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Games by Dosaku

Honinbo Dosaku (本因坊道策, 1645–1702) was the fourth Honinbo, the strongest player of his times. His real name was Yamazaki Sanjiro. He succeeded his teacher, the 3rd Honinbo Doetsu, in 1677, and was appointed Meijin Godokoro the next year. His younger brother Dosa had become Inoue Dosa Inseki in 1672.

This page gives the 153 games that have been preserved. Various sources have versions that differ in details.

The name "Honinbo Dosaku" is used everywhere below (and not, e.g., Yamazaki).

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Castle games

It is said that Dosaku played 16 castle games with White, and won 14. The two losses were against a 2-stone handicap, and by 1 point.

date jdate black white ha result #mv sgf
1667-12-05 Kanbun 7-10-20 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+5 185 sgf
1668-11-24 Kanbun 8-10-20 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Santetsu II B+10 232 sgf
1669-11-13 Kanbun 9-10-20 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Santetsu II B+13 141 sgf
1670-11-29 Kanbun 10-10-17 Yasui Santetsu II Honinbo Dosaku W+9 244 sgf
1671-11-21 Kanbun 11-10-20 Yasui Santetsu II Honinbo Dosaku W+ 174 sgf
1672 Yasui Santetsu II Honinbo Dosaku W+10
1674-01-08 Enpō 1-12-2 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Santetsu II B+12 272 sgf
1674-12-21 Enpō 2-11-24 Yasui Santetsu II Honinbo Dosaku W+6 253 sgf
1675-12-06 Enpō 3-10-20 Yasui Santetsu II Honinbo Dosaku W+18 246 sgf
1676-11-29 Enpō 4-10-24 Yasui Santetsu II Honinbo Dosaku W+10 253 sgf
1678-01-17 Enpō 5-12-24 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+5 219 sgf
1679-11-27 Enpō 7-10-24 Yasui Santetsu II Honinbo Dosaku W+3 229 sgf
1682-01-30 Tenna 1-12-22 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+19 140 sgf
1683-01-17 Tenna 2-12-20 Yasui Santetsu II Honinbo Dosaku W+15 258 sgf
1684-01-05 Tenna 3-11-19 Yasui Shunchi Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+1 277 sgf
1696-12-23 Genroku 9-11-29 Yasui Senkaku Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+1 264 sgf

(ha = handicap)

The 1670-11-29 game is well-known for its first move at tengen.
The 1684-01-05 defeat by one point is known as Dosaku's "life-time masterpiece".

Peichin

In 1682 Peichin Hamahika from the Ryukyu Islands visited.

date jdate black white ha result #mv sgf
1682-05-24 Tenna 2-4-17 Peichin Hamahika Honinbo Dosaku 4 W+14 241 sgf
1682-05-24 Tenna 2-4-17 Peichin Hamahika Honinbo Dosaku 4 B+3 243 sgf

Games with Yasui Shunchi

Apart from the Castle Game mentioned above (the "life-time masterpiece" of both players), there are two records of games with Yasui Shunchi (1653-1689).

date jdate black white ha result #mv sgf
1672 Kanbun 12 Yasui Shunchi Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+4 272 sgf
1675-09-25 Enpō 3-8-6 Yasui Shunchi Honinbo Dosaku W+R 146 sgf

Games with Yasui Santetsu II

Apart from the Castle Games mentioned above, there are five records of games with Yasui Santetsu II = Shibukawa Harumi (1639-1715), astronomer, son of Yasui Santetsu.

date jdate black white result #mv sgf
1667-1668 Kanbun 7 or 8 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Santetsu II B+12 88 sgf
1668-07-26 Kanbun 8-6-18 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Santetsu II B+R 137 sgf
1668-11-22 Kanbun 8-10-18 Yasui Santetsu II Honinbo Dosaku Jigo 80 sgf
1668-11-29 Kanbun 8-10-25 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Santetsu II B+18 111 sgf
1669-09-16 Kanbun 9-8-21 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Santetsu II B+10 155 sgf

Games with Yasui Chitetsu

Apart from the Castle Games mentioned above, there are 45 records of games with Yasui Chitetsu (1644-1700), the 3rd head of the Yasui house.

date jdate black white ha result #mv sgf
ca. 1665 Kanbun era Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+2 111 sgf
ca. 1665 Kanbun era Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+9 123 sgf
ca. 1665 Kanbun era Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku B+9 144 sgf
ca. 1665 Kanbun era Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+3 146 sgf
ca. 1665 Kanbun era Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku B+11 149 sgf
ca. 1665 Kanbun era Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Chitetsu B+10 159 sgf
1666-06 Kanbun 6-5 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Chitetsu B+13 197 sgf
1668-07-10 Kanbun 8-6-2 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+2 204 sgf
1668-07-12 Kanbun 8-6-4 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Chitetsu B+4 145 sgf
1668-07-16 Kanbun 8-6-8 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+4 188 sgf
1668-08-02 Kanbun 8-6-25 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+2 130 sgf
1668-08-02 Kanbun 8-6-25 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Chitetsu B+14 185 sgf
1668-08-27 Kanbun 8-7-20 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Chitetsu B+17 125 sgf
1668-08-29 Kanbun 8-7-22 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku B+5 89 sgf
1668-10-03 Kanbun 8-8-27 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Chitetsu B+4 216 sgf
1669-01-20 Kanbun 8-12-18 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+11 151 sgf
1669-07-29 Kanbun 9-7-2 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+4 266 sgf
1669-08-03 Kanbun 9-7-7 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+10 232 sgf
1669-09-02 Kanbun 9-8-7 Honinbo Dosaku Yasui Chitetsu B+ 105 sgf
1669-09-22 Kanbun 9-8-27 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+2 158 sgf
1669-11-07 Kanbun 9-10-14 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+4 158 sgf
1670-09-22 Kanbun 10-8-9 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku B+R 139 sgf
1670-10-10 Kanbun 10-8-27 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+4 200 sgf
1670-10-20 Kanbun 10-9-7 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+10 154 sgf
1670-10-31 Kanbun 10-9-18 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+5 168 sgf
1670-11-02 Kanbun 10-9-20 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+13 238 sgf
1671-08-25 Kanbun 11-7-21 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+2 152 sgf
1672-10-28 Kanbun 12-9-8 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+8 263 sgf
1673-09-03 Kanbun 13-7-23 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+8 240 sgf
1674-08-22 Enpō 2-7-21 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 Jigo 294 sgf
1674-08-30 Enpō 2-7-29 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+5 261 sgf
1674-09-24 Enpō 2-8-25 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+2 314 sgf
1674-10-02 Enpō 2-9-3 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku B+6 279 sgf
1674-10-17 Enpō 2-9-18 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+14 210 sgf
1674-10-22 Enpō 2-9-23 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+R 150 sgf
1674-12-06 Enpō 2-11-9 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+1 207 sgf
1674-12-07 Enpō 2-11-10 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku B+2 244 sgf
1674-12-08 Enpō 2-11-11 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+R 177 sgf
ca. 1675 Enpō era Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku B+1 180 sgf
1676 Enpō 4 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+8 167 sgf
1676 Enpō 4 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+7 184 sgf
1676 Enpō 4 Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+9 265 sgf
1678 Enpō era Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+7 113 sgf
1678 Enpō era Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+R 125 sgf
1678 Enpō era Yasui Chitetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+R 204 sgf

Games with Yamazaki Dosa

Yamazaki Dosa (d. 1697), the brother of Dosaku, was the second head of the Inoue house.

date jdate black white ha result #mv sgf
1660s Kanbun era Yamazaki Dosa Honinbo Dosaku 2 Unfinished 109 sgf
1660s Kanbun era Yamazaki Dosa Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+17 60 sgf
1660s Kanbun era Yamazaki Dosa Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+ 73 sgf
1669-02-14 Kanbun 9-1-14 Yamazaki Dosa Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+R 85 sgf
1678-03-04 Enpō 6-1-12 Inoue Dosa Inseki Honinbo Dosaku 2 Jigo 239 sgf
1678-11-27 Enpō 6-10-14 Inoue Dosa Inseki Honinbo Dosaku W+14 172 sgf
1680s Tenna era Inoue Dosa Inseki Honinbo Dosaku W+6 208 sgf
1683-02-24 Tenna 3-1-28 Inoue Dosa Inseki Honinbo Dosaku W+13 239 sgf

Games with Honinbo Doetsu

Honinbo Doetsu (1636-1727) was the third head of the Honinbo house, the teacher of Dosaku.

date jdate black white result #mv sgf
Kanbun era Honinbo Dosaku Honinbo Doetsu B+10 71 sgf
1660s Honinbo Doetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+6 165 sgf
1660s Honinbo Dosaku Honinbo Doetsu B+R 198 sgf
1660s Kanbun era Honinbo Doetsu Honinbo Dosaku B+R 204 sgf
1669-02-11 Kanbun 9-1-11 Honinbo Dosaku Honinbo Doetsu B+1 87 sgf
1669-07-16,17,18 Kanbun 9-6-19,20,21 Honinbo Doetsu Honinbo Dosaku B+3 147 sgf
1670s Kanbun era Honinbo Dosaku Honinbo Doetsu B+R 151 sgf
1680-06-01 Enpō 8-5-5 Honinbo Dosaku Honinbo Doetsu B+3 230 sgf
1681-11-08 Enpō 9-9-28 Honinbo Doetsu Honinbo Dosaku W+R 154 sgf
1681-11-09 Tenna 1-9-29 Honinbo Doetsu Honinbo Dosaku Jigo 240 sgf
Tenna era Honinbo Doetsu Honinbo Dosaku B+3 141 sgf

Games with Minamisato Yohei

date jdate black white result #mv sgf
1660s Kanbun era Honinbo Dosaku Minamisato Yohei B+12 99 sgf
1661-01-06,07 Kanbun era Minamisato Yohei Honinbo Dosaku B+R 79 sgf
1672-06-11 Kanbun 12-5-16 Minamisato Yohei Honinbo Dosaku W+R 138 sgf
1672-06-25 Kanbun 12-6-1 Honinbo Dosaku Minamisato Yohei B+R 177 sgf
ca. 1665 Kanbun era Honinbo Dosaku Minamisato Yohei B+10 105 sgf

Games with Fukuo Genko

date jdate black white ha result #mv sgf
1678-05-23 Enpō 6-4-3 Fukuo Genko Honinbo Dosaku 3 B+5 151 sgf
1678-10-17 Enpō 6-9-2 Fukuo Genko Honinbo Dosaku 3 B+1 154 sgf
1679-02-24 Enpō 7-1-14 Fukuo Genko Honinbo Dosaku 3 B+4 103 sgf
1679-05-12 Enpō 7-4-3 Fukuo Genko Honinbo Dosaku 3 W+3 139 sgf
1679-10-02 Enpō 7-8-28 Fukuo Genko Honinbo Dosaku 3 B+11 124 sgf
1679-12-24 Enpō 7-11-22 Fukuo Genko Honinbo Dosaku 3 W+R 181 sgf

Games with Ogawa Doteki

Ogawa Doteki (1669-1690) was a pupil of Dosaku, to be his heir (and therefore also called Honinbo Doteki), but he died young.

date jdate black white ha result #mv sgf
1682-02-21 Tenna 2-1-14 Ogawa Doteki Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+R 92 sgf
1682-12 Tenna 2-12 Ogawa Doteki Honinbo Dosaku B+1 142 sgf
1683 Ogawa Doteki Honinbo Dosaku Unfinished 63 sgf
1687-12-12 Jōkyō 4-11-8 Honinbo Dosaku Ogawa Doteki B+1 112 sgf
1688-10-16 Jōkyō 5-9-23 Ogawa Doteki Honinbo Dosaku B+R 87 sgf

Games with Kumagaya Honseki

Kumagaya Honseki was a pupil of Dosaku. He died young.

date jdate black white result #mv sgf
1697-06 Kumagaya Honseki Honinbo Dosaku Jigo 54 sgf
1697-08-07 Genroku 10-6-21 Kumagaya Honseki Honinbo Dosaku W+1 204 sgf
1697-08-10 Genroku 10-6-24 Kumagaya Honseki Honinbo Dosaku B+1 190 sgf
1697-08-12 Genroku 10-6-26 Kumagaya Honseki Honinbo Dosaku W+R 130 sgf
1697-08-12 Genroku 10-6-26 Kumagaya Honseki Honinbo Dosaku B+1 201 sgf
1697-09-24 Genroku 10-8-10 Kumagaya Honseki Honinbo Dosaku B+1 278 sgf
1697-09-26 Genroku 10-8-12 Kumagaya Honseki Honinbo Dosaku W+3 257 sgf
1697-09-26 Genroku 10-8-12 Kumagaya Honseki Honinbo Dosaku W+1 242 sgf

Games with Sakai Dotetsu

Sakai Dotetsu was a pupil of Dosaku.

date jdate black white ha result #mv sgf
1697 Genroku era Sakai Dotetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+R 133 sgf
1697-07-20 Genroku 10-6-3 Sakai Dotetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+6 124 sgf
1697-07-22 Genroku 10-6-5 Sakai Dotetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+1 213 sgf
1697-07-25 Genroku 10-6-8 Sakai Dotetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+2 220 sgf
1697-07-26 Genroku 10-6-9 Sakai Dotetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+R 39 sgf

Games with Kuwabara Dosetsu

Kuwabara Dosetsu = Inoue Dosetsu Inseki (1646-1719) was a pupil of Dosaku, later the third head of the Inoue house, and author of Igo Hatsuyoron.

date jdate black white ha result #mv sgf
1683 Tenna 3 Kuwahara Dosetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+R 126 sgf
1683 Tenna 3 Kuwahara Dosetsu Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+R 217 sgf

Miscellaneous games

date jdate black white ha result #mv sgf
1660s Masaki Shukei Honinbo Dosaku W+R 142 sgf
1660s Masaki Shukei Honinbo Dosaku W+R 158 sgf
1660s Masaki Shukei Honinbo Dosaku W+R 158 sgf
1660s Masaki Shukei Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+R 163 sgf
1660s Kawai Chodayu Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+2 285 sgf
1660s Honinbo Dosaku Aoki Guseki B+15 141 sgf
1665 Kanbun 5 Honinbo Dosaku Aoki Guseki B+18 121 sgf
1669 Kanbun 9 Itagaki Zenbei Honinbo Dosaku W+4 145 sgf
1669 Kanbun 9 Honinbo Dosaku Itagaki Zenbei B+9 157 sgf
1669-02-10 Kanbun 9-1-10 Honinbo Dosaku Itagaki Zenbei B+13 149 sgf
1669-04-11 Kanbun 9-3-11 Honinbo Dosaku Sugimura Saburozaemon B+15 189 sgf
1669-10-16 Kanbun 9-9-22 Sugimura Saburozaemon Honinbo Dosaku W+6 124 sgf
1670-05-06 Kanbun 10-3-17 Kikugawa Yuseki Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+R 143 sgf
1670-05-11 Kanbun 10-3-22 Ono Genka Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+ 108 sgf
1672-07 Kanbun 12-06 Honinbo Dosaku Aoki Guseki B+R 219 sgf
1675-01-04 Enpō 2-12-9 Kawai Chodayu Honinbo Dosaku W+R 224 sgf
1676-12-26 Enpō 4-11-22 Nagata Jyutoku Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+4 202 sgf
1677-09-17 Enpō 5-8-21 Hayashi Monnyu Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+1 240 sgf
1678 Enpō 6 Higashiyama Chojinbo Honinbo Dosaku W+5 206 sgf
1678-03-04 Enpō 6-1-12 Imataki Tarobee Honinbo Dosaku 4 W+4 255 sgf
1678-03-12 Enpō 6-1-20 Yoshiwa Dogen Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+2 233 sgf
1678-12-02 Enpō 6-10-19 Higashiyama Chojinbo Honinbo Dosaku B+5 179 sgf
1681 Tenna 1 Kawai Chodayu Honinbo Dosaku 3 B+3 314 sgf
1682 Tenna 2 Yoshiwa Dogen Honinbo Dosaku Jigo 188 sgf
1682-07-18 Tenna 2-6-14 Sendai Jiseibo Honinbo Dosaku 3 W+21 157 sgf
1684-06-06 Jōkyō 1-4-23 Hoshiai Hasseki Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+12 198 sgf
1685-12-13 Jōkyō 2-11-18 Hoshiai Hasseki Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+R 134 sgf
1691-03-12 Genroku 4-2-13 Okochi Giemon Honinbo Dosaku 4 Unfinished 31 sgf
1697-07-19 Genroku 10-6-2 Takahashi Yuseki Honinbo Dosaku 3 W+R 137 sgf
1697-07-23 Genroku 10-6-6 Ogura Doki Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+R 169 sgf
1697-07-27 Genroku 10-6-10 Ogura Doki Honinbo Dosaku 2 B+5 189 sgf
1697-08-14 Genroku 10-6-28 Ogura Doki Honinbo Dosaku 2 W+5 216 sgf
1690s Genroku era Honinbo Sakugen Honinbo Dosaku B+R 33 sgf
Genroku era Hinaya Rippo Honinbo Dosaku 5 W+R 149 sgf