Shin Hayawakari Shojiten

Introduction

Shin Hayawakari Shojiten ^[1] (新・早わかり小事典 Nihon Ki-in Small Encyclopedias) is a series of Go books published by Nihon Ki-in in 1993, mainly for 5 kyu - 1 dan players. It is the enlarged and revised edition of Hayawakari Shojiten, published by Nihon Ki-in in 1982. Each volume contains about 220 pages and costs of 900 yen. Kawamoto Noboru is the series editor.

Volumes

• Shin Hayawakari Shikatsu Shojiten (life and death)
• Shin Hayawakari Tesuji Shojiten (tesuji)
• Shin Hayawakari Tagaisen-Joseki Shojiten (komoku, mokuhazushi and takamoku joseki, and Chinese fuseki)
• Shin Hayawakari Okigo Shojiten (handicap games)
• Shin Hayawakari Fuseki Shojiten (fuseki)
• Shin Hayawakari Hamete Shojiten (trick play)
• Shin Hayawakari Hoshi-Joseki Shojiten (star point and 3-3 point joseki)
• Shin Hayawakari Kakugen Shojiten (proverbs)
• Shin Hayawakari Yogo Shojiten (terminology)
• Shin Hayawakari Yose Shojiten (endgame)

Webpage for new editions (新・早わかり小辞典シリーズ) https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/publishing/books/shin_hayawakari/index.html

Five of the series books have been translated into English and published by Yutopian as The Nihon Ki-in Handbook Series.

• Proverbs Volume One
• Fuseki Volume Two
• Star Point Joseki Volume Three
• Handicap Go Volume Four
• Even Game Joseki Volume Five

[1] Regarding the transliteration of Shojiten/Shoujiten, see /discussion.