Sakakibara Kenkichi

榊原鍵吉
Japan
Born 1830-12-19, Edo
Died 1894-09-11, Shitaya
5.8

Description

Meiji kengō of the Jikishin Kage-ryū Otani-ha. Taught by Inoue Denbei and then by Otani Nobutomo (Kōbusho head), who awarded him a teaching license in 1856; assistant instructor at the Kōbusho from March 1856, head instructor from 1858 (Bennett). Pioneered the public gekiken kagyō paid fencing exhibitions from 1873, first at his training hall in Shitaya Kurumasaka, Tokyo (Bennett). Naitō Takaharu trained at his dojo for a year from April 1883 (JA wiki, Naitō; kenshi247 2012). Listed among the Meiji kengō of Jikishin Kage-ryū (JA wiki); Kendo Dendō first-batch inductee (2003).

Teachers (2)

  • Inoue Denbei
    sports_martial_artsJikishinkage-ryū Probable
    Probable
    Bennett states it directly as his first instruction, arranged by his father. The end is fixed by Inoue's death in 1838.
    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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Bennett states it directly as his first instruction, arranged by his father. The end is fixed by Inoue's death in 1838.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “his father entrusted his fencing tuition to Inoue Denbei—a master of the Jikishin Kage-ryū. Inoue was assassinated in 1838”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info
  • Ōtani Seiichirō Nobutomo
    sports_martial_artsJikishinkage-ryū Probable
    Probable
    Bennett states the tutelage directly and dates its outcome, the 1856 teaching licence. The start is not given; Inoue's death in 1838 is the earliest it can be.
    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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Bennett states the tutelage directly and dates its outcome, the 1856 teaching licence. The start is not given; Inoue's death in 1838 is the earliest it can be.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “Sakakibara then entered the tutelage of another Jikishin Kage-ryū master, Ōtani Seiichirō Nobutomo (1798-1864), who awarded him a teaching license in the tradition in 1856.”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Ranks (1)

  • sports_martial_artsJikishinkage-ryū
    receipt_longMenkyo Probable
    Probable
    Bennett: Otani Nobutomo 'awarded him a teaching license in the tradition in 1856' - a paraphrase of the menkyō grade (kaiden is possible); single source, no JA wiki detail on the grade.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    Menkyo Licence System (1856)
    granted by Ōtani Seiichirō Nobutomo
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Bennett: Otani Nobutomo 'awarded him a teaching license in the tradition in 1856' - a paraphrase of the menkyō grade (kaiden is possible); single source, no JA wiki detail on the grade.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “Sakakibara then entered the tutelage of another Jikishin Kage-ryū master, Ōtani Seiichirō Nobutomo (1798-1864), who awarded him a teaching license in the tradition in 1856.”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Students (1)

  • Naitō Takaharu
    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)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    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

Honours (1)

  • receipt_longKendo Dendō Probable
    Probable
    JA wiki (Naitō): the article's Kendo Dendō template lists Sakakibara Kenkichi among the first-batch inductees (2003); Wikidata records the Kendō Hall of Fame award; the list carries no separate footnote.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    Title (2003)
    granted by All Japan Kendo Federation
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    JA wiki (Naitō): the article's Kendo Dendō template lists Sakakibara Kenkichi among the first-batch inductees (2003); Wikidata records the Kendō Hall of Fame award; the list carries no separate footnote.
    “榊原鍵吉”
    — Wikipedia contributors. 内藤高治 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
    “award received Kendō Hall of Fame”
    — Wikidata Q933966 (Sakakibara Kenkichi); award received: Kendō Hall of Famelink

Sources

“明治の剣豪榊原鍵吉、高山峰三郎、得能関四郎、奥村左近太、富山圓、山田次朗吉などがいる。”
— Wikipedia contributors. 直心影流剣術 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
reviewsPeer-reviewed
“In March of that year, Ōtani recommended that his protégé be appointed as one of the assistant instructors at the Kōbusho. He became a head instructor in 1858.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info
reviewsPeer-reviewed
“He initially organized open training sessions and demonstrations at his training hall in Shitaya Kurumasaka, Tokyo, in February 1873.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Identifiers

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