Japanese books/middle-game books

[nukeu666]

I'm in Tokyo for a while and looking for suggestions of any Japanese books I should get for sdk/low dan range, there is a lot available at kiin and I can only understand basic japanese
I already have some of the kiseido standards like tesuji/a&d/fundamentals of go takemiya/graded go probs

Additionally, suggest study materials for mid-game, maybe similar to a&d ?

[oren]

I'm in Tokyo for a while and looking for suggestions of any Japanese books I should get for sdk/low dan range, there is a lot available at kiin and I can only understand basic japanese
I already have some of the kiseido standards like tesuji/a&d/fundamentals of go takemiya/graded go probs

Additionally, suggest study materials for mid-game, maybe similar to a&d ?

Cho U Tsumego and the Nihon Kiin's Dictionaries on Life and Death and Tesuji are a pretty good start.

[sparky314]

The Book to Increase Your Fighting Strength at Go has been highly recommended here and elsewhere.

[oren]

The Book to Increase Your Fighting Strength at Go has been highly recommended here and elsewhere.

It's out of print so slightly harder to find.

[oren]

I had it sent by Amazon.co.jp to the hotel. You might also find it at Akashiya Shoten, the second-hand Go book store in Jimbocho.

I highly recommend both ways of doing that as well.

[gowan]

Arashi no teknikku by Yamada Kimio 9p might be interesting. It covers common invasion points in corners and erasing points. Very clearly written and not just a "dictionary". It was published by "Mai Navi" in 2015.

[Bill Spight]

Here is a new book on the middle game that got a 5 star review on Amazon Japan. 中盤で差がつく必殺の手筋 (囲碁人ブックス)

A book on honte by Otake that got two 5 star reviews on Amazon Japan. 最強囲碁塾 本手指南

It's hard to go wrong with Otake's books.

A two volume set on attacking and reading strength by Kato, with both volumes getting 5 stor reviews on Amazon Japan. 攻めの構図、読みの力

[dfan]

Arashi no teknikku by Yamada Kimio 9p might be interesting. It covers common invasion points in corners and erasing points. Very clearly written and not just a "dictionary". It was published by "Mai Navi" in 2015.

You can buy this book in a PDF version from mynavi: https://book.mynavi.jp/ec/products/detail/id=41277

I like that the Google Translate translation of the title is "Techniques Of Vandalism."

[oren]

Those are also available as kindle version on amazon.co.jp which I like.

[nukeu666]

Thanks for the info, ill take a look at jimbocho tomorrow

[oren]

Thanks for the info, ill take a look at jimbocho tomorrow

Even though I know where it is, I often had trouble finding it.
http://www.akasiya-shoten.com/tenpo.htm#kanda
https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E3%8 ... 39.7588457

[nukeu666]

I found the store easily
They didn't have any of the listed books but I asked them for a shodan tsumego book
Got a 900y book for 600y so a good deal
The store has thousands of go books, some of them decades old, copies of old ishi press English books too

[EdLee]

The store has thousands of go books, some of them decades old, copies of old ishi press English books too

A kind of paradise.

[gowan]

It is a used/old book store so probably doesn't stock books currently in print. However, it is a great place to find old collections of records of games as well as problem books, which don't become obsolete.

[gowan]

For the OP, in the second image the fourth book from the left on the top shelf is a middle game problem book by Hashimoto Shoji