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TakasakiTainosuke
HiroseHeijiro
MizutaniNujii
IwasaKei
KobayashiTetsujiro
IwasakiKenzo
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Hoensha
   

Group of pros founded in 1879 around Honinbo Shuho, successor to study groups set up by Nakagawa Kamesaburo and others. The major go institution of the later Meiji period, awarding pro grades.

Heads of Hoensha:

  1. Honinbo Shuho
  2. Nakagawa Kamesaburo from 1886
  3. ?
  4. Iwasaki Kenzo 1899-1912
  5. Hirose Heijiro from 1912
  6. Iwasa Kei 1924.

The Four Heavenly Kings of Hoensha were Kobayashi Tetsujiro, Mizutani Nujii, Sakai Yasujiro and Takahashi Kinesaburo.



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