Araki Mataemon

Description

Founder of the Edo line of Yagyu Shingan-ryu, a student of Yagyu Munenori.

Teachers (1)

• person
  Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami Munenori

  swordsYagyū Shinkage-ryū Probable

  Probable

  The Field Guide states it; the school’s own page names Yagyu Jubei as its patron (法祖), not Munenori as his teacher.

  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

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  fact_check

  The Field Guide states it; the school’s own page names Yagyu Jubei as its patron (法祖), not Munenori as his teacher.

  “Founder Araki Mataemon trained under Yagyu Munenori of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, and was granted permission to use the Yagyu name in his own school’s name by Yagyu Jubei.”

  — Skoss, Diane. (1997). Field Guide to the Classical Japanese Martial Arts. Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan info

Lineage

• Yagyū Shinkage-ryūYagyu Tajima-no-Kami Munenori ← Yagyu Sekishusai Munetoshi · 2 generations

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