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Mokuhazushi
Mokuhazushi is a beginning play in the corner at either of the 3-5 points 'a' or 'b'.
In practice we arrive at mokuhazushi in one of two ways:
Black chooses the 5-3 play as the first move in the corner. White answers at 2 (depending on circumstances 'a' and 'b' are other common alternatives for W).
Black starts with a komoku (3-4) play at 1. White plays a knights move approach Kogeima Gakari? at 2. If black answers this play we move into the realm of komoku joseki. If however, black plays elsewhere (tenuki) then we arrive at the same situation as the first diagram but with the colors reversed. In effect, white has played a mokuhazushi at 2 and black has approached at 1.
Ishida has this to say about mokuhazushi:
The mokuhazushi is an interesting approach for everyone to practice with in their own games. By its nature it cedes the corner to the opponent. In exchange it looks for benefits on the outside either along the top, down the left side, or both. Since the best way to accomplish this will depend on the rest of the board, many different joseki have been developed over the years. For example, Ishida gives 'a' through 'i' as alternative responses to the White approach at 2:
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