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7th Honinbo title

League

In the first column the white player, on the top row the black player.

# player result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Kitani Minoru 4-2 B+2.5 B+7.5 W+3.5
2. Takagawa Kaku 4-2 B+R B+R W+R
3. Sakata Eio 4-2 B+R B+0.5 W+R
4. Miyashita Shuyo 4-2 B+R B+R W+R
5. Tainaka Shin 4-2 B+R B+3.5 W+7.5
6. Hasegawa Akira 1-5 B+R B+R W+5.5
7. Segawa Yoshio 0-6 B+0.5 B+R B+R

Challenger Playoff

The League ended in an unfortunate result: five players scored four wins. A small knockout tournament decided on the challenger, and two additional games on the demotion.

League Playoff
Tainaka Shin Takagawa Kaku
(W+R)		 Takagawa Kaku
(B+R)
Takagawa Kaku
Miyashita Shuyo Sakata Eio
(W+R)
Sakata Eio Sakata Eio
(B+5.5)
Kitani Minoru

Demotion Playoff

date black white result #mv sgf
1952-11-19,20 Miyashita Shuyo Tainaka Shin B+2.5 234 sgf
1952-12-03,04 Tainaka Shin Kitani Minoru W+R 158 sgf

7th Honinbo Title

date black white result #mv sgf
1952-06-25,26 Takagawa Kaku Hashimoto Utaro W+R 208 sgf
1952-07-09,10 Hashimoto Utaro Takagawa Kaku W+8.5 244 sgf
1952-07-23,24 Takagawa Kaku Hashimoto Utaro B+R 223 sgf
1952-08-06,07 Hashimoto Utaro Takagawa Kaku W+3.5 235 sgf
1952-08-20,21 Takagawa Kaku Hashimoto Utaro B+R 169 sgf

Takagawa Kaku won with 4-1.

As Honinbo, Takagawa took the name Honinbo Shukaku.