Description

Meiji kengō of the Jikishin Kage-ryū Otani-ha. Taught by Inoue Denbei and then by Otani Nobutomo (Kōbusho head), who awarded him a teaching license in 1856; assistant instructor at the Kōbusho from March 1856, head instructor from 1858 (Bennett). Pioneered the public gekiken kagyō paid fencing exhibitions from 1873, first at his training hall in Shitaya Kurumasaka, Tokyo (Bennett). Naitō Takaharu trained at his dojo for a year from April 1883 (JA wiki, Naitō; kenshi247 2012). Listed among the Meiji kengō of Jikishin Kage-ryū (JA wiki); Kendo Dendō first-batch inductee (2003).

Teachers (2)

• person
  Inoue Denbei

  sports_martial_artsJikishinkage-ryū Probable

  Probable

  Bennett states it directly as his first instruction, arranged by his father. The end is fixed by Inoue's death in 1838.

  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

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Bennett states it directly as his first instruction, arranged by his father. The end is fixed by Inoue's death in 1838.

  reviewsPeer-reviewed

  “his father entrusted his fencing tuition to Inoue Denbei—a master of the Jikishin Kage-ryū. Inoue was assassinated in 1838”

  — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info
• person
  Ōtani Seiichirō Nobutomo

  sports_martial_artsJikishinkage-ryū Probable

  Probable

  Bennett states the tutelage directly and dates its outcome, the 1856 teaching licence. The start is not given; Inoue's death in 1838 is the earliest it can be.

  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

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Bennett states the tutelage directly and dates its outcome, the 1856 teaching licence. The start is not given; Inoue's death in 1838 is the earliest it can be.

  reviewsPeer-reviewed

  “Sakakibara then entered the tutelage of another Jikishin Kage-ryū master, Ōtani Seiichirō Nobutomo (1798-1864), who awarded him a teaching license in the tradition in 1856.”

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

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsJikishinkage-ryū

  receipt_longMenkyo Probable

  Probable

  Bennett: Otani Nobutomo 'awarded him a teaching license in the tradition in 1856' - a paraphrase of the menkyō grade (kaiden is possible); single source, no JA wiki detail on the grade.

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

  Menkyo Licence System (1856)

  granted by Ōtani Seiichirō Nobutomo

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Bennett: Otani Nobutomo 'awarded him a teaching license in the tradition in 1856' - a paraphrase of the menkyō grade (kaiden is possible); single source, no JA wiki detail on the grade.

  reviewsPeer-reviewed

  “Sakakibara then entered the tutelage of another Jikishin Kage-ryū master, Ōtani Seiichirō Nobutomo (1798-1864), who awarded him a teaching license in the tradition in 1856.”

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

Students (1)

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  Naitō Takaharu

  sports_martial_artsJikishinkage-ryū Probable

  Probable

  JA wiki (Naitō): a year of training centred on Sakakibara Kenkichi's dojo in Shitaya Kurumasaka from April 1883; kenshi247 (2012) agrees and names the art, but is a JA wiki translation, not independent. Hence probable, not confirmed.

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

  (1883–1884)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  JA wiki (Naitō): a year of training centred on Sakakibara Kenkichi's dojo in Shitaya Kurumasaka from April 1883; kenshi247 (2012) agrees and names the art, but is a JA wiki translation, not independent. Hence probable, not confirmed.

  “明治16年（1883年）4月に上京し、下谷車坂の榊原鍵吉道場を中心に1年間修行する。”

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

  “In 1883, at the age of 20/21, Naito went to Tokyo and studied under the Jikishinkage-ryu swordsman and Kobusho instructor Sakakibara Kenkichi, the progenitor of pay-to-watch kenjutsu shows, Gekken Kogyo.”

  — George McCall. (2012-12-04). Naito Takaharu link history info

Honours (1)

• receipt_longKendo Dendō Probable

  Probable

  JA wiki (Naitō): the article's Kendo Dendō template lists Sakakibara Kenkichi among the first-batch inductees (2003); Wikidata records the Kendō Hall of Fame award; the list carries no separate footnote.

  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

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  JA wiki (Naitō): the article's Kendo Dendō template lists Sakakibara Kenkichi among the first-batch inductees (2003); Wikidata records the Kendō Hall of Fame award; the list carries no separate footnote.

  “榊原鍵吉”

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

  “award received Kendō Hall of Fame”

  — Wikidata Q933966 (Sakakibara Kenkichi); award received: Kendō Hall of Famelink

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