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16th 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 8
1. Fujisawa Shuko 2-5 B+R B+R B+R
2. Sakata Eio 6-1 B+R W+5.5 W+5.5
3. Kitani Minoru 6-1 W+R W+2.5 B+3.5 W+7.5
4. Maeda Nobuaki 3-4 B+ B+R W+0.5
5. Hashimoto Utaro 3-4 W+R W+7.5 B+6.5 B+R
6. Hashimoto Shoji 2-5 B+6.5 B+5.5 W+3.5
7. Shimamura Toshihiro 4-3 B+R B+7.5 B+ W+1.5
8. Kubouchi Shuchi 2-5 W+ B+R B+5.5 B+

Challenger Playoff

date black white result #mv sgf
1961-04-21,22 Kitani Minoru Sakata Eio W+3.5 264 sgf

16th Honinbo Title

date black white result #mv sgf
1961-05-03,04 Sakata Eio Takagawa Shukaku B+R 207 sgf
1961-05-14,15 Takagawa Shukaku Sakata Eio W+1.5 271 sgf
1961-05-24,25 Sakata Eio Takagawa Shukaku B+0.5 259 sgf
1961-06-05,06 Takagawa Shukaku Sakata Eio B+12.5 288 sgf
1961-06-16,17 Sakata Eio Takagawa Shukaku B+0.5 253 sgf

Sakata Eio won with 4-1.

As Honinbo, Sakata took the name Sakata Eiju.