Also known as

Chiba Shusaku Narimasa

Description

Mito-domain retainer and one of the sword saints of the late Edo period, founder (sōke) of Hokushin Ittō-ryū, which he established by synthesizing Hokushin Musō-ryū and Ono-ha Ittō-ryū Nakanishi-ha. He ran the Genbukan dojo in Edo (established 1820 per Bennett; 1822 per the JA wiki), one of the three great dojos of Edo, and from 1839 served as the Mito domain's kenjutsu instructor. After the Restoration the Genbukan line continued through his sons Eijirō and Michisaburō: 'Shimoe Hidetaro, a disciple of Chiba Eijirō, became the Keishichō kenjutsu officer, and Naitō Takaharu and Monna Tadashi of Mito became Butokukai professors' (JA wiki).

Students (1)

• person
  Kōsaka Masataka

  sports_martial_artsHokushin Ittō-ryū Probable

  Probable

  Bennett dates his entry into Chiba's tutelage to 1844 while arguing about when the sixty-eight techniques were systemised.

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

  (1844)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Bennett dates his entry into Chiba's tutelage to 1844 while arguing about when the sixty-eight techniques were systemised.

  reviewsPeer-reviewed

  “it must have been before Kōsaka entered his tutelage in 1844”

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

Honours (1)

• receipt_longKendo Dendō Probable

  Probable

  JA wiki records his 2003 induction into the All Japan Kendo Federation's Kendo Dendō; single source.

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

  Title (2003)

  granted by All Japan Kendo Federation

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  JA wiki records his 2003 induction into the All Japan Kendo Federation's Kendo Dendō; single source.

  “平成15年（2003年）、千葉周作は全日本剣道連盟剣道殿堂に顕彰された。”

  — Wikipedia contributors. 千葉周作 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

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