12th Judan title

Preliminaries

The participants in the Judan tournament are the 12 players who won at least one game in last year's tournament, together with the 4 winners of the preliminaries (Iwata Tatsuaki, Magari Reiki, Kudo Norio, and Ishida Yoshio).

Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Fujisawa Hosai	Go Seigen B+R 1973-06-21	Kato Masao W+R 1973-07-11	Ishida Yoshio W+R 1973-12-06	Rin Kaiho W+R 1973-12-19
Go Seigen	Go Seigen B+R 1973-06-21
Takagawa Shukaku	Kato Masao W+R 1973-04-25
Kato Masao	Kato Masao W+R 1973-04-25
Magari Reiki	Handa Dogen B+1.5 1973-05-31	Ishida Yoshio W+R 1973-07-26
Handa Dogen	Handa Dogen B+1.5 1973-05-31
Hane Yasumasa	Ishida Yoshio B+2.5 1973-05-03
Ishida Yoshio	Ishida Yoshio B+2.5 1973-05-03
Takagi Shoichi	Iwata Tatsuaki B+2.5 1973-06-07	Hashimoto Utaro W+8.5 1973-07-19	Rin Kaiho B+1.5 1973-12-06
Iwata Tatsuaki	Iwata Tatsuaki B+2.5 1973-06-07
Otake Hideo	Hashimoto Utaro W+R 1973-05-17
Hashimoto Utaro	Hashimoto Utaro W+R 1973-05-17
Kojima Takaho	Rin Kaiho B+R 1973-07-04	Rin Kaiho B+R 1973-08-02
Rin Kaiho	Rin Kaiho B+R 1973-07-04
Kudo Norio	Hashimoto Shoji B+3.5 1973-04-12
Hashimoto Shoji	Hashimoto Shoji B+3.5 1973-04-12

Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Fujisawa Hosai	Takagawa Shukaku W+R 1973-07-12	Hane Yasumasa W+4.5 1973-09-27	Otake Hideo W+6.5 1973-12-06	Ishida Yoshio B+R 1974-01-10	Hashimoto Shoji W+R 1974-02-15
Takagawa Shukaku	Takagawa Shukaku W+R 1973-07-12
Magari Reiki	Hane Yasumasa B+R 1973-08-02
Hane Yasumasa	Hane Yasumasa B+R 1973-08-02
Takagi Shoichi	Otake Hideo B+R 1973-08-01	Otake Hideo W+2.5 1973-10-11
Otake Hideo	Otake Hideo B+R 1973-08-01
Kojima Takaho	Kojima Takaho B+2.5 1973-08-29
Kudo Norio	Kojima Takaho B+2.5 1973-08-29
Ishida Yoshio
Go Seigen		Handa Dogen W+2.5 1973-09-19	Hashimoto Shoji B+6.5 1973-12-06	Hashimoto Shoji B+0.5 1974-02-05
Handa Dogen		Handa Dogen W+2.5 1973-09-19
Iwata Tatsuaki		Hashimoto Shoji W+7.5 1973-10-25
Hashimoto Shoji		Hashimoto Shoji W+7.5 1973-10-25
Kato Masao			Kato Masao B+18.5 1974-01-11
Hashimoto Utaro			Kato Masao B+18.5 1974-01-11

Challenger decision match

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

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1974-02-27	Hashimoto Shoji	Rin Kaiho	B+2.5	253	sgf

12th Judan Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1974-03-07	Hashimoto Shoji	Sakata Eio	W+3.5	247	sgf
1974-03-15	Sakata Eio	Hashimoto Shoji	W+9.5	246	sgf
1974-03-22	Hashimoto Shoji	Sakata Eio	B+0.5	266	sgf
1974-03-28	Sakata Eio	Hashimoto Shoji	W+5.5	282	sgf

Hashimoto Shoji won 3-1.