Description

A swordsman of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū, Naitō taught kendo to the Japanese Police force, and was also the first teacher at the Budo Senmon Gakko. He helped to create the Dai Nihon Teikoku Kendo Kata, a group that promulgated the practice of kendo in Japanese schools and universities under the auspices of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai.

Students (2)

• Ue
  Ueda Heitaro

  linkKendo 3

  Confirmed

  Student at Butokukai's Bujutsu Kyoin Yoseijo in Kyoto (1905) under Naito Takaharu, documented in Kenshi 24/7 article and Japanese Wikipedia

  sports_kabaddiBujutsu Kyoin Yoseijo badge (1905)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Student at Butokukai's Bujutsu Kyoin Yoseijo in Kyoto (1905) under Naito Takaharu, documented in Kenshi 24/7 article and Japanese Wikipedia

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "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). "

  — The iron will of the kendo god Ueda Heitaro - Kenshi 24/7link
• 
  Ogawa Kinnosuke

  linkKendo 3

  Confirmed

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

  sports_kabaddiBudo Senmon Gakko badge (1907-1910)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

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

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "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 24/7linkhistory

Honors (1)

• receipt_longHanshiHanshi 2

  Probable

  Awarded hanshi title in 1913 together with Takano Sasaburo, as documented in Kenshi 24/7 blog article

  Title

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Awarded hanshi title in 1913 together with Takano Sasaburo, as documented in Kenshi 24/7 blog article

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "In 1913, at the same time as Naito Takaharu and Takano Sasaburo, he was awarded hanshi."

  — Monna Tadashi - Kenshi 24/7link

Sources