Honinbo house

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The house of Honinbo was one of the Four houses in the golden era of Go.

This is a list of the historic Honinbos, including the heirs who did not succeed to the Head of the House. (Heirs will not have a number before their use name.)

1 Sansa 算砂 Meijin 1612-1623
2 Sanetsu 算悦 8-Dan 1630-1658
3 Doetsu 道悦 7-Dan 1658-1677
4 Dosaku 道策 Meijin 1677-1702
(h) Doteki 道的 7-Dan 1684-1690
(h) Sakugen 策元 7-Dan 1692-1699
5 Dochi 道知 Meijin 1702-1727
6 Chihaku 知伯 6-Dan 1727-1733
7 Shuhaku 秀伯 6-Dan 1733-1741
8 Hakugen 伯元 6-Dan 1741-1754
9 Satsugen 察元 Meijin 1754-1788
10 Retsugen 烈元 8-Dan 1788-1808
11 Genjo 元丈 8-Dan 1808-1827
12 Jowa 丈和 Meijin 1827-1839
13 Josaku 丈策 7-Dan 1839-1847
14 Shuwa 秀和 8-Dan 1847-1873
(h) Shusaku 秀策 7-Dan 1848-1862
15 Shuetsu 秀悦 6-Dan 1873-1879
16 Shugen 秀元 4-Dan 1879-1884
17 Shuei 秀栄 7-Dan 1884-1886
18 Shuho 秀甫 8-Dan 1886
19 Shuei 秀栄 Meijin 1887-1907
20 Shugen 秀元 6-Dan 1907-1908
21 Shusai 秀哉 Meijin 1908-1940

Note: The 17th and 19th Honinbo are the same person, and the 16th and 20th are the same, too. Also from 1864-1884 Shuei had been head of the Hayashi school.

The last hereditary Honinbo, Shusai, gave (or [ext] sold) his title to the Nihon Ki-in so as to turn it into a tournament title.

The Nihon Ki-in has recently started numbering those players who have qualified for the Honorary Honinbo title (by winning the Hon'inbo title five times in a row or ten times if not in a row) as a continuation of the above list, as follows:

22 Takagawa Kaku 高川秀格
23 Sakata Eio 坂田栄男
24 Ishida Yoshio 石田芳夫
25 Cho Chikun 趙治勲

It has been suggested that the content of this page should be merged with Honinbo.



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