Story 14

The founder was born in...

At first stage, Go was popular in the Imperial Court like Chinese. Gradually it has spread from the nobility to the Buddhist(priest) and the Bushi(samurai warrior).
In the age of long civil wars, the game was played by immediate brutal fighting without any Fuseki opening.
Kato Yosaburo(later Nikkai) was born in Kyoto on 1559 and became a pupil of Nichiren sect(Buddhist). He lived in Honinbo of Jyako-ji(temple) and studied the scripture and learned Go from Sen'ya.
Nikkai(later Sansa) is the founder of Honinbo family.

F'm..., well, show you a game against Chitetsu.
In this game I tried big frame(W24 to 30) in the center which linked left to right side. True intension is not only to attack the invading black group but also makes a profit.
This record; Dosaku14.sgf
Ref. record; Dosaku14a.sgf
Ref. record; Dosaku14b.sgf

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