Editing Go Seigen (section)

===Retirement and death===
In the summer of 1961, Go Seigen was struck by a [[motorcycle]] and was hospitalized for two months, and again for a longer period a year later. He suffered [[nerve damage]], and his [[Endurance|stamina]] and concentration greatly deteriorated as a result. The accident marked the beginning of the end for Go Seigen's career, as he was unable to play effectively in grueling long matches due to [[nausea]] and [[vertigo|dizziness]]. He gradually played less and less often, and went into virtual retirement in 1964, although he did not "officially" retire until 1983.

After his retirement, Go Seigen remained active in the Go community by teaching, writing, and promoting the game around the world. He authored a number of books on go, some of which include ''A Way of Play for the 21st Century'', ''Modern Joseki Application Dictionary'', and ''Fuseki and Middle-game Attack and Defense''. Go Seigen held study sessions with other professional players such as [[O Rissei]], [[Michael Redmond (Go player)|Michael Redmond]], [[Rui Naiwei]], and others.

In 1987, Go Seigen was awarded the Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Rising Sun]], 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, for his lifetime contributions to Go.

In 1999 Mr. Teramoto, Go Seigen's manager, told go writer Pieter Mioch "He [Go Seigen] is one of three Go players who will still be notable several hundred years from now. The other two are [[Honinbo Dosaku|Dosaku]] (1645 &ndash; 1702) and [[Honinbo Shusaku|Shusaku]] (1829 &ndash; 1862)."<ref>[http://gobase.org/studying/articles/mioch/goseigen/interview-1.html The Pieter Mioch interviews Go Seigen (part 1)] (GoBase.org)</ref>

In the early morning of 30 November 2014, Go Seigen died of natural causes at a hospital in [[Odawara]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], Japan, at the age of 100.<ref>{{Citation  | url   =http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001757079  | title   =Go master Seigen Go dies  | work   =Japan News  | date   =1 December 2014  | access-date   =1 December 2014  | archive-date   =1 December 2014  | archive-url   =https://web.archive.org/web/20141201074552/http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001757079  | url-status   =dead  }}</ref> 

According to his wishes, he was buried at his hometown Fuzhou, China.<ref>{{Citation | url   =https://www.sohu.com/a/207644805_349398  | title ="棋圣"吴清源归葬福州故里，海内外亲人团圆在鼓楼   | work  =Sohu News  |date = 17 November 2017| access-date = 17 November 2017 }}</ref>