Hon'inbō Shūgen

Hon'inbō Shūgen
Full name	Hon'inbō Shūgen
Kanji	本因坊 秀元
Born	1854 Japan
Died	September 1917 (aged 62–63) Japan

Hon'inbō Shugen (本因坊 秀元, 1854 – 5 September 1917) was a Japanese professional go player. He was twice head of the Hon'inbō house, being both the sixteenth and the twentieth head.

Biography

While not an outstanding exponent of the game by the standards set earlier in the 19th century, Shugen twice took over Honinbo leadership, essentially as a stopgap leader. On the first occasion, the go world was coping with the declining interest in the game produced by the Meiji Restoration.

External links

• Page at Sensei's Library