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Honninbō Sansa

Go player, founder of the prestigious Hon'inbō school

  • Fame46.5
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Lived 1559–1623, aged 64Japan
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  • Era
    1559–1623
    Aged 64
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Updated 2026-07-18

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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