Hosai Fujisawa

Hosai Fujisawa (藤沢 朋斎, Fujisawa Hōsai, born as Kuranosuke Fujisawa (藤沢 庫之助 Fujisawa Kuranosuke), March 5, 1919 August 2, 1993) was a professional Go player. Hideyuki Fujisawa is his uncle.

Hosai Fujisawa
Fujisawa Kuranosuke (on the right) during the first jubango versus Go Seigen (left)
Full nameHosai Fujisawa
Kanji藤沢朋斎
Born(1919-03-05)March 5, 1919
Yokohama, Japan
DiedAugust 2, 1993(1993-08-02) (aged 74)
Japan
TeacherHoninbō Shūsai
Rank9 dan

Biography

Hosai Fujisawa was born in Yokohama, Japan. He was among the best players of the 20th century. He became an insei at the Nihon Ki-in when he was 11 years old. He became one of Honinbō Shūsai's disciples. He was known for a strong sense of will, reading deeply and taking long turns. He had a fuseki that was different from other players. Fujisawa would usually open the game on the 3-3 point in one of the corners, then make enclosures on the parallel corner when he played black. When he played white he often played imitation go.

In 1939 and 1940, Fujisawa played a Jubango against Go Seigen when they were respectively 6p and 8p. Fujisawa won the 10.match series 6 to 4, though he did benefit from josen handicap throughout.

He was the first player to be promoted to 9 dan in the Oteai system when he won the Oteai seven times. He was known for playing two jubango matches with Go Seigen some 10 years after the first jubango. These matches occurred in 1951 and 1952, the time when Fujisawa and Go were the only 9 dans. Fujisawa lost both of the matches.

An example of Hosai's fuseki (Hosai is Black).

Titles & runners-up

TitleYears Held
Current 2
Japan Judan 1964
Japan Oza 1958
Defunct 1
Japan Hayago Championship 1971
TitleYears Lost
Current 9
Japan Honinbō 1957
Japan Judan 1965, 1967
Japan Oza 1963
Japan NHK Cup 1955, 1957, 1960, 1967, 1969
Defunct 3
Japan Hayago Championship 1968, 1970, 1972

References

Media related to Fujisawa Hōsai at Wikimedia Commons

  • 9-Dan Showdown by John Fairbairn, Slate & Shell, 2010. ISBN 1-932001-55-7


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