In January of the following year, the championship match of the Meijin-sen ('Meijin-i Kettei-sen') is held at Omi-jingu Shrine, and Meijin (the champion of the previous year) and the challenger play the best of five games, and the winner becomes Meijin and the loser becomes Jun-Meijin (semi-Meijin).
翌年1月に名人と挑戦者で名人位決定戦の5番勝負を近江神宮で行い、勝者が名人、敗者は準名人となる。