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...

per move. The title of "Meijin" derives from a game played by the first Hon'inbō, Sansa. An onlooker (no less than Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga) watched...

established Four hereditary "houses" to teach the game of Go: Hon'inbō (本因坊, Hon'inbō), Hayashi (林, Hayashi), Inoue (井上, Inoue) and Yasui (安井, Yasui)...

post of Godokoro (Minister of Go). Nikkai took the name Hon'inbō Sansa and founded the Hon'inbō Go school. Several competing schools were founded soon...

Akira. Game based on (Sai): Hon'inbō Dōsaku vs. Yasui Chitetsu (1669) Game based on (Hikaru): Hon'inbō Shūsaku vs. Hon'inbō Shūwa (1851) 2 "The Key Point"...

75-episode anime television series by Studio Pierrot, which was broadcast between 2001 and 2003 on TV Tokyo. ヒカルの碁 1 [Hikaru no Go, Vol. 1] (in Japanese). Shueisha...

The Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊戦, Joryū Hon'inbō-sen) is a Japanese Go competition. The Women's Honinbo is the female version of the Honinbo. It is sponsored...

began, the only players who were given the title "Kisei" were Dōsaku and Hon′inbō Shūsaku. The holder is challenged by whoever wins the round robin league...

St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758) 1862 – Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) 1875 – Karl Andree, German geographer...