Hon'inbō Sansa was the assumed name of Kanō Yosaburō, one of the strongest Japanese Go players of the Edo period, and founder of the house of Hon'inbō, first among the four great schools of Go in Japan. He was a Buddhist priest of the Nichiren... Wikipedia
Born: 1559, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Died: June 13, 1623 (age 64 years), Edo