Also known as

Iikubo Kōnen

Teachers (1)

• person
  Takenaka Tetsunosuke Issei

  sports_martial_artsKitō-ryū Probable

  Probable

  JA Wikipedia's Kitō-ryū article lists Iikubo among Takenaka Tetsunosuke's students; Wikipedia only

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  JA Wikipedia's Kitō-ryū article lists Iikubo among Takenaka Tetsunosuke's students; Wikipedia only

  “竹中鉄之助の門人には、飯久保恒年、信太歌之助（青柳熊吉）、安藤健二郎、秋野庸彦などがいた”

  — 起倒流 (Kitō-ryū) - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

Lineage

• Kitō-ryū Takenaka Tetsunosuke Issei ← Takenaka Motonoshin ← Takino Yūken ← Hotta Sagoemon · 4 generations

Students (1)

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  Kanō Jigorō

  sports_martial_artsKitō-ryū Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Kano's own memoir states he took lessons in Kitō-ryū from Iikubo; a secondary account adds that Iikubo issued him a menkyo in October 1883; the menkyo itself is not cited

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  location_onEishōji badge (1881)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Kano's own memoir states he took lessons in Kitō-ryū from Iikubo; a secondary account adds that Iikubo issued him a menkyo in October 1883; the menkyo itself is not cited

  “Kanō began training in Kitō-ryū with Iikubo Tsunetoshi (Kōnen). Iikubo was an expert in kata and throwing, and fond of randori. Kanō applied himself thoroughly to learning Kitō-ryū, believing Iikubo's throwing techniques in particular to be better than in the schools he had previously studied. Iikubo issued Kanō a formal jūjutsu rank and teaching credential, namely a certificate of menkyo in Kitō-ryū, dated October 1883.”

  — Kanō Jigorō - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “was Tsunetoshi Iikubo and that he had taught for a time at the Kobusho. Shortly thereafter, I was introduced to Iikubo from whom I subsequently took lessons in Kito style jujutsu”

  — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo

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