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The Women's Meijin (女流名人戦, Joryū Meijin-sen) is a Go competition. The Women's Meijin is the female version of the Meijin title. This title is sponsored...

post of Godokoro (minister of Go), which was awarded to the strongest player of a generation. Such players were dubbed Meijin (brilliant man), which was...

professional Go player in Japan. She holds the titles of Honorary Female Honinbo and Honorary Female Meijin, and, as of 2016, holds three major female titles...

(English) Akira Toya's father and professional Go player, known as Toya Meijin (塔矢 名人, Tōya Meijin); Meijin being one of the titles he earned. He rivals...

The Master of Go (Japanese: 名人, Hepburn: Meijin) is a novel by the Nobel Prize winning Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. First published in serial form...

prestigious title Meijin (master) and the post of Godokoro (minister of Go). Of special note are the players who were dubbed Kisei (Go Sage). The only three...

China-Japan Agon Cup is a title sponsored by Agon Shu. China-Japan Meijin China-Japan NEC Super Go China-Japan Supermatches (1984–2001) China-Japan Tengen (1988–2002)...

one of the four Go houses of Edo period Japan. It was in effect the junior partner in the system of Go schools, never producing a Meijin player. Always...

Wins Female Mingren; Cho U Takes Game 1 in Judan; Mukai Chiaki Wins First Round in Female Meijin". usgo.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011. "WORLD GO NEWS ROUND-UP...

myungin in Korean language, literally meaning "Brilliant Man", is same as meijin in Japanese and as mingren in Chinese. "韩国女子名人战回顾：芮乃伟十度夺冠 2016停办", sina...

opportunity to play a game against Honinbo Shusai Meijin. At that juncture, Honinbo Shusai embodied the highest go authority and tradition in Japan. In addition...

tournaments include the Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Judan, Tengen, Gosei, and the Oza. There are also separate Honinbo, Meijin, and Kisei titles for women....

row 2013 to 2021. Cho Chikun won the Meijin 5 times in a row from 1980 to 1984. Kobayashi Koichi won the Meijin 7 times in a row from 1988 to 1994. Takagawa...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu as a Go teacher, and in 1578 was recognized as the first Meijin of Go by Oda Nobunaga; he also became the first Hon'inbō...

standard shogi and Go were promoted by the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1612, the shogunate passed a law giving endowments to top shogi players (Meijin (名人)). During...

leads Honinbo League". American Go E-Journal. 2021-02-09. "The Power Report: Fujisawa defends 40th Women's Honinbo; Meijin title match tied; Iyama and Shibano...

making the Oza his second major title. Cho would go on to win each major at least once: the Meijin in 2004, the Gosei in 2006, the Tengen in 2008, the...

formerly Reiko Kitani (木谷 禮子, Kitani Reiko), was a Japanese female 7-dan professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in. Reiko Kobayashi has several professional...

there was an ongoing struggle to take control of the official positions of Meijin and godokoro. Hundreds of game records of the castle games survive; a large...

to retake the Female Honinbo title. In March 2017, Fujisawa won the Female Meijin title. She beat Hsieh Yimin by 2–0. In June 2017, she beat Hsieh Yimin...