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9th Old Meijin title

The first 14 years (1962-1975) the Meijin Title was sponsored by the Yomiuri newspaper. This period is known as "Old Meijin" or "Meijin (Yomiuri)". In 1976 the Asahi newspaper took over, and a new numbering started from 1.

League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches (in some order).

# player result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Takagawa Shukaku 5-3 B+1 W+0 W+R B+3
2. Fujisawa Shuko 6-2 B+6 W+4 W+R W+2
3. Fujisawa Hosai 1-4* B+R B+R B+
4. Hashimoto Shoji 1-1* W+R B+3
5. Sakata Eio 1-3* B+R B+1
6. Otake Hideo 1-3* W+
7. Kajiwara Takeo 2-2* B+R B+11 W+R
8. Yamabe Toshiro 0-2*
9. Honda Kunihisa 4-1* W+1 W+1

9th Old Meijin Title

game date black white result sgf
1 1970-08-28 Rin Kaiho Fujisawa Shuko W+4 sgf
2 1970-09-07 Fujisawa Shuko Rin Kaiho W+R sgf
3 1970-09-15 Rin Kaiho Fujisawa Shuko B+R sgf
4 1970-09-24 Fujisawa Shuko Rin Kaiho B+5 sgf
5 1970-10-06 Rin Kaiho Fujisawa Shuko W+3 sgf
6 1970-10-16,17 Fujisawa Shuko Rin Kaiho B+3 sgf

Fujisawa Shuko won with 4-2.