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Mito Tobukan

水戸東武館
categoryDojo
calendar_month1874-01-01
location_onMito Japan

Description

Private kenjutsu dojo in Mito, Ibaraki, opened 1874-01-01 by Kozawa Torakichi in his own residence after the abolition of the Mito domain. Taught Hokushin Ittō-ryū kenjutsu and Shin Tamiya-ryū battojutsu; Naitō Takaharu and Monna Tadashi trained there before going on to the Keishichō and the Butokukai. One of the three great private dojos of Japan (kenshi247); private ownership has continued in the Kozawa family, and the dojo still practises kendo, iaido, naginata, Hokushin Ittō-ryū, and Shin Tamiya-ryū (JA wiki, Mito Tobukan).

Also known as

Mito Tōbukan

Locations (1)

  • location_onMito Japan
    warning No sources cited

Founder

Kozawa Torakichi

Instructors (3)

Trained here (2)

  • Naitō Takaharu
    sports_martial_artsHokushin Ittō-ryū Confirmed
    Confirmed
    JA wiki (Naitō Takaharu): entered Kozawa's Tobukan at 12, kirigami at 14, mokuroku at 18; Tobukan's own 1874-01-01 founding fixes the at-12 entry year at 1874. End 1883: his April 1883 departure for Tokyo.
    The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
    under Kozawa Torakichi (1874 – 1883)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    3 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    JA wiki (Naitō Takaharu): entered Kozawa's Tobukan at 12, kirigami at 14, mokuroku at 18; Tobukan's own 1874-01-01 founding fixes the at-12 entry year at 1874. End 1883: his April 1883 departure for Tokyo.
    “12歳で北辰一刀流剣術師範小澤寅吉の東武館道場に入門し、2年後の14歳で切紙を与えられ、さらに4年後の18歳では目録に進んでいる。”
    — Wikipedia contributors. 内藤高治 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
    “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
    “At the age of 12 – in 1874, just 3 years after the end of the more traditional domain system – Takaharu joined what was to become one of the most renowned dojo in Japan: the newly constructed Mito Tobukan.”
    — George McCall. (2012-12-04). Naito Takaharu link history info
  • Monna Tadashi
    sports_martial_artsShin Tamiya-ryū Probable
    Probable
    JA wiki (Monna Tadashi, citing Domoto Akihiko's Meiji Gekken-ka) attributes the Shin Tamiya-ryū battojutsu at Tobukan specifically to Kozawa Ichirō, Torakichi's eldest son; kenshi247 attributes both Tobukan arts to Torakichi - the more specific claim is modeled and the conflict recorded.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    under Kozawa Ichirō (1882 – 1888)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    JA wiki (Monna Tadashi, citing Domoto Akihiko's Meiji Gekken-ka) attributes the Shin Tamiya-ryū battojutsu at Tobukan specifically to Kozawa Ichirō, Torakichi's eldest son; kenshi247 attributes both Tobukan arts to Torakichi - the more specific claim is modeled and the conflict recorded.
    “寅吉に北辰一刀流剣術を、寅吉の長男一郎に新田宮流抜刀術を学び、いずれも免許皆伝を受ける。”
    — Wikipedia contributors. 門奈正 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
    sports_martial_artsHokushin Ittō-ryū Confirmed
    Confirmed
    JA wiki (Monna Tadashi) and kenshi247 agree that Monna entered the Tobukan in Meiji 15 (1882) and studied Hokushin Ittō-ryū under Kozawa Torakichi; the JA wiki places his move to the Keishichō in 1888.
    The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
    under Kozawa Torakichi (1882 – 1888)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    3 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    JA wiki (Monna Tadashi) and kenshi247 agree that Monna entered the Tobukan in Meiji 15 (1882) and studied Hokushin Ittō-ryū under Kozawa Torakichi; the JA wiki places his move to the Keishichō in 1888.
    “明治15年（1882年）、元水戸藩矢倉奉行で弘道館剣術指南役であった小澤寅吉の道場東武館に入門。寅吉に北辰一刀流剣術を、寅吉の長男一郎に新田宮流抜刀術を学び、いずれも免許皆伝を受ける。”
    — Wikipedia contributors. 門奈正 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
    “明治21年（1888年）、警視庁撃剣世話掛となっていた下江の招きで警視庁に出仕し、富岡門前署撃剣世話掛となる。”
    — Wikipedia contributors. 門奈正 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
    “There he studied Hokushin Itto-ryu and Shin-Tamiya ryu battojutsu as well as shinai kendo under Ozawa Torakichi.”
    — George McCall. (2013-10-16). Monna Tadashi link history info
    sports_martial_artsHokushin Ittō-ryū Confirmed
    Confirmed
    JA wiki (Monna Tadashi) records that from 1885 Shimoe taught at the Tobukan and Monna received his instruction, and that the two continued together at the Keishichō from 1888 (Monna 'the one who most fully inherited Shimoe's technique'); kenshi247 confirms the Tobukan instruction.
    The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
    under Shimoe Hidetaro (1885 – 1888)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    JA wiki (Monna Tadashi) records that from 1885 Shimoe taught at the Tobukan and Monna received his instruction, and that the two continued together at the Keishichō from 1888 (Monna 'the one who most fully inherited Shimoe's technique'); kenshi247 confirms the Tobukan instruction.
    “明治18年（1885年）より、元玄武館塾頭で茨城県警察本署撃剣師範の下江秀太郎が東武館で剣術を指南し、門奈は下江の教えを受けた。”
    — Wikipedia contributors. 門奈正 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
    “At Tobukan he also received instruction under Shimoe Hidetaro (a student of Chiba Shusaku)”
    — George McCall. (2013-10-16). Monna Tadashi link history info

Tags

dojo · mito · koryu · hokushin-ritto-ryu

Sources

“廃藩後、日本伝統の士風の衰頽を憂い、明治7年（1874年）1月1日、自邸に道場「東武館」を開く。北辰一刀流剣術、新田宮流抜刀術を指南し、門下から内藤高治、門奈正らを輩出した。”
— Wikipedia contributors. 小澤寅吉 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
“一般財団法人水戸東武館（みととうぶかん、英語: Mito Tobukan）は、茨城県水戸市において剣道、居合道、なぎなた及び北辰一刀流剣術、新田宮流抜刀術を修練する道場「水戸東武館」を運営し、これらの伝統文化を伝承するために活動する財団法人。全日本剣道連盟、日本古武道協会に加盟している。”
— Wikipedia contributors. 水戸東武館 - Wikipedia (Japanese). Wikipedia (Japanese)link history info
“Of the three great private dojo in Japan (日本の３大私塾道場) – Honma Dojo (Chiba), Shubukan (Hyogo), and Tobukan (Ibaraki) – two remain extant at the time of writing this article: Shubukan and Tobukan.”
— George McCall. (2009-09-04). Kendo places#6: Tobukanlink history info

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