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 more extensive biography at Jan van der Steen's website.
Also try a search at MSO site.
Kitani made three major contributions to the Go:
- innovator in fuseki (as one of the pioneers of the New Fuseki Era) and joseki
- creator of numerous joseki (see Kitani Joseki)
- mentor of many top level professionals from Japan and Korea (Kitani dojo).
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