Description

Son of Yagyu Sekishusai, fencing instructor of the Tokugawa shoguns Ieyasu, Hidetada and Iemitsu, and author of the Heiho kadensho (1632).

Teachers (1)

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  Yagyu Sekishusai Munetoshi

  swordsYagyū Shinkage-ryū Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Green and Svinth (his Heiho kadensho lists the curriculum he learned from his father), the Field Guide and the school’s own page.

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Green and Svinth (his Heiho kadensho lists the curriculum he learned from his father), the Field Guide and the school’s own page.

  “Heiho kadensho begins by listing the elements (i.e., names of kata) in the martial art [...] that Munenori had learned from his father.”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation link info

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  “Together with his son Munenori, Yagyu Sekishusai introduced Yagyu Shinkage-ryu to Tokugawa Ieyasu, whereupon the school became the official school of the Tokugawa family, and Munenori became Ieyasu’s personal instructor.”

  — Skoss, Diane. (1997). Field Guide to the Classical Japanese Martial Arts. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan info

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  “宗厳五男の宗矩は徳川家康に仕え、将軍秀忠、家光の兵法師範となり剣名を天下に高めた。”

  — 柳生新陰流兵法剣術link history info

Students (1)

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  Araki Mataemon

  swordsYagyū Shinkage-ryū Probable

  Probable

  The Field Guide states it; the school’s own page names Yagyu Jubei as its patron (法祖), not Munenori as his teacher.

  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

  The Field Guide states it; the school’s own page names Yagyu Jubei as its patron (法祖), not Munenori as his teacher.

  “Founder Araki Mataemon trained under Yagyu Munenori of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, and was granted permission to use the Yagyu name in his own school’s name by Yagyu Jubei.”

  — Skoss, Diane. (1997). Field Guide to the Classical Japanese Martial Arts. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan info

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