Description

Founder of the Yagyu line of Shinkage-ryu, a student of Kamiizumi Nobutsuna and second head of the school.

Teachers (1)

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  Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna

  swordsShinkage-ryū Probable

  Probable

  The Field Guide, Armstrong and the school’s own page; the book’s two chapters count as one source, the page is the school’s 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

  The Field Guide, Armstrong and the school’s own page; the book’s two chapters count as one source, the page is the school’s tradition.

  “Yagyu Sekishusai began to train under Kamiizumi after being soundly defeated by one of his students.”

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

  “For example, in Shinkage-ryu (founded by Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami) and Yagyu Shinkage-ryu (founded by Kamiizumi’s student Yagyu Munetoshi), there is either no batto, or it is done as a minor part of the overall kenjutsu training.”

  — Armstrong, Hunter B.. (1997). The Koryu Bujutsu Experience. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo

  “信綱に師事した柳生石舟斎宗厳は「無刀の位」を開悟して第二世を継いだ。”

  — 柳生新陰流兵法剣術link history info

Students (1)

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  Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami Munenori

  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

  3 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  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

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