Hon'inbō Shūgen
Hon'inbō Shugen (本因坊 秀元, 1854 – 5 September 1917) was a Japanese professional go player. He was twice head of the Hon'inbō house, being both the sixteenth and the twentieth head.
| Hon'inbō Shūgen | |
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| Full name | Hon'inbō Shūgen |
| Kanji | 本因坊 秀元 |
| Born | 1854 Japan |
| Died | September 1917 (aged 62–63) Japan |
Biography
While not an outstanding exponent of the game by the standards set earlier in the 19th century, Shugen twice took over Honinbo leadership, essentially as a stopgap leader. On the first occasion, the go world was coping with the declining interest in the game produced by the Meiji Restoration.
gollark: You can use `cat > /dev/null` to emulate a rubber duck, maybe with `feh` or something to have a picture of it too.
gollark: Use a virtual rubber duck?
gollark: It's terminated by a combination of a NUL and length thing.
gollark: I was lying to you. Muahahahahaha.
gollark: It's not exactly null terminated, you just have a NUL which may not be at the end but represents a position.
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| Preceded by Hon'inbō Shūetsu |
Hon'inbō 1879–1884 |
Succeeded by Hon'inbō Shūei |
| Preceded by Hon'inbō Shūei |
Hon'inbō 1907–1908 |
Succeeded by Hon'inbō Shūsai |
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