![]() It was given special status there during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867), when four highly competitive go schools were set up and supported by the government and go playing was thus established as a profession. The modern game began to emerge in Japan with the subsequent rise of the warrior ( samurai) class. The game was probably taken to Japan about 500 ce, and it became popular during the Heian period (794–1185). According to some sources, this date is as early as 2356 bce, but it is more likely to have been in the 2nd millennium bce. Go, probably the world’s oldest board game, is thought to have originated in China some 4,000 years ago. Of East Asian origin, it is popular in China, Korea, and especially Japan, the country with which it is most closely identified. Go, (Japanese), also called i-go, Chinese (Pinyin) weiqi or (Wade-Giles romanization) wei-ch’i, Korean baduk or pa-tok, board game for two players. ![]() ![]()
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