Meijin (shogi)

Meijin (名人) is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word meijin (名 mei "excellent, artful", 人 jin "person") refers to a highly skilled master of a certain field (the various arts found in traditional Japanese culture, such as the Japanese tea ceremony, go, competitive karuta, rakugo, budō).

This article is about a title in shogi. For a title in go, see Meijin (go). For a title in renju, see Meijin (renju). For the Yasunari Kawabata novel, see The Master of Go.
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