Mitamura Chiyo

Japan
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Description

Headmaster of the Tendo-ryu and chief naginata teacher of the Butokukai school before the war; she ran its 1934 naginata teachers' course.

Students (1)

  • Sawada Hanae
    swordsTendō-ryū Probable
    Probable
    Her own account (interview with her student Meik Skoss); one side.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    location_onBudo Senmon Gakko badge (1934)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Her own account (interview with her student Meik Skoss); one side.
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “I believe you studied directly under the former headmaster, Mitamura Chiyo.”
    — Skoss, Meik; Sawada, Hanae; Bird, Marci. (1997). The Meaning of Martial Arts Training: A Conversation with Sawada Hanae. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “In 1934. What we, or at least I myself, did at the Butokukai in Kyoto was to practice six or seven hours a day.”
    — Skoss, Meik; Sawada, Hanae; Bird, Marci. (1997). The Meaning of Martial Arts Training: A Conversation with Sawada Hanae. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo

Sources

“I believe you studied directly under the former headmaster, Mitamura Chiyo.”
— Skoss, Meik; Sawada, Hanae; Bird, Marci. (1997). The Meaning of Martial Arts Training: A Conversation with Sawada Hanae. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo
“To fulfill the requirement for additional instructors, the Butokukai created a teachers’ training course for naginata in 1934. This school taught Tendo-ryu and was run by Mitamura Chiyo, Nishigaki Kin, and Mitamura Kunihiko.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation link info

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