Description

Kendo teacher, born Chigusa; trained at the Mito Tōbukan, became a student of Takano Sasaburō in 1895 and his adopted son in 1900, and ran the Urawa Meishinkan. Known for his jōdan.

Teachers (3)

• person
  Kozawa Torakichi

  swordsKendo Probable

  Probable

  Single kenshi247 article; it reads the teacher's name 小沢 as Ozawa.

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

  location_onMito Tobukan badge

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Single kenshi247 article; it reads the teacher's name 小沢 as Ozawa.

  “When he was 14 he enrolled in Tobukan and began to study kendo under Ozawa Torakichi.”

  — George McCall. (2014-03-26). Takano Shigeyoshi hanshi's jodan. kenshi 24/7link history info
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  Takano Sasaburō

  swordsKendo Probable

  Probable

  Single kenshi247 article, which includes his own account.

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

  (1895)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Single kenshi247 article, which includes his own account.

  “This led him to Takano Sasaburo whose student he became in 1895.”

  — George McCall. (2014-03-26). Takano Shigeyoshi hanshi's jodan. kenshi 24/7link history info
• person
  Shimoe Hidetaro

  swordsKendo Probable

  Probable

  His own account, in translation; self-report.

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

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  His own account, in translation; self-report.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “I was initiated into the true way of jodan first through Shimoe sensei, then through Takano Sasaburo sensei.”

  — George McCall. (2014-03-26). Takano Shigeyoshi hanshi's jodan. kenshi 24/7link history info

Honours (1)

• receipt_longHanshiHanshi Probable

  Probable

  Kendoka shashin meikan (1925), hanshi list; Taisho 1 is 1912.

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

  Title (1912)

  granted by Greater Japan Martial Virtue Society

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Kendoka shashin meikan (1925), hanshi list; Taisho 1 is 1912.

  “Takano Shigeyoshi [...] Qualification: Taisho 1st Year”

  — George McCall; Isaac Meyer. (2010-07-25). Kendoka shashin meikan. kenshi 24/7link history info

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