11th 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 Sakata Eio, who won the Judan title and was replaced by the former Judan Hashimoto Utaro), together with Go Seigen and the 3 winners of the preliminaries (Kato Masao, Takagi Shoichi, and Kojima Takaho).

Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Kato Masao	Kato Masao B+0.5 1972-04-13	Kato Masao W+R 1972-07-20	Rin Kaiho W+R 1972-10-05	Rin Kaiho W+3.5 1972
Sekiyama Toshio	Kato Masao B+0.5 1972-04-13
Takagi Shoichi	Takagi Shoichi W+5.5 1972
Fujisawa Hosai	Takagi Shoichi W+5.5 1972
Otake Hideo	Otake Hideo W+10.5 1972-06-22	Rin Kaiho B+R 1972-07-20
Hashimoto Utaro	Otake Hideo W+10.5 1972-06-22
Rin Kaiho	Rin Kaiho B+R 1972-03-30
Ishii Kunio	Rin Kaiho B+R 1972-03-30
Handa Dogen	Handa Dogen B+4.5 1972-05-25	Handa Dogen B+R 1972-07-13	Hashimoto Shoji B+0.5 1972
Go Seigen	Handa Dogen B+4.5 1972-05-25
Hane Yasumasa	Hane Yasumasa W+0.5 1972-04-06
Kajiwara Takeo	Hane Yasumasa W+0.5 1972-04-06
Kojima Takaho	Kojima Takaho W+R 1972-04-13	Hashimoto Shoji W+R 1972-07-13
Tono Hiroaki	Kojima Takaho W+R 1972-04-13
Hashimoto Shoji	Hashimoto Shoji W+4.5 1972-05-25
Takagawa Shukaku	Hashimoto Shoji W+4.5 1972-05-25

Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Sekiyama Toshio	Fujisawa Hosai B+R 1972	Hashimoto Utaro W+2.5 1972-12-07	Takagawa Shukaku B+R 1972-12-21	Takagawa Shukaku W+0.5 1972-12-27	Takagi Shoichi W+R 1973-01-11
Fujisawa Hosai	Fujisawa Hosai B+R 1972
Hashimoto Utaro	Hashimoto Utaro B+ 1972-08-15
Ishii Kunio	Hashimoto Utaro B+ 1972-08-15
Go Seigen	Go Seigen B+R 1972-07-20	Takagawa Shukaku W+R 1972-09-21
Kajiwara Takeo	Go Seigen B+R 1972-07-20
Tono Hiroaki	Takagawa Shukaku B+R 1972-06-15
Takagawa Shukaku	Takagawa Shukaku B+R 1972-06-15
Hashimoto Shoji
Takagi Shoichi		Takagi Shoichi W+1.5 1972	Takagi Shoichi B+3.5 1972	Takagi Shoichi B+R 1972-12-27
Otake Hideo		Takagi Shoichi W+1.5 1972
Hane Yasumasa		Kojima Takaho W+R 1972
Kojima Takaho		Kojima Takaho W+R 1972
Kato Masao			Kato Masao B+R 1972
Handa Dogen			Kato Masao B+R 1972

Challenger decision match

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

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1973-01-25	Takagi Shoichi	Rin Kaiho	B+7.5	248	sgf

11th Judan Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1973-02-14,15	Takagi Shoichi	Sakata Eio	W+R	152	sgf
1973-02-21,22	Sakata Eio	Takagi Shoichi	B+R	145	sgf
1973-02-28,03-01	Takagi Shoichi	Sakata Eio	W+11.5	248	sgf

Sakata Eio won 3-0.