Word: aiko
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Dates: during 1946-1946
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During the war Japanese officialdom frowned on go as a time-waster. After it came off the blacklist, millions of fans stayed down in the dumps-the game was not the same without Chinese-born National Champion Wu Ching-yuan. Wu had become a convert of Aiko Nagashima, high priestess of the Jiwu cult of Buddhism, and she had said...
Last week, the clouds were lifting. Priestess Aiko had sent Wu charging back into competition. Without so much as a practice jump he squelched squat Utaro Hashimoto, the come-lately champion, breezed through the Yomiuri newspaper's big tournament, hoped to reclaim his old title by early 1947 (one hard-fought go match took him three years to finish). Wu explained that he was not using his own mind at all; his moves were divinely inspired...