seventeen hours and forty-seven minutes. It was on that day, after sealing
White 100, that the Master went into St. Luke’s Hospital. Struggling
bravely on despite his illness, he had used two hours and seven minutes for
a single play, White 90, on August 5.
When finally the match ended on December 4, there was an
uncomfortable difference of some fourteen or fifteen hours between the
two. Shūsai the Master had used nineteen hours and fifty-seven minutes,
and Otaké of the Seventh Rank had used thirty-four hours and nineteen
minutes.
