"Igo Shinpo" - Igo Shinpo

…At the age of eight, he entered the Honinbo family as a disciple, and during the Bunkyu era (1861-64) he reached the rank of 7th dan, but due to the issue of the succession of the Honinbo title he traveled around the country. In 1879, he founded the Houensha study group, which split off from the family head and developed into the Shinko Go Association the following year, 1880, and edited and distributed the journal Igo Shinpo. This was the first monthly Igo magazine. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…8歳で本因坊家へ入門，文久年間(1861‐64)7段となったが，本因坊相続問題で地方を遊歴。1879年研究会として方円社を主宰し，家元と分裂して翌80年新興棋院に発展させ，機関誌《囲碁新報》を編集配布した。これが月刊囲碁誌の嚆矢（こうし）である。…

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