Historic Three-Color 10x10 Go at Matsumoto Castle

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Touring an old castle in Matsumoto, I stumbled across what may or may not be a historic Japanese example of multicolor go.

An image is here: [ext] http://bitmason.com/photo/japan2005/0192_dsc_1049

I cannot read what is is written next to the board -- I took a photo hoping someone could translate for me.

This could be either an artifact or a re-creation, but it apparently has some historic significance. The 10x10 goban looks quite perfect and new, but the three color stones (black, brown, and white) are very inconsistently sized and shaped.

Translations? Theories?

John F. It's two-colour go - the brown ones are burnt white ones, which are of hamaguri and the black are nachi. They were excavated at the castle. The text is too fuzzy to catch all the details.


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