Kitani Miharu

Kitani Miharu (木谷美春, 1910-1991) was the wife of Kitani Minoru. Before marriage, she was a daughter of the owner of the inn where Kitani stayed to ponder over the concepts of Shin Fuseki. She wrote a book describing the life of the Kitani dojo.

Miharu was the mother of Kobayashi Reiko, grandmother of Kobayashi Izumi, and great-grandmother of Cho Kosumi and Cho Koharu. Reiko was the only child of the Kitanis who became a go professional. In total, they had three sons and five daughters (the second daughter died in infancy).