Sansa

Path: Honinbo   · Prev:   · Next: Sanetsu
    Keywords: Culture & History, People

http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/juniorclub/history/h-img/sansa.jpg
Honinbo Sansa

Honinbo Sansa (本因坊算砂 Hon'inbō Sansa, 1559-1623) was a famous Go player.

Sansa was the first head of the Honinbo house and the first Meijin, taking the name Sansa. Sansa was the rival of Kashio Rigen. He was also a strong shogi player. He was a Buddhist priest of the Nichiren sect and his original name was Nikkai. He lived in a temple pavilion called Honinbo where he taught Go from.

In a Hikaru no Go chapter, Kimihiro Tsutsui acts as Nikkai in a play.


Japanese: 本因坊算砂

Above picture from Nihon Kiin website.


Path: Honinbo   · Prev:   · Next: Sanetsu
This is a copy of the living page "Sansa" at Sensei's Library.
(OC) 2007 the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0.
[Welcome to Sensei's Library!]
StartingPoints
ReferenceSection
About