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Miyagawa Taichiro was born on Kaei first. He served the Kuroda clan as a retainer. He was an accomplished martial artist, having learned Itto-ryu kenjutsu and Jigo Tenshin Ryu jujutsu, which he taught at the Genyosha-linked dojo that would be the origin of the Meidokan. He participated in the Hagi Rebellion against the Meiji government.

Teachers (1)

• Ma
  Matashichiro Shobayashi

  linkJigō Tenshin Ryū 3

  Confirmed

  Documented in academic paper as high disciple and menkyokaiden of Masashige Shobayashi with specific quotation from PDF

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Documented in academic paper as high disciple and menkyokaiden of Masashige Shobayashi with specific quotation from PDF

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "宮川太一郎嘉永元年（1848）生正林又七郎の高弟・免許皆伝代々黒田家の臣である。一万流剣術，自剛天真流組討を極め，明治10年(1877) 11月玄洋社附属の向浜塾で自聞天真流を教授したのが，後の明道館道場の起源とされている。大正9年(1920)6月20日77才にて病没。長男．宮川彦之助も目録まで進み，自剛天真流の普及に務めた。"

  — Tenri University Repository, item GKH014607 (PDF) linkhistory

Ranks (1)

• linkJigō Tenshin Ryū

  receipt_longMenkyo Kaiden 3

  Confirmed

  Menkyokaiden rank confirmed in academic paper with specific quotation about being high disciple and menkyokaiden of Masashige Shobayashi

  Menkyo Licence System

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Menkyokaiden rank confirmed in academic paper with specific quotation about being high disciple and menkyokaiden of Masashige Shobayashi

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "宮川太一郎嘉永元年（1848）生正林又七郎の高弟・免許皆伝代々黒田家の臣である。"

  — Tenri University Repository, item GKH014607 (PDF) linkhistory

Students (1)

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  Uchida Ryōhei

  linkJigō Tenshin Ryū 2

  Probable

  Student of Miyakawa Taichirō in Jigō Tenshin Ryū jūjutsu at Fukuoka's Meidokan dōjō

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  Student of Miyakawa Taichirō in Jigō Tenshin Ryū jūjutsu at Fukuoka's Meidokan dōjō

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "宮川太一郎嘉永元年（1848）生正林又七郎の高弟・免許皆伝代々黒田家の臣である。一万流剣術，自剛天真流組討を極め，明治10年(1877) 11月玄洋社附属の向浜塾で自聞天真流を教授したのが，後の明道館道場の起源とされている。"

  — Tenri University Repository, collection 1573 link

  "He learned a number of martial arts, most notably Jigō Tenshin Ryū Jūjutsu in Fukuoka’s Meidokan dōjō, an art in which he was notably successful. In 1893 he moved to Tokyo to live with his wealthy coal mine owner uncle Hiraoka Kōtarō, a supporter of the Genyōsha, and began to study Russian at a Tokyo school and jūdō at Kanō Jigorō’s Kodokan."

  — Lance Gatling. (2023). Ki 気 in Jūdō 柔道 - Uchida Ryōhei and the Secrets of Budō 武道極意. The Kano Chronicleslinkinfo

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