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Hon'inbō Shūsaku

1829 - 1862

Hon'inbō Shūsaku

Shusaku (本因坊秀策, Yasuda Eisai, Kuwahara Shusaku, Invincible Shusaku, born Kuwabara Torajiro (桑原虎次郎); June 6, 1829 – September 3, 1862) was a Japanese professional Go player during the 19th century. He is known for his undefeated streak of 19 games during the annual castle games; his thirty-game match with Ota Yuzo; the eponymous Shusaku opening; and his posthumous veneration as a "Go sage". Next to his teacher, Hon'inbō Shūwa, he is considered to have been the strongest player from 1847/8 to his death in 1862. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hon'inbō Shūsaku has received more than 81,932 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hon'inbō Shūsaku is the 2nd most popular go player (down from 1st in 2019), the 568th most popular biography from Japan (down from 373rd in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Go Player.

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Page Views (PV)
55.49
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
3.12
Effective Languages (L*)
2.95
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GO PLAYERS

Among go players, Hon'inbō Shūsaku ranks 2 out of 2. Before him are Go Seigen.

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Go Seigen
1914 - 2014
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1
Hon'inbō Shūsaku
1829 - 1862
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 2

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Hon'inbō Shūsaku ranks 25. Before him are Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Tự Đức, Adolf Eugen Fick, John of Kronstadt, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, and N. R. Pogson. After him are Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Franz Reuleaux, Prince William of Baden, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Ignacio Zaragoza, and José de Alencar. Among people deceased in 1862, Hon'inbō Shūsaku ranks 19. Before him are Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Elizabeth Siddal, Henry Thomas Buckle, Carlos Antonio López, Peter Barlow, and Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria. After him are Jeanne Duval, Ludwig Uhland, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Johann Nestroy, Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, and Justinus Kerner.

Others Born in 1829

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Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
1829 - 1880
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 19
Tự Đức
1829 - 1883
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 20
Adolf Eugen Fick
1829 - 1901
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 21
John of Kronstadt
1829 - 1908
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 22
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov
1829 - 1903
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 23
N. R. Pogson
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 24
Hon'inbō Shūsaku
1829 - 1862
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 25
Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail
1829 - 1871
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 26
Franz Reuleaux
1829 - 1905
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 27
Prince William of Baden
1829 - 1897
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 28
Elwin Bruno Christoffel
1829 - 1900
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 29
Ignacio Zaragoza
1829 - 1862
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 30
José de Alencar
1829 - 1877
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 31