4-5 point

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Opening, Joseki

Chinese: 高目 (gao1 mu4)
Japanese: 高目 (takamoku)
Korean: 고목

The 4-5 point and 5-4 points in the corner are marked as a and b in the diagram below.

[Diagram]

4-5, 5-4 points

As an opening play, the 4-5 point is more center-oriented than the 3-5 point, and less corner-oriented than the 4-4 point.

[Diagram]

4-5 joseki

One set of joseki starts with W2 for corner territory. Another set starts with White at a.



Detailed variations may be found linked from 4-5 point josekis.


This opening play, popular in Edo period games and until the 1930s, has dropped out of fashion with most modern players. When compared with the 4-4 point it is less flexible.

For some of the traditional plans, see for example


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