Japan Shogi Association
| 日本将棋連盟 | |
Tokyo headquarters
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| Abbreviation | JSA (or NSR) |
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| Formation | September 8, 1924 |
| Type | Public Interest Incorporated Association |
| Purpose | Promotion and development of shogi both within Japan and internationally |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 35°40′38″N 139°42′34″E / 35.67722°N 139.70944°ECoordinates: 35°40′38″N 139°42′34″E / 35.67722°N 139.70944°E |
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Official language
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Japanese |
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Chairperson
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Kōji Tanigawa |
| Website |
www |
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Formerly called
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Tokyo Shogi Association |
The Japan Shogi Association (日本将棋連盟 nihon shōgi renmei?), or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. The JSA sets the professional calendar, negotiates sponsorship and media promotion deals, helps organize tournaments and title matches, publishes shogi-related materials, supervises and trains apprentice professionals as well as many other activities.
For much of its early history, shogi followed an iemoto system centered around three families (schools): the Ōhashi (main), the Ōhashi (branch) and the Itō. Titles such as Meijin were hereditary and could only be held by members of these three families. These three schools were supported by the Tokugawa shogunate and thus controlled the professional shogi world up until 1868 when the Meiji Restoration began. By the time Sōin Itō, the eighth and last head of the Itō school and the 11th Hereditary Meijin, had died in 1893, the influence of the families had decreased to such an extent that they had no real power at all.
The earliest form of the JSA was founded on September 8, 1924 as the Tokyo Shogi Association (東京将棋連盟 tōkyō shōgi renmei?), but it was not until 1947 when it officially adopted the name Japan Shogi Association for good. The JSA celebrated its 81st anniversary in November 2005, which was significant because a shogi board consists of 81 squares.
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