Naitō Takaharu

Also known as

Ichige Takaharu · 市毛高治

Description

Mito-domain swordsman of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū, born into the Ichige family. Entered the Mito Tobukan at 12 (1874) under Kozawa Torakichi - kirigami at 14, mokuroku at 18 - and trained at Sakakibara Kenkichi's dojo in Tokyo for a year (1883-1884) before a country pilgrimage. In 1881, at 19, adopted into the Naitō family. Joined the Keishichō in 1888 and later opened the Yōshinkan dojo in Tokyo and served as gekiken shihan of the Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō (Waseda). One of five kendo teachers named for the Butokuden in Kyoto in 1899, where he served until his death and was chief kendo professor of the Bujutsu Kyōin Yoseijo, later the Budo Senmon Gakko, 'Waza Monna, Ki Takaharu' alongside Monna Tadashi. Chief commissioner of the 1911 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kenjutsu Kata; opposed kendo's sportification and the 1929 Tenran shiai, died before it was held.

Teachers (3)

Kozawa Torakichi

sports_martial_artsHokushin Ittō-ryū Confirmed

Confirmed

JA wiki (Naitō Takaharu): entered Kozawa's Tobukan at 12, kirigami at 14, mokuroku at 18; Tobukan's own 1874-01-01 founding fixes the at-12 entry year at 1874. End 1883: his April 1883 departure for Tokyo.

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

location_onMito Tobukan badge (1874–1883)

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Frederico Muñoz

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JA wiki (Naitō Takaharu): entered Kozawa's Tobukan at 12, kirigami at 14, mokuroku at 18; Tobukan's own 1874-01-01 founding fixes the at-12 entry year at 1874. End 1883: his April 1883 departure for Tokyo.

“12歳で北辰一刀流剣術師範小澤寅吉の東武館道場に入門し、2年後の14歳で切紙を与えられ、さらに4年後の18歳では目録に進んでいる。”

— Wikipedia contributors. 内藤高治 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

“明治16年（1883年）4月に上京し、下谷車坂の榊原鍵吉道場を中心に1年間修行する。”

— Wikipedia contributors. 内藤高治 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

“At the age of 12 – in 1874, just 3 years after the end of the more traditional domain system – Takaharu joined what was to become one of the most renowned dojo in Japan: the newly constructed Mito Tobukan.”

— George McCall. (2012-12-04). Naito Takaharu link history info
Shimoe Hidetaro

sports_martial_artsHokushin Ittō-ryū Probable

Probable

JA wiki (Shimoe Hidetaro): explicit short instruction at Kanuma in 1884, and Shimoe placing Naitō at the Tomioka Monzen station. The Keishichō part is co-service, not explicit teaching, and no source beyond the JA wikis corroborates it - hence probable, not confirmed.

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

(1884) location_onTokyo Metropolitan Police Department badge (1888–1898)

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Frederico Muñoz

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JA wiki (Shimoe Hidetaro): explicit short instruction at Kanuma in 1884, and Shimoe placing Naitō at the Tomioka Monzen station. The Keishichō part is co-service, not explicit teaching, and no source beyond the JA wikis corroborates it - hence probable, not confirmed.

“帰郷後、回国修行中の内藤高治が鹿沼に立ち寄ったので、短期間ではあるが下江は内藤に稽古をつけたという。”

— Wikipedia contributors. 下江秀太郎 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

“明治21年（1888年）5月9日、自身も警視庁に一等巡査として任官し、下江秀太郎の斡旋で東武館の同門である門奈正と同じ警察署に配属された。”

— Wikipedia contributors. 内藤高治 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

“また同年、内藤も東京に出て警視庁撃剣世話掛たちに試合を挑み連勝した後に警視庁に就職したので、下江は内藤も富岡門前署に配属させた。”

— Wikipedia contributors. 下江秀太郎 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
Sakakibara Kenkichi

sports_martial_artsJikishinkage-ryū Probable

Probable

JA wiki (Naitō): a year of training centred on Sakakibara Kenkichi's dojo in Shitaya Kurumasaka from April 1883; kenshi247 (2012) agrees and names the art, but is a JA wiki translation, not independent. Hence probable, not confirmed.

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

(1883–1884)

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JA wiki (Naitō): a year of training centred on Sakakibara Kenkichi's dojo in Shitaya Kurumasaka from April 1883; kenshi247 (2012) agrees and names the art, but is a JA wiki translation, not independent. Hence probable, not confirmed.

“明治16年（1883年）4月に上京し、下谷車坂の榊原鍵吉道場を中心に1年間修行する。”

— Wikipedia contributors. 内藤高治 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info

“In 1883, at the age of 20/21, Naito went to Tokyo and studied under the Jikishinkage-ryu swordsman and Kobusho instructor Sakakibara Kenkichi, the progenitor of pay-to-watch kenjutsu shows, Gekken Kogyo.”

— George McCall. (2012-12-04). Naito Takaharu link history info

Lineage

Hokushin Ittō-ryūShimoe Hidetaro Chiba Eijirō · 2 generations
Jikishinkage-ryū Sakakibara Kenkichi Inoue Denbei · 2 generations

Ranks (1)

sports_martial_artsHokushin Ittō-ryū

receipt_longMenkyo Kaiden Probable

Probable

Sugie's chronology states the menkyo kaiden from Kozawa Torakichi directly, under the 1888 entry. It is the only source for the award and gives no month.

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

Menkyo Licence System (1888)

granted by Kozawa Torakichi

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Sugie's chronology states the menkyo kaiden from Kozawa Torakichi directly, under the 1888 entry. It is the only source for the award and gives no month.

“内藤高治，小沢寅吉より北辰一刀流の免許皆伝を受ける。”

— 杉江正敏. (1976). 近代武道の成立過程に関する研究―『日本武術名家伝』の年表的整理― link history info

Offices held (1)

corporate_fareChief commissioner (主査) Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kenjutsu Kata Committee Probable

Probable

One authored history.

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

1911 – 1912

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One authored history.

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“The five kenjutsu masters from various ryūha tasked with this responsibility were Negishi Shingorō, Tsuji Shinpei, Naitō Takaharu, Monna Tadashi, and Takano Sasaburō.”

— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Students (2)

Ueda Heitaro

sports_martial_artsKendo Probable

Probable

Student at the Butokukai's Bujutsu Kyoin Yoseijo in Kyoto (the school later renamed Budo Senmon Gakko), a five-month stint in 1905, under Naito Takaharu; documented in the Kenshi 24/7 article and Japanese Wikipedia.

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

location_onBudo Senmon Gakko badge (1905)

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Frederico Muñoz

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Student at the Butokukai's Bujutsu Kyoin Yoseijo in Kyoto (the school later renamed Budo Senmon Gakko), a five-month stint in 1905, under Naito Takaharu; documented in the Kenshi 24/7 article and Japanese Wikipedia.

“At the Yoseijo he was there as a "koshusei" or a "part-time" student there to learn kendo only (full time students also did academic study). There he studied directly under Naito Takaharu and crossed shinai with the likes of Saimura, Nakano, Oshima, and Shimatani (this was slightly before Mochida, Ogawa, Miyazaki, and Oasa, etc arrived). ”

— George. (2022). The Iron Will of the Kendo God Ueda Heitarolink history info
Ogawa Kinnosuke

sports_martial_artsKendo Probable

Probable

Well-documented student of Naito Takaharu at Budo Senmon Gakko from 1907-1910, as described in detailed historical accounts including Kenshi 24/7 article

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

location_onBudo Senmon Gakko badge (1907–1910)

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Frederico Muñoz

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Well-documented student of Naito Takaharu at Budo Senmon Gakko from 1907-1910, as described in detailed historical accounts including Kenshi 24/7 article

“In 1905 a school was formally opened to teach kendo instructors and Naito was selected as the senior teacher. At this time the school was known as the Bujutsu Kyoin Yoseijo, but eventually (after a few re-organisations and renames) it would be known to everyone as Busen (Budo Senmon Gakko). It was to this school that Ogawa was dispatched by the Nagoya police department in 1907. Ogawa would spend 3 years studying kendo directly under Naito.”

— Ogawa Kinnosuke - Kenshi 24/7link