10th Judan title

Preliminaries

The participants in the Judan tournament are the 12 players who won at least one game in last year's tournament (except for Hashimoto Utaro, who won the Judan title and was replaced by the former Judan Otake Hideo), together with the 4 winners of the preliminaries (Sekiyama Toshio, Tono Hiroaki, Hashimoto Shoji, and Kajiwara Takeo).

Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Tono Hiroaki	Tono Hiroaki B+R 1971-03-04	Rin Kaiho B+R 1971	Rin Kaiho W+R 1971	Sakata Eio B+1.5 1971-08-12
Ohira Shuzo	Tono Hiroaki B+R 1971-03-04
Rin Kaiho	Rin Kaiho B+R 1971-03-18
Takagawa Shukaku	Rin Kaiho B+R 1971-03-18
Otake Hideo	Otake Hideo W+R 1971	Ishii Kunio B+R 1971-05-27
Kajiwara Takeo	Otake Hideo W+R 1971
Ishii Kunio	Ishii Kunio B+R 1971-02-18
Fujisawa Shuko	Ishii Kunio B+R 1971-02-18
Sakata Eio	Sakata Eio B+11.5 1971-03-18	Sakata Eio W+6.5 1971-05-13	Sakata Eio W+R 1971-06-30
Fujisawa Hosai	Sakata Eio B+11.5 1971-03-18
Handa Dogen	Handa Dogen W+3.5 1971-02-25
Miyashita Shuyo	Handa Dogen W+3.5 1971-02-25
Sekiyama Toshio	Sekiyama Toshio W+0.5 1971-04-08	Hane Yasumasa B+0.5 1971-05-06
Sugiuchi Masao	Sekiyama Toshio W+0.5 1971-04-08
Hane Yasumasa	Hane Yasumasa B+R 1971-03-11
Hashimoto Shoji	Hane Yasumasa B+R 1971-03-11

Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Ohira Shuzo	Takagawa Shukaku W+R 1971-05-06	Kajiwara Takeo B+R 1971-08-19	Kajiwara Takeo W+R 1971-09-09	Rin Kaiho W+R 1971-11-11	Rin Kaiho B+R 1971-11-25
Takagawa Shukaku	Takagawa Shukaku W+R 1971-05-06
Kajiwara Takeo	Kajiwara Takeo B+3.5 1971-07-22
Fujisawa Shuko	Kajiwara Takeo B+3.5 1971-07-22
Fujisawa Hosai	Fujisawa Hosai B+R 1971-04-22	Fujisawa Hosai B+0.5 1971-07-08
Miyashita Shuyo	Fujisawa Hosai B+R 1971-04-22
Sugiuchi Masao	Hashimoto Shoji B+R 1971-05-13
Hashimoto Shoji	Hashimoto Shoji B+R 1971-05-13
Rin Kaiho
Tono Hiroaki		Otake Hideo W+1.5 1971	Handa Dogen B+R 1971-09-01	Handa Dogen
Otake Hideo		Otake Hideo W+1.5 1971
Handa Dogen		Handa Dogen B+0.5 1971
Sekiyama Toshio		Handa Dogen B+0.5 1971
Ishii Kunio			Ishii Kunio W+R 1971-09-02
Hane Yasumasa			Ishii Kunio W+R 1971-09-02

Challenger decision match

Winner of the Winners' Section against winner of the Losers' Section.

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1971-12-11	Rin Kaiho	Sakata Eio	W+R	162	sgf

10th Judan Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1972-01-26,27	Sakata Eio	Hashimoto Utaro	B+R	129	sgf
1972-02-02,03	Hashimoto Utaro	Sakata Eio	B+4.5	270	sgf
1972-02-09,10	Sakata Eio	Hashimoto Utaro	B+6.5	267	sgf
1972-02-16,17	Hashimoto Utaro	Sakata Eio	B+2.5	257	sgf
1972-02-23,24	Hashimoto Utaro	Sakata Eio	W+R	180	sgf

Sakata Eio won 3-2.