Oskar Korschelt [SEP] place of death
Oskar Korschelt
Oskar Korschelt (September 18, 1853 in Berthelsdorf – July 4, 1940 in Leipzig; some sources erroneously give him the name Oscar or Otto) was a German chemist and engineer who introduced the Asian strategy board game of Go to Europe, especially to Germany and Austria.
He was an industrial chemist working in the brewing industry. He arrived in Japan in 1875, teaching at Tokyo Medical School, which next year was merged into Tokyo University. In 1880 he gave up his academic position, then working
Hon'inbō Shūho
, also known as Murase Shūho (村瀬 秀甫), was the first Japanese professional go player to have a reputation in the Western world.
Biography.
A disciple in the Hon'inbō house, he founded the Hoensha institution and taught the game of Go to a German visitor by the name of Oskar Korschelt. Korschelt later was the first person to spread and popularize Go to any effect, in a non-Asian country. Shūho became the 18th Hon'inbō in 1886.
Shūho became a student in the