Comment[This is the game recorded by Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata in "Meijin" \(trans: The Master of Go\). Played from June to Dec 1938, it was the final title game of Honnimbo Shusai.]
;Black[qd]
;Comment[Only two moves were played on the first day. The final move of each session was "sealed";i.e., written down in private by the last player and sealed in an envelope. This secrecy is needed to ensure that the
other player does not get the advantage of a night's reflection on his next move.]
White[qp]
;Black[dq]
;White[co]
;Black[ep]
;White[od]
;Black[oc]
;White[nc]
;Black[pc]
;White[md]
;Black[ne]
;Comment[
\(sealed play\) ]
White[oe]
;Black[nb]
;White[nf]
;Black[mb]
;White[nq]
;Black[pf]
;White[ce]
;Black[cc]
;White[ed]
;Black[ec]
;White[fc]
;Black[fd]
;White[gd]
;Black[fe]
;White[ee]
;Comment[
\(sealed play\) ]
Black[gc]
;White[fb]
;Black[eb]
;White[gb]
;Black[ff]
;White[hc]
;Black[ef]
;White[cd]
;Black[bc]
;White[ch]
;Black[di]
;White[ci]
;Black[dj]
;White[cj]
;Black[dk]
;White[ck]
;Comment[
\(sealed play\) ]
Black[dl]
;White[cm]
;Black[dn]
;White[cn]
;Black[dm]
;White[jp]
;Black[jc]
;White[je]
;Black[ie]
;White[jd]
;Black[id]
;White[ic]
;Black[kc]
;White[if]
;Black[he]
;White[jf]
;Black[hf]
;White[jb]
;Black[kb]
;White[ia]
;Black[no]
;White[np]
;Comment[
\(sealed play\) ]
Black[lo]
;White[lp]
;Black[le]
;White[lf]
;Black[kf]
;White[me]
;Black[lg]
;White[mf]
;Black[kd]
;White[kg]
;Black[ke]
;White[lh]
;Black[jg]
;White[mg]
;Black[ph]
;Comment[
\(sealed play\) ]
White[jh]
;Black[ig]
;White[ql]
;Black[qj]
;White[rj]
;Black[ri]
;White[ol]
;Black[rk]
;Comment[
\(sealed play\) ]
White[ko]
;Black[hq]
;Comment[
\(yet another sealed play!\) ]
White[hp]
;Black[gp]
;White[gq]
;Black[hr]
;White[iq]
;Black[ho]
;White[ip]
;Black[gr]
;White[kl]
;Comment[
\(sealed play\) ]
Black[ki]
;Comment[The game was recessed here for three months, due to the Master's illness. It was a sealed play. ]
White[kh]
;Black[rm]
;White[rl]
;Black[sl]
;White[qm]
;Comment[
\(sealed play\) ]
Black[rn]
;White[qo]
;Black[bp]
;White[dg]
;Comment[
\(yet another sealed play!\) ]
Black[bd]
;White[be]
;Black[dc]
;White[go]
;Black[fq]
;White[hn]
;Black[oj]
;White[nj]
;Black[ni]
;White[mj]
;Black[ok]
;White[nk]
;Comment[This sealed play created great controversy, as some felt Black took unseemly tactical advantage of sealing. Though in the midst of a fight on the right side, this move forces a sente exchange away from the main action. Some felt Black wanted to use the recess to consider how best to continue the main attack. ]
Black[hd]
;White[hb]
;Black[qn]
;White[pn]
;Black[sp]
;White[rq]
;Black[mi]
;White[li]
;Black[nl]
;Comment[
This move is regarded as White's fatal mistake. ]
White[ro]
;Black[nm]
;White[om]
;Black[lj]
;White[mk]
;Black[lk]
;White[ml]
;Black[ll]
;White[mm]
;Black[lm]
;White[mn]
;Black[ln]
;White[mo]
;Black[jj]
;White[ir]
;Comment[
\(sealed play\) ]
Black[so]
;Comment[The rest of the game was finished in one session on Dec 4. ]