Houensha - Houensha

Japanese: 方円社 - ほうえんしゃ

A go association in the Meiji and Taisho periods. It was the predecessor of the Nihon Ki-in. In April 1879, Nakagawa Kamesaburo, Kobayashi Tetsujiro and other volunteers called for the establishment of a study group, and it was established with the participation of the four Go schools, led by Murase Shuho (later the 18th Honinbo), but in September of the same year, the group split over the issue of rank, and the head of the school withdrew from the association and sought to have his license revoked. In May 1880, Houensha began to call itself a rank, and in July, Shuho became president and changed the organization from a study group to a new Go school. The journal Igi Shinpo was first published in 1879 and continued until 1924. After Shuho, the presidents were Nakagawa 2nd, Iwasaki Kenzo 3rd, Nakagawa 4th (the second Nakagawa, formerly Ishii Senji), Hirose Heijiro 5th, and Iwasa Kei 6th. In January 1890, they joined forces with the Honinbo family to establish the Central Ki-in, but in April they split off and reverted to the Hoensha. In May 1891, they joined forces with the Central Ki-in, centered around the Bomon family, and the Haisei-kai to establish the Nihon Ki-in.

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Japanese:

明治，大正期の囲碁結社。日本棋院の前身。 1879年4月，中川亀三郎，小林鉄次郎らの有志が研究会の組織設立を呼びかけ，村瀬秀甫 (のちに 18世本因坊) を中心に棋院四家も参加する形で成立したが，同年9月序列問題で割れ，家元側は退会，免状剥奪の挙に出た。 80年5月方円社はみずから段位を呼称し，7月秀甫を社長に研究会から新興棋院に組織を変えた。機関誌『囲棋新報』は 79年発刊当初から 1924年まで続いた。社長は秀甫のあと2代中川，3代巌埼健造，4代中川 (中川の2代目，旧名石井千治) ，5代広瀬平治郎，6代岩佐けい。 23年1月，本因坊家と合同して中央棋院を設立したが，4月に分裂して方円社に復し，24年5月坊門を中心とした中央棋院や稗聖会 (はいせいかい) と合同して日本棋院が創立された。

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