In 1644, during the investigation of the successive head of the go house after Doseki, Genkaku and Saneetsu HONINBO both declined, and neither was Santetsu YASUI able to access the post.
正保元年(1644年)、寺社奉行より道碩後継の碁打衆頭領の地位の詮議では、玄覚は本因坊算悦とともに辞退、安井算哲も就任はならなかった。