# The Master of Go

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- Book: [The Master of Go](https://www.bookquiver.com/yasunari-kawabata/the-master-of-go) ([The Master of Go.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/yasunari-kawabata/the-master-of-go.md))
- Authors: [Yasunari Kawabata](https://www.bookquiver.com/yasunari-kawabata)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- Translated by: Edward G. Seidensticker
- ISBN: 978-15-2998-267-1
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2026-07-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Luminous, suspenseful and serene, The Master of Go is a compelling portrait, quietly devastating of two men – and a whole society – facing defeat. Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, the strategy game Go is an expression of the Japanese spirit. But when a revered Master is challenged by a younger, more modern upcomer, their match, waged over several months and layered in ceremony, pits imperial Japan against the twentieth century. BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days