Background
Sansa Hon-imbo was born in 1538. His name was Nikkai.
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Career
A favorite with Nobunaga Oda and later with Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa. Shogun accorded him the same treatment as a hatamoto, or a director retainer of the Shogun, providing him a fief of 3,000 koku of rice. Was the strongest player of go as well as shogi (Japanese chess) in his time.
