Description Honinbo Shuei (1852 1907) is the go player that masters of the calibre even of Go Seigen and Takagawa Kaku professed to admire the most.
He lived at a time of enormous upheaval and uncertainty in the Japanese go world, se.
Yet he achieved his dominance only in middle age, having several Times disappeared from the mainstream go world for months on end.
Many consider him the Meijin of Meijins, and in his late years no-one could play without a handicap against him.
Description Honinbo Shuei (1852 1907) is the go player that masters of the calibre even of Go Seigen and Takagawa Kaku professed to admire the most