"He was greater than I, Hikaru"
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Disclaimer: The fictional characters are property of Hotta and Obata.
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Chapter 1
Hikaru has started to find books about the Go of the Edo Era of the 1830's and 1840's. He starts talking to his friend Sai, who was there as Torajiro, Honinbo Shusaku. Sai had played and bested all of the players,or so Hikaru thought....
"Sai," Hikaru asked, "Why were you not Meijin?"
"Hikaru," Sai replied, "In that time there was but 1 Meijin, and as I was never head of the Honinbo house, but only the heir, I could never be eligable for it. Not that it bothered me, as I would have been happy for Shuwa sensei to have been Meijin Godokoro".
"Was Shuwa too honorable to make the dark deals to get the appointment from the Shogun, unlike Honinbo Jowa Meijin?" Hikaru asked. He was not prepared for the rage he threw his friend Sai into.
"Jowa sensei had never done any such dark undertakings for to be the Meijin, Hikaru!!! To say such a thing insults my integrity and my memories!!!"
Hikaru shrank. He had never seen Sai this upset before.
"I am sorry, Sai," replied Hikaru quickly. "I was going by what had been in the books I was reading where it mentioned Honinbo Jowa Meijin."
"Well, Hikaru, the books are wrong in this matter. I, as heir to the family, had fullest access to all documents of Jowa sensei. In none of these did it indicate any underhanded dealing to be Meijin. Even Genan and Sanchi, his two greatest rivals, did not beleive such a thing would ever be when they joined him in the other world."
"What of Genbi? The story of Jowa's supposed deeds is from 1907."
"Genbi was not the best of players, though good enough to head the Hayashis and play in Castle Games. The book you refer too was not written until nearly 60 years after the death of Jowa and from 45-55 years after the deaths of the others concerned."
"One of the books I have read has stated that the research was done by an admirer of yours, who wished for Shusaku to be the true Kisei along with a Honinbo Dosaku."
"He has done no favor to me. In fact, Jowa was a tremendous player. He was greater than I, Hikaru."
"What!"
"What I speak is fact, Hikaru."
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Disclaimer: The fictional characters are property of Hotta and Obata.
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Chapter 1
Hikaru has started to find books about the Go of the Edo Era of the 1830's and 1840's. He starts talking to his friend Sai, who was there as Torajiro, Honinbo Shusaku. Sai had played and bested all of the players,or so Hikaru thought....
"Sai," Hikaru asked, "Why were you not Meijin?"
"Hikaru," Sai replied, "In that time there was but 1 Meijin, and as I was never head of the Honinbo house, but only the heir, I could never be eligable for it. Not that it bothered me, as I would have been happy for Shuwa sensei to have been Meijin Godokoro".
"Was Shuwa too honorable to make the dark deals to get the appointment from the Shogun, unlike Honinbo Jowa Meijin?" Hikaru asked. He was not prepared for the rage he threw his friend Sai into.
"Jowa sensei had never done any such dark undertakings for to be the Meijin, Hikaru!!! To say such a thing insults my integrity and my memories!!!"
Hikaru shrank. He had never seen Sai this upset before.
"I am sorry, Sai," replied Hikaru quickly. "I was going by what had been in the books I was reading where it mentioned Honinbo Jowa Meijin."
"Well, Hikaru, the books are wrong in this matter. I, as heir to the family, had fullest access to all documents of Jowa sensei. In none of these did it indicate any underhanded dealing to be Meijin. Even Genan and Sanchi, his two greatest rivals, did not beleive such a thing would ever be when they joined him in the other world."
"What of Genbi? The story of Jowa's supposed deeds is from 1907."
"Genbi was not the best of players, though good enough to head the Hayashis and play in Castle Games. The book you refer too was not written until nearly 60 years after the death of Jowa and from 45-55 years after the deaths of the others concerned."
"One of the books I have read has stated that the research was done by an admirer of yours, who wished for Shusaku to be the true Kisei along with a Honinbo Dosaku."
"He has done no favor to me. In fact, Jowa was a tremendous player. He was greater than I, Hikaru."
"What!"
"What I speak is fact, Hikaru."
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