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1886 Metropolitan Police Jujutsu Challenge

明治十九年警視庁柔術試合
categoryChallenge
calendar_month1886
location_onYayoi Shrine, Shiba Park, Tokyo Japan

Also known as

Yayoi Shrine Police Gekken Tournament (jujutsu matches) · Kodokan–Totsuka Rivalry Matches

Description

The jujutsu matches of the 1886 Metropolitan Police (Keishichō) gekken tournament, held at the Yayoi Shrine in Shiba Park: Kodokan judoka - Yokoyama Sakujirō, Saigō Shirō, Yamashita Yoshitsugu and others - faced koryū jūjutsu men, mostly Totsuka-ha Yōshin-ryū disciples, in a series of challenge bouts. The most famous, Yokoyama against the police Ryōi Shintō-ryū instructor Nakamura Hansuke, ran 55 minutes before Superintendent-General Mishima Michitsune declared a draw. After the matches the Kodokan supplied police jūjutsu instructors (Yokoyama, Yamashita).

Participants (4)

  • Yokoyama SakujiroCompetitor
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Named in the Bunbukan account's Kodokan participant list and in its account of the 55-minute draw with Nakamura; Judo Channel corroborates his Kodokan membership from April 1886. The year of the matches is disputed (1886 vs 1887).
    “講道館流側の参加者は、横山作次郎、西郷四郎、山下義韶、竿代文蔵、岩波静弥、小田勝太郎、そして宗像氏。その他数名いたが覚えていないという”
    — 文武館主人「外編2 古流と講道館流」 (Bunbukan, archived 2007-10-18) link
    “五十五分を過ぎたところで当時の総監三島通庸がたまりかねて審判に意を含め「引分」を宣言した”
    — 文武館主人「外編2 古流と講道館流」 (Bunbukan, archived 2007-10-18) link
    “After studying the Tenjin Shinyo ryu style under Keitaro Inoue of Yushima Tenjin, Mr. Sakujiro Yokoyama entered Kodokan in April of 1886.”
    — Kodokan hall of fame: Sakujiro Yokoyama (Judo Channel)link
  • Saigō ShirōCompetitor
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Named in the Bunbukan account's Kodokan participant list for the matches.
    “講道館流側の参加者は、横山作次郎、西郷四郎、山下義韶、竿代文蔵、岩波静弥、小田勝太郎、そして宗像氏。その他数名いたが覚えていないという”
    — 文武館主人「外編2 古流と講道館流」 (Bunbukan, archived 2007-10-18) link
  • Yamashita YoshitsuguCompetitor
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Named in the Bunbukan account's Kodokan participant list for the matches.
    “講道館流側の参加者は、横山作次郎、西郷四郎、山下義韶、竿代文蔵、岩波静弥、小田勝太郎、そして宗像氏。その他数名いたが覚えていないという”
    — 文武館主人「外編2 古流と講道館流」 (Bunbukan, archived 2007-10-18) link
  • Nakamura HansukeCompetitor
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Identified as the police Ryōi Shintō-ryū instructor in the Bunbukan account of the 55-minute draw; Japanese Wikipedia confirms the bout with Yokoyama at the police tournament, dating it to October 1887.
    “警視庁に良移心当流の中村半助、竹内三統流の佐村正明、不遷流の田邊又衛門（神戸）、同金谷仙吉、霞新流の廣岡勇司（長野）、双水執流の青柳喜平（福岡）がいた。”
    — 文武館主人「外編2 古流と講道館流」 (Bunbukan, archived 2007-10-18) link
    “五十五分を過ぎたところで当時の総監三島通庸がたまりかねて審判に意を含め「引分」を宣言した”
    — 文武館主人「外編2 古流と講道館流」 (Bunbukan, archived 2007-10-18) link
    “1887年（明治20年）10月、警視庁武術大会で、講道館四天王の横山作次郎との試合が行われた。”
    — 中村半助 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese) link history info

Styles (2)

Kōdōkan Jūdō
講道館柔道 · founded 1882, Tokyo
sports_martial_arts
Yōshin-ryū
楊心流 · founded 1610

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taryu-jiai

Sources

“弥生社警視庁撃剣大会は明治15年から同19年まで毎年秋に開催されていた。[...]明治19年にあったとされる柔術大会の参加者であるが、講道館側の人数は12、3人といったように定かではなく、古流では戸塚楊心流が最も多くやはり十数人と言われているがこれも定かではない。”
— 文武館主人「外編2 古流と講道館流」 (Bunbukan, archived 2007-10-18) link
“Yokoyama Sakujirō (横山 作次郎), was one of the strongest, but was still unable to defeat Nakamura, during their 1886 bout until after 55 minutes it was eventually declared a draw.”
— Peter King, "Was the historical significance of Meiji era Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu re-written by Kōdōkan...?" Ryōi Shintōkai (2021-05-17)link
“After studying the Tenjin Shinyo ryu style under Keitaro Inoue of Yushima Tenjin, Mr. Sakujiro Yokoyama entered Kodokan in April of 1886.”
— Kodokan hall of fame: Sakujiro Yokoyama (Judo Channel)link
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“1887年（明治20年）10月、警視庁武術大会で、講道館四天王の横山作次郎との試合が行われた。”
— 中村半助 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese) link history info
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“He was a member of the Kodokan teams that wrestled the Tokyo police jujutsu club in 1883 and 1884.”
— Joseph R. Svinth, "Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington", Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000link
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“This increasing fame again came to the attention of the National Police Agency. In *1888, a contest showdown was called for between 15 representatives from the Kodokan and 15 from the Totsuka Jujutsu School.”
— Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo
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“For instance, Ichiro Watanabe, on page 898 of his historical budo reference work covering the Meiji era, Meiji Budo Shi, states that the Kodokan won these matches and he gives the following two dates: November 8, 1885, and January 1888.”
— Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo

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