Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese Go player
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Place of Birth: Bingo Province, Japan
About Hon'inbō Shūsaku
- Shusaku (?????, Yasuda Eisai, Kuwahara Shusaku, Invincible Shusaku, born as Kuwabara Torajiro (?????); June 6, 1829 – September 3, 1862) was a Japanese professional Go player from the 19th century.
- He is known for his undefeated streak of 19-games during the annual castle games; his thirty-game match with Ota Yuzo; the eponymous Shusaku opening; and his posthumous veneration as a "Go sage".
- Next to his teacher, Hon'inbo Shuwa, he is considered to have been the strongest player from 1847/8 to his death in 1862.
- He was nicknamed Invincible Shusaku because of his castle games performance.
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