Honinbo Shusai

Japanese: 本因坊秀哉 - ほんいんぼうしゅうさい

Born: 1874, Tokyo
[Died] 1940
Go master. His real name was Tamura Yasuhisa. He started out as a student of the Hoensha school and reached the rank of 2nd dan (at the time, Hoensha was ranked 8th in the kyu system), but in 1891 he left the school and was stripped of his rank and became unranked. The following year he became a disciple of Honinbo Shuei and was allowed to reach the rank of "flying 4th dan". In 1905 he was promoted to 7th dan, but as he approached the rank of his teacher, they became estranged. After Shuei's death in February 1907, he had a dispute over the succession to the Honinbo with Karigane Junichi, who was supported by Shuei's widow Makiko. With the support of the retired Shugen (the 16th and 20th Honinbo), he reclaimed the 20th title for one year, and became the 21st Honinbo Shusai in February 1908. That autumn he reached 8th dan, and in 1914 he became a Meijin. When he joined forces with the Hoensha to found the Central Ki-in in 1908, he transferred the right to issue certificates, which was passed on to the Nihon Ki-in, which was founded the following year. In 1901, the Mainichi Shimbun (then the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun and the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun) and the Nihon Ki-in decided to abolish the hereditary system of the Honinbo family and to allow a new generation of champions to inherit the name. This was the Honinbo tournament. His retirement game in 1903 was against 7th dan Kitani Minoru, who had won the preliminary round.

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Japanese:

[生]1874. 東京
[没]1940
囲碁名人。本名田村保寿。初め方円社の塾生で2段 (当時，方円社は級位制で第8級) までなったが，1891年脱社して段 (級) 位を剥奪され，無段となった。翌年本因坊秀栄の門に入って「飛びつき4段」を許された。 1905年7段に昇段，師の域に近づいた頃から疎遠となり，07年2月の秀栄没後，未亡人まき子の支持する雁金準一と本因坊継承問題を起した。隠居秀元 (16世および 20世本因坊) の支持により，1年だけ 20世を再襲，21世本因坊秀哉となったのは 08年2月。その秋8段に進み，14年名人に就位。 23年方円社と合同して中央棋院を創立した際免状発行権を譲渡し，それが翌年創立の日本棋院に受継がれた。 36年，毎日新聞社 (当時は東京日日新聞，大阪毎日新聞両社) ，日本棋院とはかって本因坊家の世襲制を廃し，新時代の選手権者に名跡を継承させることに踏切った。それが本因坊戦である。 38年予選を勝抜いた木谷実7段との対局が引退碁。

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