Hayashi
Keywords: Culture & History
The heads of the Hayashi Go School (1612-1884):
01. Monnyusai 8-Dan 1612-???? 02. Monnyu 6-Dan ????-1685 03. Gen'etsu 5-Dan 1685-1706 04. Bokunyu 8-Dan 1706-1726 05. Incho 8-Dan 1727-1743 06. Monri 7-Dan 1743-1746 07. Tennyu 7-Dan 1746-1757 08. Yugen 7-Dan 1757-1789 09. Mon'etsu 7-Dan 1789-1816 10. Tetsugen 6-Dan 1816-1819 11. Genbi 8-Dan 1819-1848 12. Hakuei 7-Dan 1848-1864 (h) Yubi 5-Dan (1856-1862) 13. Shuei 5-Dan 1864-1884
In 1884, Hayashi Shuei merged the School into the Honinbo School, becoming Honinbo Shuei.
All heads of the School from Gen'etsu through Hakuei were known when head as Hayashi Monnyu, in the same way as the standard Inoue Inseki and Yasui Senkaku. See iemoto system.
The Hayashi is the only School to never have a Meijin (if you discount Shuei).
Hayashi in Japanese means forest.
--TimBrent