Inoue house
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The Inoue house was one of the four go houses
, the state-supported schools for the game of go
in Japan during the Edo period
.
The numbering of the heads of the house is that introduced by Inoue Genan Inseki, at the start of the nineteenth century, and including Nakamura Doseki for reasons of prestige. During their playing careers all the heads, apart from Doseki, were called Inoue Inseki. For reasons of convenience the retirement or posthumous names are used, in the style Inoue Genkaku Inseki with the personal part of the name interposed. Variant names abound.
After Doseki, Inoue Dosetsu Inseki was the only Meijin
from this house.
The house survived well into modern times with Egeta, but it is rather unclear what happened to the tradition on his death.
Four go houses
In the history of go in Japan, the Four go houses were the four academies of Go instituted, supported, and controlled by the state, at the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate. At roughly the same time shogi was organised into three houses. Here 'house' implies institution run on the recognised...
, the state-supported schools for 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...
in Japan during the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
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The numbering of the heads of the house is that introduced by Inoue Genan Inseki, at the start of the nineteenth century, and including Nakamura Doseki for reasons of prestige. During their playing careers all the heads, apart from Doseki, were called Inoue Inseki. For reasons of convenience the retirement or posthumous names are used, in the style Inoue Genkaku Inseki with the personal part of the name interposed. Variant names abound.
- 中村道碩 Nakamura DosekiNakamura DosekiNakamura Dōseki was a Japanese professional go player. Tradition counts him as the founder of the Inoue house. This was in fact a retrospective inclusion, essentially a fabrication of the early nineteenth century by Inoue Genan Inseki. It accounts for the name Inoue Nakamura Dōseki sometimes...
1612-1630 - 井上玄覚因碩 Genkaku 1630-1673
- 井上道砂因碩 Dosa 1673-1692
- 井上道節因碩 Dosetsu 1692-1719
- 井上策雲因碩 Sakuun 1719-1734
- 井上春碩因碩 Shunseki 1734-1772
- 井上春達因碩 Shuntatsu 1772-1792
- 井上因達因碩 Intatsu 1792-1805
- 井上春策因碩 Shunsaku 1805-1810
- 井上因砂因碩 InsaINSAThe Institut National des Sciences Appliquées is a grande école - a French engineering university....
1810-1824 - 井上幻庵因碩 Genan 1824-1846
- 井上節山因碩 Setsuzan 1846-1850
- 井上松本因碩 Matsumoto 1850-1891
- 井上大塚因碩 Otsuka 1891-1904
- 井上田淵因碩 Tabuchi 1904-1917
- 井上恵下田因碩 Egeta 1917-1961
After Doseki, Inoue Dosetsu Inseki was the only Meijin
Meijin
Meijin , literally translated, means "Brilliant Man." It is the name of the second most prestigious Japanese Go Tournament. It also refers to a traditional Japanese title given to the strongest player of the day during the Edo period.- The tournament :...
from this house.
The house survived well into modern times with Egeta, but it is rather unclear what happened to the tradition on his death.