Honinbo (or Hon'inbō, 本因坊) is a title used by the head of the Honinbo house or the winner of the Honinbo tournament. The Honinbo house was a school of...

Shusaku (本因坊秀策, Yasuda Eisai, Kuwahara Shusaku, Invincible Shusaku, born Kuwabara Torajiro (桑原虎次郎); June 6, 1829 – September 3, 1862) was a Japanese professional...

Hon'inbō Shūsai (本因坊 秀哉, Hon'inbō Shūsai, June 24, 1874 – January 18, 1940) is the professional name of Hoju Tamura, also known as Yasuhisa Tamura (田村保寿...

Hon'inbō Dōsaku (本因坊道策, 1645–1702) was a professional Go player. Dōsaku was one of the greatest Go players in history. He was born in the Iwami Province...

Hon'inbō Shūho (本因坊 秀甫, 1838 – October 14, 1886), also known as Murase Shūho (村瀬 秀甫), was the first Japanese professional go player to have a reputation...

Hon'inbō Sansa (本因坊 算砂, 1559 – June 13, 1623) was the assumed name of Kanō Yosaburō (加納 與三郎), one of the strongest Japanese Go players of the Edo period...

becoming head of their house, or after their retirement. The house Honinbo (本因坊) had no such tradition, although heads would often take one character from...

Ogawa Doteki (本因坊道的, 1669–1690), also known as Honinbo Doteki, was a professional Japanese Go player of the Honinbo house. By the time Doteki was 13,...

The Honinbo (本因坊) is a Go competition and the oldest Go title in Japan. Sponsored by Mainichi Shimbun, the Honinbo pays out ¥28 million to the winner...

Hon'inbō Shūwa (本因坊秀和, c. 1820–1873) was a Japanese professional Go player, and also the fourteenth head of the Hon'inbō house from 1847 to 1873. Shūwa's...