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Hosokawa Yoshimasa was a former samurai of the Yamauchi clan of Tosa domain (Kōchi Prefecture) and a Shihan of Musō Shinden Eishin-ryū (aka. Shimomura-ha Hasegawa Eishin-ryū). He was one of two teachers who accepted Nakayama Hakudō as a student of Tosa Eishin-ryū in 1916, making Hakudō the first outsider to learn the art. Hakudō received Menkyo (not Menkyo Kaiden) from Hosokawa after traveling to Kochi to train with him at his residence. Their relationship continued until Hosokawa's death in 1923. He had received the school's menkyo kaiden from Shimomura Shigeichi in 1868, and after the Meiji Restoration sat in the Kochi prefectural assembly and the House of Representatives.

Teachers (1)

• person
  Shimomura Shigeichi

  sports_martial_artsMuso Shinden Eishin-ryu Probable

  Probable

  JA wiki (Muso Shinden Eishin-ryu): Hosokawa, whose teacher was Shimomura Shigeichi, carried the school on to the Taisho period and received its menkyo kaiden from him in 1868. One source (the school's article), no independent corroboration found, hence probable.

  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

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  JA wiki (Muso Shinden Eishin-ryu): Hosokawa, whose teacher was Shimomura Shigeichi, carried the school on to the Taisho period and received its menkyo kaiden from him in 1868. One source (the school's article), no independent corroboration found, hence probable.

  “細川義昌（島村右馬丞の実子）は居合の他、竹内流（呑敵流）小具足組打、無外流剣術、川心流槍術、甲州流軍学や砲術を修行し、戊辰戦争の高松征討出陣の慶応4年（1868年）に下村茂市より無雙神傳英信流の免許皆伝を授かった。”

  — Wikipedia contributors. 無雙神傳英信流 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

  “その後、幕末に至り土佐藩の藩校・致道館において同流の師範であった下村茂市が明治維新までこれを教授したが、下村茂市も柔術をよくし、高木流体術拳法の師範も兼ねていた。”

  — Wikipedia contributors. 無雙神傳英信流 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsMuso Shinden Eishin-ryu

  receipt_longMenkyo Kaiden Probable

  Probable

  JA wiki (Muso Shinden Eishin-ryu): received the school's menkyo kaiden from Shimomura Shigeichi in Keio 4 (1868) on the eve of the Boshin war; the same article's lineage list places him directly in Shimomura's line. One source, but the grant, its year and the grantor are stated explicitly.

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

  Menkyo Licence System (1868)

  granted by Shimomura Shigeichi

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  JA wiki (Muso Shinden Eishin-ryu): received the school's menkyo kaiden from Shimomura Shigeichi in Keio 4 (1868) on the eve of the Boshin war; the same article's lineage list places him directly in Shimomura's line. One source, but the grant, its year and the grantor are stated explicitly.

  “細川義昌（島村右馬丞の実子）は居合の他、竹内流（呑敵流）小具足組打、無外流剣術、川心流槍術、甲州流軍学や砲術を修行し、戊辰戦争の高松征討出陣の慶応4年（1868年）に下村茂市より無雙神傳英信流の免許皆伝を授かった。”

  — Wikipedia contributors. 無雙神傳英信流 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

Students (2)

• person
  Ueda Heitaro

  sports_martial_artsMuso Shinden Eishin-ryu Confirmed

  Confirmed

  JA wiki (Ueda Heitaro): entered Hosokawa Yoshimasa in Kochi in 1919 and received the Muso Shinden Eishin-ryu menkyo kaiden from him in 1923. The kenshi247 chronology, which is not a Wikipedia derivative, gives the same 1919-1923 period and the same teacher, so the claim is not Wikipedia-only.

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

  (1919–1923)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  JA wiki (Ueda Heitaro): entered Hosokawa Yoshimasa in Kochi in 1919 and received the Muso Shinden Eishin-ryu menkyo kaiden from him in 1923. The kenshi247 chronology, which is not a Wikipedia derivative, gives the same 1919-1923 period and the same teacher, so the claim is not Wikipedia-only.

  “1919年（大正8年）、高知の細川義昌に入門して無双神伝英信流抜刀術（居合）を学ぶ。同門には中山博道がいた。1923年（大正12年）、細川から免許皆伝を授かった。”

  — Ueda Heitaro (植田平太郎) - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

  “1919-1923 - studied Muso shinden Eishin-ryu batto-jutsu under Hosokawa Yoshimasa and received Menkyo-kaiden.”

  — George. (2022). The Iron Will of the Kendo God Ueda Heitarolink history info
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  Nakayama Hakudō

  sports_martial_artsIaijutsu Probable

  Probable

  Hakudo was accepted as a student of Hosokawa Yoshimasa of the Muso Shinden Eishin Ryu school, from whom he received menkyo in the system.

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

  (1916)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Hakudo was accepted as a student of Hosokawa Yoshimasa of the Muso Shinden Eishin Ryu school, from whom he received menkyo in the system.

  “In 1916 Hakudo was introduced to Tosa Eishin Ryu by Itagaki Taisuke [...] Hakudo was accepted as a student of both teachers, making him the first outsider to learn Tosa Eishin Ryu in history.”

  — Jeff Karinya. (2011). A Lineage all but Forgotten - The Yushinkan (Nakayama Hakudo)link history info

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