Hosai Fujisawa

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Hosai Fujisawa

Full name	Hosai Fujisawa
Kanji	藤沢朋斎
Date of birth	March 5, 1919
Place of birth	Yokohama, Japan
Date of death	August 2, 1993
Place of death	, Japan
Teacher	Honinbo Shusai
Rank	9 dan

Hosai Fujisawa (藤沢朋斎, Fujisawa Hosai^?, March 5, 1919 - August 2, 1993), also known as Kuranosuke Fujisawa was a professional Go player.

[edit] Biography

Hosai Fujisawa was born in Yokohama, Japan. He was among the best players of the 20th century. He became an insei when he was 11 at the Nihon-Kiin. He became one of Honinbo Shusai's disciples. He was known for a strong sense of will and would read deep and took long turns. He had fuseki that was different from other players. He would open the game usually on the 3-3 in one of the corners, then made enclosures on the parallel corner when he used black. When he used white he usually played imitation go. He was the first player to be promoted to 9 dan with the Oteai system when he won the Oteai seven times. He was known for playing Jubango matches with Go Seigen, which are two matches made up of 10 games. These games occurred in 1951 and 1952, the time when Hosai and Seigen were the only 9 dans. Unfortunately, Hosai lost both of the matches.