Description

Tenjin Shinyo-ryu jujutsu teacher and well-known judoka of the late Meiji, Taisho and early Showa periods.

Teachers (2)

• person
  Inoue Keitaro

  swordsTenjin Shin'yō-ryū Probable

  Probable

  Skoss (the Kubota line) and Buyens state it; Buyens may draw on the same tradition.

  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

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  fact_check

  Skoss (the Kubota line) and Buyens state it; Buyens may draw on the same tradition.

  “A third line comes down from Miyamoto Hanzo, who studied with both Inoue Keitaro and Tozawa Tokusaburo, the man who briefly taught jujutsu to Ueshiba Morihei, the founder of aikido.”

  — Skoss, Meik. (1997). Tenjin Shinyo-ryu Jujutsu. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo

  “Iso Mataemon Masatomo had amongst his students Inoue Keitaro and Tozawa Tokusaburo, who were the teachers of Miyamoto Hanzo).”

  — BUYENS, Guy. Introduction to Traditional martial systems. 2016link
• person
  Tozawa Tokusaburo

  swordsTenjin Shin'yō-ryū Probable

  Probable

  Skoss (the Kubota line) and Buyens state it; Buyens may draw on the same tradition.

  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

  Skoss (the Kubota line) and Buyens state it; Buyens may draw on the same tradition.

  “A third line comes down from Miyamoto Hanzo, who studied with both Inoue Keitaro and Tozawa Tokusaburo, the man who briefly taught jujutsu to Ueshiba Morihei, the founder of aikido.”

  — Skoss, Meik. (1997). Tenjin Shinyo-ryu Jujutsu. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo

  “Iso Mataemon Masatomo had amongst his students Inoue Keitaro and Tozawa Tokusaburo, who were the teachers of Miyamoto Hanzo).”

  — BUYENS, Guy. Introduction to Traditional martial systems. 2016link

Lineage

• Tenjin Shin'yō-ryūInoue Keitaro ← Iso Masatomo ← Iso Masatari Mataemon · 3 generations

Students (1)

• person
  Aimiya Kazusaburo

  swordsTenjin Shin'yō-ryū Probable

  Probable

  Skoss (the Kubota line) states it; one account.

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

  history_eduTradition only

  Tradition only: every supporting source is the lineage's own account of itself

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Skoss (the Kubota line) states it; one account.

  “His top student was Aimiya Kazusaburo, who taught a number of people until he was severely disabled by a stroke about twenty years ago.”

  — Skoss, Meik. (1997). Tenjin Shinyo-ryu Jujutsu. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo

Sources