Kitani Minoru
Kitani Minoru (木谷実, 25 January 1909 - December 1975) was a professional Japanese Go player. Kitani had reached the rank of 9-dan. Kitani was a student of Suzuki Tamejiro.
His daughter, Kitani Reiko, was a pro player. His wife, Kitani Miharu, wrote a book about the Kitani Dojo.
There is a more extensive biography at Jan van der Steen's website.
Also try a search at MSO site.
Kitani made three major contributions to the Go:
- innovator in fuseki (as one of the pioneers of the New Fuseki Era) and joseki
- creator of numerous joseki (see Kitani Joseki)
- mentor of many top level professionals from Japan and Korea (Kitani dojo).
See also: