Dohei Takabe Explained

Fullname:Dōhei Takabe
Kanji:高部 道平
Birth Date:1881
Death Date:1951
Birth Place:Unknown, Japan
Teacher:Honinbo Shuei
Rank:7 dan
Affiliation:Kiseisha, Keiinsha

was a professional 7 dan Go player.

Biography

Takabe was a pupil of Honinbo Shuei, the 17th and 19th head of the Honinbō house. In the 1920s, he joined the Kiseisha, a splinter group of the Nihon Ki-in, Japan's main administrative body for Go. The Kiseisha was succeeded by the Keiinsha, of which Takabe was also a member, until 1991 when the last of its members died. In addition, he was one of the five Hiseikai, a group formed in 1922 and devoted to tournament play.[1] The other members of the Hiseikai were Chiyotaro Onoda, Segoe Kensaku, Tamejiro Suzuki and Karigane Junichi.

Nakano Kiichiro was Takabe's only pupil.

Notes

  1. Web site: Dohei Takabe's profile . . 2010-02-11.