The Master of Go, 名人(2013.1.11)

     Master of Go, Shusai Honninbo (1874-1940), twenty first in the Honninbo succession, played his final match (Intai Go)  with Minoru Kitani (1909-1975) of the Seventh Rank .

     The match began in Tokyo on June 26, 1938, at the Koyokan Restaurant in Shiba Park, and  ended  on December 4, in Ito, at the Dankoen Inn. A single game took almost half a year.  The last play was Black 237, by the Master's appointment. His defeat by five points made quite clear.

A Novel, The Master of Go,　小説、名人、川端康成著．

(Literature cited) 　The Master of Go: a novel by Yasunari Kawabata; Translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker, ALFRED A.  KNOPF,  INC.(1972). 名人、川端康成著、英訳．

The final match of Shusai Honninbo, Master of Go、本因坊秀哉名人の引退碁：　http://kanazawa-sakurada.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2012/12/43.html．