Kitani Minoru

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Kitani Minoru, Japanese 9 Dan. Born 25 January 1909, died December 1975. Student of Suzuki Tamejiro.

His daughter Kitani Reiko was a pro player.

There is a [ext] more extensive biography at Jan van der Steen's website.

Also try a [ext] search at MSO site.

Kitani made three major contributions to the Go:

  1. innovator in fuseki (as one of the pioneers of the New Fuseki Era) and joseki
  2. creator of numerous joseki (see Kitani Joseki)
  3. mentor of many top level professionals from Japan and Korea (Kitani dojo).

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