Inoue

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The name Inoue (井上) means “upon the well”. Its Japanese pronunciation treats all vowels separately, as "i-no-u-e" (いのうえ in hiragana), with no "ou" diphthong.

The house of Inoue (井上家) was one of the Four houses. The heads of the Inoue School (1612–1961 or 1983) were

1st	Nakamura Doseki	中村道碩	Meijin	1612–1630
2nd	Genkaku	玄覚	7-Dan	1630–1673
3rd	Dosa	道砂	7-Dan	1673–1692
4th	Dosetsu	道節	Meijin	1692–1719
5th	Sakuun	策雲	8-Dan	1719–1734
heir	Yuseki	友碩	5-Dan	1720–1726
6th	Shunseki	春碩	8-Dan	1734–1772
7th	Shuntatsu	春達	7-Dan	1772–1792
8th	Intatsu	因達	7-Dan	1792–1805
9th	Shunsaku	春策	7-Dan	1805–1810
10th	Insa	因砂	6-Dan	1810–1824
11th	Genan	幻庵	8-Dan	1824–1846
12th	Setsuzan	節山	6-Dan	1846–1850
13th	Matsumoto	松本	7-Dan	1850–1891
14th	Otsuka	大塚	8-Dan	1891–1904
15th	Tabuchi	田淵	5-Dan	1904–1917
16th	Egeta	恵下田	7-Dan	1917–1961
(17th)	Tsuda?	津田	6-Dan	1961–1983

The 14th head, Otsuka, moved the house from Tokyo to Osaka.

When Egeta died, one of his pupils, Tsuda Yoshitaka, got some support and became the 17th head. But the succession was not widely recognized. He continued to issue diplomas on his own. At least, Gendai Igo Taikei (An Outline of Modern Go) series published in 1982 lists the house (棋院井上家) in its “Recommeded By” section. Tsuda died in 1983 with no successors.

When playing professionally, the 2nd through the 17th Inoue were known as Inoue Inseki 井上因碩 (See iemoto system). The use names shown in the table are from their:

a) names before becoming the head (2nd to 10th),
b) retirement names (11th and 12th), or
c) original family names (13th to 17th).

The head is generally referred to as Inoue (use name) Inseki for distinction.

Inoue last edited by 121.6.117.228 on August 4, 2024 - 19:06

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