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It was just 10 years later that Hoensha, the first modern Japanese Baduk institution was established. Founded by the disciples who confronted against the old Baduk system, Iemoto, Hoensha tried modern experiments such as new dan-system, newspaper games, etc. But, as a whole, it could not go further enough from Iemoto system. The same thing happened again when Nihon Kiin was set up nearly 50 years after Hoensha. The long conflicting parties of Baduk players became one in order to eliminate the harm of their old-fashioned practices. However Nihon Kiin was no more than another huge Iemoto monopolized all the privileges existing at the moment. It could seem that Iemoto was merged into the modern Baduk system when the last Iemoto, Honinbo became a title of a modern newspaper tournament. In fact, however, the old system left distinct traces on the systems following it. Furthermore, the Korean modern Baduk system inherited many aspects of Iemoto from adopting the modern Japanese system.