Description

The Dai Nippon Butokukai's martial-arts teacher-training school in Kyoto, opened on 1905-10-01 as the Bujutsu Kyoin Yoseijo and renamed Budokugakko and then Bujutsu Senmon Gakko in 1911-1912 and Budo Senmon Gakko in 1919 (abbreviated Busen). Training took place in the Butokuden (武徳殿), the Butokukai's own hall; hall and school are kept as this one place, the school being the institution of record. Budo teaching was abolished under the GHQ budo ban in February 1946, when the school was renamed Kyoto Bunka Senmon Gakko; it closed on 1947-01-31. Its kendo faculty was headed by Naito Takaharu as chief professor (主任教授).

Also known as

武術教員養成所 · 武徳学校 · 武術専門学校 · 大日本武道専門学校 · 京都文科専門学校 · 武専

Affiliations

• corporate_fareGreater Japan Martial Virtue Society

  1905 – 1946

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  “学校教育における武道指導者を養成するため、大日本武徳会によって設立・運営された。”

  — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). 大日本武徳会武道専門学校 (旧制) - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

Locations (2)

• location_on京都市左京区

  1905 – 1946

  Street address not given; the source locates the site only by ward.

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  “1905年（明治38年）10月1日 - 大日本武徳会が京都府京都市左京区に武術教員養成所を設立。剣術・柔術を指導した。”

  — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). 大日本武徳会武道専門学校 (旧制) - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
• location_on大雲院（京都市東山区）

  1946 – 1947

  The site was requisitioned by the occupying forces in April 1946 and the school moved into the temple grounds; the year is the enclosing 沿革 list item, not the bullet itself.

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  “4月頃 - 校地が連合国軍に接収されたため、学校を大雲院内に移転。”

  — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). 大日本武徳会武道専門学校 (旧制) - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

Instructors (5)

• 
  Naitō Takaharu

  Head instructor

  1905 – 1929

  Probable

  Probable

  Wikipedia only (three articles).

  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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  Wikipedia only (three articles).

  “1905年（明治38年）10月1日 - 大日本武徳会が京都府京都市左京区に武術教員養成所を設立。剣術・柔術を指導した。”

  — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). 大日本武徳会武道専門学校 (旧制) - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

  “武術教員養成所（のち武道専門学校に改称）の剣道主任教授を務め、後の剣道十段・持田盛二、斎村五郎などを育てた。”

  — Wikipedia contributors. 内藤高治 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

  “Naitō taught kendo to the Japanese Police force, and was also the first teacher at the Budo Senmon Gakko.”

  — Wikipedia contributors. Naitō Takaharu - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
• person
  Isogai Hajime
• person
  Nagaoka Shūichi
• 
  Ogawa Kinnosuke

  1934 – 1945
• 
  Ushijima Tatsukuma

Officers (1)

• person
  Nishikubo Hiromichi

  Principal

  Bennett attests the principalship in 1919, in the context of the kenjutsu-to-kendō renaming; the term's start and end are not otherwise given. Probable

  Probable

  One authored history.

  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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  One authored history.

  reviewsPeer-reviewed

  “Nishikubo Hiromichi (1863-1930), vice president of the Butokukai and principal of the Bujutsu Vocational College, announced the change”

  — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Trained here (5)

• person
  Ueda Heitaro

  sports_martial_artsKendo Probable

  Probable

  Student at the Butokukai's Bujutsu Kyoin Yoseijo in Kyoto (the school later renamed Budo Senmon Gakko), a five-month stint in 1905, under Naito Takaharu; documented in the Kenshi 24/7 article and Japanese Wikipedia.

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

  under Naitō Takaharu (1905)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Student at the Butokukai's Bujutsu Kyoin Yoseijo in Kyoto (the school later renamed Budo Senmon Gakko), a five-month stint in 1905, under Naito Takaharu; documented in the Kenshi 24/7 article and Japanese Wikipedia.

  “At the Yoseijo he was there as a "koshusei" or a "part-time" student there to learn kendo only (full time students also did academic study). There he studied directly under Naito Takaharu and crossed shinai with the likes of Saimura, Nakano, Oshima, and Shimatani (this was slightly before Mochida, Ogawa, Miyazaki, and Oasa, etc arrived). ”

  — George. (2022). The Iron Will of the Kendo God Ueda Heitarolink history info
• 
  Ogawa Kinnosuke

  sports_martial_artsKendo Probable

  Probable

  Well-documented student of Naito Takaharu at Budo Senmon Gakko from 1907-1910, as described in detailed historical accounts including Kenshi 24/7 article

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

  under Naitō Takaharu (1907 – 1910)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Well-documented student of Naito Takaharu at Budo Senmon Gakko from 1907-1910, as described in detailed historical accounts including Kenshi 24/7 article

  “In 1905 a school was formally opened to teach kendo instructors and Naito was selected as the senior teacher. At this time the school was known as the Bujutsu Kyoin Yoseijo, but eventually (after a few re-organisations and renames) it would be known to everyone as Busen (Budo Senmon Gakko). It was to this school that Ogawa was dispatched by the Nagoya police department in 1907. Ogawa would spend 3 years studying kendo directly under Naito.”

  — Ogawa Kinnosuke - Kenshi 24/7link
• 
  Abbe Kenshirō

  sports_martial_artsKendo Probable

  Probable

  Website biography describes training under Ogawa at Busen

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

  under Ogawa Kinnosuke (1934 – 1945)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Website biography describes training under Ogawa at Busen

  “At the Busen Abbe received instruction from Ogawa Hanshi (genius), the Butokukai Judan (10th Dan) sword master. While at the Busen Kenshiro also enrolled in Mr. Gen Tanabe's philosophy class, at the Kyoto Teikoku University. That early encounter with philosophy would be influential in the formation of his system. While the training was arduous at the Busen, Kenshiro managed to receive his Yondan (4th Dan) rank in Judo, being again the young Judoka to attain it. His sister, Toyoka, decided to take Martial Arts too, enrolling in Mrs. Mitamura's Naginata class. She would dedicate the rest of her life to the practice of the art.”

  — Kenshiro Abbe, The Kyu-Shin-Do And Zen Judo - Keo Cavalcanti, 6th Dan Zen Judolink history
• 
  Hirano Tokio

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Documented as uchi deshi (live-in student) of Ushijima Tatsukuma in academic paper

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

  under Ushijima Tatsukuma

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Documented as uchi deshi (live-in student) of Ushijima Tatsukuma in academic paper

  reviewsPeer-reviewed

  “While still at Kyōto, Hirano later also became an uchi deshi to Ushijima Tatsukuma”

  — De Crée, Carl. (2014). Nanatsu-no-kata, Endō-no-kata, and Jōge-no-kata ―A pedagogical and qualitative biomechanical evaluation of Hirano Tokio’s kuzushi (unbalancing) concept as part of skill acquisition for throwing techniques in Kōdōkan jūdō. Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas. 9. 69-96. 10.18002/rama.v9i2.1162.link info
• person
  Okano Yoshitaro

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  The Kodokan's own hall-of-fame biography states Okano was a student of Nagaoka Shuichi at the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai Martial Arts Teacher Training School; no independent corroboration was found

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

  history_eduTradition only

  Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself

  under Nagaoka Shūichi

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  The Kodokan's own hall-of-fame biography states Okano was a student of Nagaoka Shuichi at the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai Martial Arts Teacher Training School; no independent corroboration was found

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  “この武術教員養成所の柔道教授は、磯貝一、永岡秀一らであった。[...]岡野も磯貝・永岡を師と仰ぎ”

  — 岡野好太郎 | 講道館 (Yoshitaro Okano - Kodokan Judo Institute)link history info

  sports_martial_artsMuso-ryu Shinjujutsu Probable

  Probable

  The Kodokan's own hall-of-fame biography states Okano was a student of Hajime Isogai at the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai Martial Arts Teacher Training School; no independent corroboration was found

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

  history_eduTradition only

  Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself

  under Isogai Hajime

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  The Kodokan's own hall-of-fame biography states Okano was a student of Hajime Isogai at the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai Martial Arts Teacher Training School; no independent corroboration was found

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “この武術教員養成所の柔道教授は、磯貝一、永岡秀一らであった。[...]岡野も磯貝・永岡を師と仰ぎ”

  — 岡野好太郎 | 講道館 (Yoshitaro Okano - Kodokan Judo Institute)link history info

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