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is the professional name of Hoju Tamura, also known as , who was a Japanese professional Go player. == Biography == He was born in Shiba, Tokyo, son of Tamura Yasunaga, a retainer of the shogun. He learned go at age 10 and joined the Hoensha in 1883, then under the leadership of Murase Shuho. He was made ''shodan'' at age 13. At age 18, he attained the rank of 2 ''dan'' (the lower professional ranks cannot be assumed to correspond to modern ones). He then broke with the game for a time, tried to go into business on his own account, and ended up in a Buddhist retreat in Chiba Prefecture. After more than a year out of the game, he set up his own go salon in Roppongi.〔''Go Monthly Review'', 1963/11 p.68〕 He was then helped by Kim Ok-kyun, a Korean then resident in Japan, who used his contacts to secure Tamura an introduction to Honinbo Shuei. He was re-ranked as 4 ''dan'' in 1892 and proceeded up the ranks from there.〔 He engaged in a number of high-profile matches. He played Ishii Senji, a top player at Hoensha, in two ''jubango'', one in 1895 on ''sen'', and the other in 1897 on ''sen-ai-sen''. A fourth such match in 1899 was left incomplete. In 1897 he challenged Yasui Sanei, last of the Yasui house, to a ''jubango''. He also challenged Honinbo Shugen. In 1897-8 he played Ishii Senji once more. In 1899 he played ''jubango'' against Karigane Junichi, who would be his only serious rival over the coming decades. In 1900/1 he played a ''jubango'' with Iwasa Kei. He emerged with the reputation of the top player, apart from Shuei. In 1907, he became 7 ''dan'', an exclusive grade in those times. He became the 21st and last hereditary head of the Honinbo house, as successor to Shuei. The manner of his ascension was to cause a lasting conflict between Tamura, who took the name Shusai, and Karigane, also of the Honinbo house, who had been backed by Shuei's widow.〔''Go Monthly Review'', 1963/11 p.69〕 He attained the title of Meijin in 1914, becoming the tenth player since the original Honinbo Sansa to do so. In Shusai's case, as was for Shuei previously, there was no official government involvement, and his title was given by the acclaim of fellow players. He subsequently played in some high-profile 'defences' of the Meijin position as the only 9 ''dan'' player. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Honinbō Shūsai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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