Fujisawa Hosai

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Fujisawa Hosai (originally Fujisawa Kuranosuke), Japanese 9-dan professional. He was one the leading players of his day, and is also known for his frequent use of mane-go as White. Though six years older, he was the nephew of Fujisawa Shuko.

Fujisawa was born in March 1919 in Yokohama. In May 1949, he became the first player to reach 9-dan under the Oteai system. There were no other 9-dans at that time (Shusai having died in 1940), and Fujisawa was therefore the highest ranked go player in the world until Go Seigen's promotion in February 1950.

During 1951 and 1952, Fujisawa played a jubango with Go Seigen. Fujisawa had won their previous jubango (1942-1944), but this time he lost 2-7, with 1 jigo, and was forced down to a handicap of sen-ai-sen in the process. He also lost 0-4 to Go Seigen in another match played at the same time. Not content with these results, he challenged Go to another jubango, and this time lost 5 of the first 6 games. This forced him down to a handicap of josen (Black in every game), and the jubango was terminated. Fujisawa resigned from the Nihon Ki-in and changed his given name to Hosai

Fujisawa returned to the Nihon Ki-in in 1959. He won several titles, including the Oza in 1958 and the Judan in 1964. He retired in 1992, and died on 2 August 1993.

His pupils were Oka Nobumitsu and his nephew Kojima Takaho.


Authors include: AvatarDJFlux (added comment about Fujisawa Shuko)


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