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==== Bowls ==== The bowls for the stones are shaped like a flattened sphere with a level underside.{{sfn|Fairbairn|1992|pp=153β155}} The lid is loose fitting and upturned before play to receive stones captured during the game. Chinese bowls are slightly larger, and a little more rounded, a style known generally as ''Go Seigen''; Japanese ''Kitani'' bowls tend to have a shape closer to that of the bowl of a [[snifter]] glass, such as for [[brandy]]. The bowls are usually made of turned wood. [[Mulberry]] is the traditional material for Japanese bowls, but is very expensive; wood from the Chinese [[jujube]] date tree, which has a lighter color (it is often stained) and slightly more visible grain pattern, is a common substitute for rosewood, and traditional for Go Seigen-style bowls. Other traditional materials used for making Chinese bowls include [[lacquer]]ed wood, [[ceramic]]s, stone and woven straw or [[rattan]]. The names of the bowl shapes, ''Go Seigen'' and ''Kitani'', were introduced in the last quarter of the 20th century by the professional player [[Janice Kim]] as homage to two 20th-century professional Go players by the same names, of Chinese and Japanese nationality, respectively, who are referred to as the "Fathers of modern Go".<ref name=jowa.html>{{cite web|first=John|last=Fairbairn|title=MindZine β Go β Feature: Honinbo Jowa|publisher=Mind Sports WorldWide|url= http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/history/jowa.html|access-date=15 May 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110608002240/http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/history/jowa.html|archive-date=8 June 2011}}</ref>
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