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Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna

上泉伊勢守信綱
Born 1508
Died 1578

Description

Founder of Shinkage-ryu, from Aisu Kage-ryu; teacher of Yagyu Sekishusai.

Teachers (1)

  • Aisu Ikkosai
    swordsAisu Kage-ryū Probable
    Probable
    The Field Guide states it; one source.
    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
    The Field Guide states it; one source.
    “Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami, who had trained in both Kashima and Katori Shinto-ryu, created Shinkage-ryu based on Kage-ryu, which he learned from its founder Aisu Ikkosai.”
    — Skoss, Diane. (1997). Field Guide to the Classical Japanese Martial Arts. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan info

Students (1)

  • Yagyu Sekishusai Munetoshi
    swordsShinkage-ryū Probable
    Probable
    The Field Guide, Armstrong and the school’s own page; the book’s two chapters count as one source, the page is the school’s tradition.
    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
    3 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    The Field Guide, Armstrong and the school’s own page; the book’s two chapters count as one source, the page is the school’s tradition.
    “Yagyu Sekishusai began to train under Kamiizumi after being soundly defeated by one of his students.”
    — Skoss, Diane. (1997). Field Guide to the Classical Japanese Martial Arts. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan info
    “For example, in Shinkage-ryu (founded by Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami) and Yagyu Shinkage-ryu (founded by Kamiizumi’s student Yagyu Munetoshi), there is either no batto, or it is done as a minor part of the overall kenjutsu training.”
    — Armstrong, Hunter B.. (1997). The Koryu Bujutsu Experience. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo
    “信綱に師事した柳生石舟斎宗厳は「無刀の位」を開悟して第二世を継いだ。”
    — 柳生新陰流兵法剣術link history info

Sources

“Founder: Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna, 1508-1578;the Yagyu line was founded by Yagyu Sekishusai Munetoshi, 1527-1606”
— Skoss, Diane. (1997). Field Guide to the Classical Japanese Martial Arts. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan info
“室町末期、上泉伊勢守信綱は愛洲陰流より「転」を工夫して新陰流を創始した。”
— 柳生新陰流兵法剣術link history info

Identifiers

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