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First gekiken-kōgyō, Asakusa (1873)

撃剣興行
categoryDemonstration
calendar_month1873-04-26/1873-05-05
location_onAsakusa, Tokyo Japan

Description

First of the paid public fencing exhibitions organised by Sakakibara Kenkichi, held over twelve days at a makeshift arena by the riverbank in Asakusa. Eighty-eight fighters competed in three ranks, the first class being ten Jikishin Kage-ryū fencers, the second thirty-six students of Sakakibara, the third forty fighters including women. Matches followed Kōbusho rules, best of three points with neutral adjudicators, and members of the public could register to challenge the fencers. Scheduled for ten days and extended by demand, it ended abruptly when a fire at the imperial palace halted all entertainment in Tokyo.

Participants (1)

  • Sakakibara KenkichiOrganizer
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Bennett has Sakakibara file the application, set the rules of the matches and run the event.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “He filed an application to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to hold a public display of fencing, which was sanctioned on March 8, 1873.”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Styles (1)

Kenjutsu
剣術 · founded c. 1336

Tags

kenjutsu · gekiken · japan

Sources

reviewsPeer-reviewed
“The first event lasted twelve days, opening on April 26, 1873, and continuing until May 5.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info
reviewsPeer-reviewed
“The matches started at eight o'clock each morning, and eighty-eight demonstration fighters were divided into three ranks.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). First gekiken-kōgyō, Asakusa (1873). In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M37J0JPX4F4E9V115VE71QVP - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M37J0JPX4F4E9V115VE71QVP, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {First gekiken-kōgyō, Asakusa (1873)}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M37J0JPX4F4E9V115VE71QVP}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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