Honinbo Sansa - Honinbo Sansa

Japanese: 本因坊算砂 - ほんいんぼうさんさ

Born: May 1559, Kyoto
[Died] May 16, 1623 (Genwa 9). Edo Go Master. Formerly known as Kano. He entered the Buddhist priesthood under his uncle, Niben, the founder of Jakkoji Temple, while studying Go under Sen'ya in Sakai. In June 1582 (Tensho 10), on the eve of the Honnoji Incident, he was summoned by Oda Nobunaga through the introduction of Kashio Toshikata (not to be confused with his future rival, Teri Genbo), and is said to have scored three ko in a game against Kashio (→ ko). The following year he was summoned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who favored him, and in the 16th year of the same year he was given a certificate that no one had a black hand (except for his master Sen'ya, who played with a tagaisen), a red seal ordering the rules for Go players, and a stipend of 20 koku and 20 people. It is merely an exaggeration to say that this was the beginning of the Go school. He was also well received by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and accompanied him to Edo when the shogunate was established in February 1603. Sansha was good at both go and shogi, and initially served as the general supervisor of the go and shogi players. He introduced his friend Ohashi Sokei to Ieyasu, who then took over the position of supervisor. After Ieyasu unified the country, Sansha's stipend was increased by an additional 300 koku to 350 koku and 20 people's support. He died in Edo and was buried at Jakko-ji Temple. At the time, Sansha was not the head of a school, and the title of Honinbo was limited to one generation, but in 1630, Nakamura Doseki, Sansha's top disciple who had been given the title of Meijin, applied to the shogunate and made Sanetsu the second Honinbo.

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Japanese:

[生]永禄2(1559).5. 京都
[没]元和9(1623).5.16. 江戸
囲碁名人。旧姓加納。おじの寂光寺開祖日淵について仏門に入るかたわら堺の仙也に碁を学んだ。天正 10 (1582) 年6月本能寺の変前夜に鹿塩利賢 (のちの好敵手利玄坊とは別人) の紹介で織田信長に召し出され，鹿塩との対局で三コウを生じたと伝えられる (→コウ ) 。翌年豊臣秀吉に召し出されて寵愛を受け，同 16年，だれにも黒をもたない資格 (ただし師匠仙也は例外として互先〈たがいせん〉) と碁方 (碁打衆) の法度を申しつける朱印ならびに 20石 20人扶持の禄を与えられた。後世これを碁所の開始としたのは拡大解釈にすぎない。徳川家康にも厚遇を受け，慶長8 (1603) 年2月江戸開府に際し伴われて出府した。算砂は碁とともに将棋をよくし，初めは碁将棋衆の総取締りの立場にあった。知友の大橋宗桂を家康に紹介し，将棋衆取締りの地位を譲った。算砂の禄は家康の天下統一後，別に 300石が加えられ 350石 20人扶持となった。江戸で没し，寂光寺に葬られた。この当時，本因坊は家元でもなく算砂1代限りであったが，寛永7 (30) 年算砂の高弟で名人の資格を譲られた中村道碩が幕府に願い出て算悦を2代目本因坊とした。

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