Tempo Four
Keywords: Culture & History
Honinbo Shuwa, Ito Showa, Ota Yuzo, Yasui Sanchi, considered the best players in Japan of Tempo era (1830-1844), and collectively to have reached a new high standard.
Richard Hunter: Shuwa was the top player of his day. The Tempo Top Four were his closest rivals. Shuwa was not one of them. The four were: Ito Showa, Ota Yuzo, Yasui Sanchi, and Sakaguchi Sentoku.