Description
First of the paid public fencing exhibitions organised by Sakakibara Kenkichi,
held over twelve days at a makeshift arena by the riverbank in Asakusa.
Eighty-eight fighters competed in three ranks, the first class being ten
Jikishin Kage-ryū fencers, the second thirty-six students of Sakakibara, the
third forty fighters including women. Matches followed Kōbusho rules, best of
three points with neutral adjudicators, and members of the public could register
to challenge the fencers. Scheduled for ten days and extended by demand, it
ended abruptly when a fire at the imperial palace halted all entertainment in
Tokyo.
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Bennett has Sakakibara file the application, set the rules of the matches and
run the event.
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“He filed an application to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to hold a public
display of fencing, which was sanctioned on March 8, 1873.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of
the Swordlink
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kenjutsu · gekiken · japan
Sources
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“The first event lasted twelve days, opening on April 26, 1873, and continuing
until May 5.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of
the Swordlink
info
reviewsPeer-reviewed
“The matches started at eight o'clock each morning, and eighty-eight
demonstration fighters were divided into three ranks.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of
the Swordlink
info
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). First gekiken-kōgyō, Asakusa (1873). In
Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database.
https://martial.is/entity/01M37J0JPX4F4E9V115VE71QVP - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed
ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M37J0JPX4F4E9V115VE71QVP, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {First gekiken-kōgyō, Asakusa (1873)}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial
Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M37J0JPX4F4E9V115VE71QVP}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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