Hon'inbō Sansa was the assumed name of Kanō Yosaburō , one of the strongest Japanese Go players of the Edo period (1603-1867), and founder of the house of Hon'inbō, first among the four great schools of Go in Japan. He was a Buddhist priest of the Nichiren sect, and his original dharma name was Nikkai (日海).
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Lived 1559 to 1623 · aged 64
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