Honinbo Sansa
(Redirected from Hon'inbo Sansa)
Hon'inbō Sansa (本因坊算砂, 1559 – 1623) was a Japanese player of Go, and the strongest player of his day. He was a Buddhist priest of the Nichiren sect, and his original name was Nikkai. Living in a hut called Honinbo, he taught Go there and eventually came to found the house of Honinbo. Among his students were the Japanese warlords Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Categories: 1559 births | 1623 deaths | Go players