Inoue
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The house of Inoue (井上家) was one of the Four houses. The heads of the Inoue School (1612-1961) were
1st | Nakamura Doseki | 中村道碩 | Meijin | 1612-1630 |
2nd | Genkaku | 玄覚 | 7-Dan | 1630-1673 |
3rd | Dosa | 道砂 | 7-Dan | 1673-1692 |
4th | Dosetsu | 道節 | Meijin | 1692-1719 |
5th | Sakuun | 策雲 | 8-Dan | 1719-1734 |
heir | Yuseki | 友碩 | 5-Dan | 1720-1726 |
6th | Shunseki | 春碩 | 8-Dan | 1734-1772 |
7th | Shuntatsu | 春達 | 7-Dan | 1772-1792 |
8th | Intatsu | 因達 | 7-Dan | 1792-1805 |
9th | Shunsaku | 春策 | 7-Dan | 1805-1810 |
10th | Insa | 因砂 | 7-Dan | 1810-1824 |
11th | Genan | 幻庵 | 8-Dan | 1824-1846 |
12th | Setsuzan | 節山 | 6-Dan | 1846-1850 |
13th | Matsumoto | 松本 | 7-Dan | 1850-1891 |
14th | Otsuka | 大塚 | 8-Dan | 1891-1904 |
15th | Tabuchi | 田淵 | 5-Dan | 1904-1917 |
16th | Egeta | 恵下 | 7-Dan | 1917-1961 |
Notes: When the school actually closed is uncertain. The date 1961 is used as that is when Egeta died. When playing professionally, the 2nd through the 16th Inoue were known as Inoue Inseki 井上 因碩. (See iemoto system.) The use names shown are usually from their retirement or prior to becoming head of the school.