the way. That was Akaboshi Intetsu, his pupil". As John Power tells it, Akaboshi Intetsu was the one playing the Blood vomiting game against Jowa. Probably Appreciating Famous Games confused the two immortal games, so this might be something for errata in books. This is a copy of the living page "Gennan Inseki" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |