Japanese Game of Go

Japanese Game of "Go" by Fukumensi Mihori and translated into English by Z. T. Iwado is volume 27 of the Tourist Library published in 1939 by the Board of Tourist Industry of the Japanese Government Railways. This small slim volume, 20cm x 13cm and 76 pages, contains a variety of photographs of famous Japanese go players of that period as well as a number of details that may not be attested elsewhere. One example is The boards are generally make of kaya (yew), or ityo (gingko-tree), or katura (Cercidiphyllum japanicum).

Reviews

David Carlton's review contains links to scans of the photographs in the book.

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