Kōsaka Masataka

Japan

Description

Student of Chiba Shūsaku from 1844 and author of Chiba Shūsaku jikiden kenjutsu meijin-hō (1884), which sets out the sixty-eight Hokushin Ittō-ryū fencing techniques that underpin modern kendo.

Teachers (1)

  • Chiba Shusaku
    sports_martial_artsHokushin Ittō-ryū Probable
    Probable
    Bennett dates his entry into Chiba's tutelage to 1844 while arguing about when the sixty-eight techniques were systemised.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1844)
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Bennett dates his entry into Chiba's tutelage to 1844 while arguing about when the sixty-eight techniques were systemised.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “it must have been before Kōsaka entered his tutelage in 1844”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Sources

reviewsPeer-reviewed
“Kōsaka Masataka's Chiba Shūsaku jikiden kenjutsu meijin-hō (Master Chiba Shūsaku's direct transmissions for mastery of kenjutsu, 1884) contains a detailed explanation of the sixty-eight fencing techniques Chiba Shūsaku created for the Hokushin Ittō-ryū.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Kōsaka Masataka. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M37JTCRFQ560C54BTDB9FE8W - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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