Description

Kenjutsu and kendo school headed by Takano Sasaburō, renamed in 1891 from the Meishinsha run by his grandfather Takano Sakichirō. Operated a headquarters dojo at Urawa and a network of branch dojo (bunkan) across Saitama, Chiba, Gunma, Kanagawa, Ibaraki and Tokyo. Its Chichibu hall, the Meishin Honkan, was designated a Chichibu City historic site in 1965.

Also known as

明信社 · Meishinsha

Founded

Officers (1)

• 
  Takano Sasaburō

  Head

  1891

  The sources do not name the office. Takano renamed the school from his grandfather's Meishinsha and set up its branch dojo, so Head describes what he did rather than a recorded title. Confirmed

  Confirmed

  An authored chronology and an independent web biography agree.

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

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  An authored chronology and an independent web biography agree.

  “高野佐三郎，祖父の明信社を明信館と改める。以後千葉，群馬，神奈川，茨城，東京に分館を設立。”

  — 杉江 正敏. (1976). 近代武道の成立過程に関する研究―『日本武術名家伝』の年表的整理― link history info

  “In 1890 he built his dojo, Meishinkan, on the grounds of his fathers business and left the police. The Urawa Meishinkan would serve to be the HQ dojo for a network of branch dojos in the prefecture.”

  — George McCall. Takano Sasaburo (1862-1950) link history info

Locations (1)

• location_onSaitama Prefecture

  warning No sources cited

Places (2)

Tags

kendo · kenjutsu · japan

Sources