Honinbo Shuho
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, known also as Murase Shūho (村瀬 秀甫), was the first Japanese professional go player to have a reputation in the Western world.
institution and taught the game of Go
to a German
visitor by the name of Oskar Korschelt
. Korschelt later was the first person to spread and popularize Go to any effect, in a non-Asia
n country. Shuho became the 18th Honinbō
in 1886.
Shuho became a student in the Honinbō house at the age of seven and was awarded a 1-dan rank in 1848, reaching 6-dan in 1861. He was the strongest Honinbō disciple after Shusaku, and Shuwa wanted to make him his heir when Shusaku died, but Jowa
's widow blocked this plan. He became head of the Hoensha
in 1879. Shuho published the famous book Hoen Shinpo in 1882, which outlined the Meiji era fuseki. After a rapprochement between the Hoensha and the Honinbo house in 1886, Shuei promoted Shuho to 8-dan and stepped aside to allow him to become head of the Honinbō house. Shuho died only three months after becoming Honinbō. In the last few years of his life he was the strongest player in Japan.
Biography
A disciple in the Honinbo house, he founded the HoenshaHoensha
The Hoensha was a Japanese Go organization founded in 1879 by Honinbo Shuho. The Hoensha was the successor to study groups set up by Nakagawa Kamesaburo and other players. It was the major Go organization of the later Meiji period. Like the many Go organizations today, the Hoensha awarded...
institution and taught the game of Go
Go (board game)
Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...
to a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
visitor by the name of Oskar Korschelt
Oskar Korschelt
Oskar Korschelt was a German chemist and engineer who introduced the Asian strategy board game of Go to Europe, especially to Germany and Austria.He was an industrial chemist working in the brewing industry...
. Korschelt later was the first person to spread and popularize Go to any effect, in a non-Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n country. Shuho became the 18th Honinbō
Honinbo
Honinbō was the name of one of the four major schools of Go in Japan. Easily the strongest school of Go for most of its existence, it was established in 1612 and survived until 1940....
in 1886.
Shuho became a student in the Honinbō house at the age of seven and was awarded a 1-dan rank in 1848, reaching 6-dan in 1861. He was the strongest Honinbō disciple after Shusaku, and Shuwa wanted to make him his heir when Shusaku died, but Jowa
Honinbo Jowa
Honinbo Jowa served as 12th Honinbo from 1827 and Meijin Godokoro from 1831 until 1839, when he was forced into retirement....
's widow blocked this plan. He became head of the Hoensha
Hoensha
The Hoensha was a Japanese Go organization founded in 1879 by Honinbo Shuho. The Hoensha was the successor to study groups set up by Nakagawa Kamesaburo and other players. It was the major Go organization of the later Meiji period. Like the many Go organizations today, the Hoensha awarded...
in 1879. Shuho published the famous book Hoen Shinpo in 1882, which outlined the Meiji era fuseki. After a rapprochement between the Hoensha and the Honinbo house in 1886, Shuei promoted Shuho to 8-dan and stepped aside to allow him to become head of the Honinbō house. Shuho died only three months after becoming Honinbō. In the last few years of his life he was the strongest player in Japan.