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Tokyo Higher Normal School

東京高等師範学校
categoryUniversity
location_onTokyo Japan

Description

Teacher-training college in Tokyo, now the University of Tsukuba, and the rival of the Butokukai's Bujutsu Vocational College in producing specialist martial arts instructors. Kanō Jigorō became its president in 1893 and founded its gekiken club in 1896; judo, kendo and calisthenics became regular subjects in 1906, and from 1913 its three martial arts courses granted a nationally recognised teaching licence. The dan and kyū system was first used in kendo here, under Takano Sasaburō in 1908.

Locations (1)

  • location_onTokyo Japan
    warning No sources cited

Instructors (4)

  • Munakata Itsurō
    Instructor
    1894
    Probable
    Probable
    Kano's own account only.
    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
    Kano's own account only.
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Norifumi Machida, the principal of the junior high school affiliated to our college, suggested to me that Kodokan instructor Itsuro Munakata be invited to teach judo at the college. As I recall, this was around 1894. I agreed to his suggestion”
    — Brian N. Watson. (2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kanoinfo
  • Kimura Nobuhide
    Head instructor
    Probable
    Probable
    One authored history.
    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
    One authored history.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “the gekiken club was invigorated by the appointment of Kimura Nobuhide (1855-1924) of the Jikishin Kage-ryū as the head teacher”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info
  • Takano Sasaburō
    Technical director
    1908
    Probable
    Probable
    One authored history.
    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
    One authored history.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “Takano Sasaburō was eventually named supervising instructor of the club and made responsible for implementing the dan and kyu system of ranking in 1908”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info
  • Satō Ukichi
    Instructor
    Probable
    Probable
    One authored history; it names him a professor at the school, not a kendo instructor.
    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
    One authored history; it names him a professor at the school, not a kendo instructor.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “Satō Ukichi (1895-1975) was a leading kendo master and professor at the Tokyo Higher Normal School.”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Officers (1)

  • Kanō Jigorō
    President
    1893
    Probable
    Probable
    One authored history.
    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
    One authored history.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “The highly influential educator and martial artist Kanō Jigorō became the school's president in 1893”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Tags

kendo · judo · education

Sources

reviewsPeer-reviewed
“The highly influential educator and martial artist Kanō Jigorō became the school's president in 1893”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info
reviewsPeer-reviewed
“Kano successfully elevated judo, kendo, and calisthenics to regular subjects of study at the Tokyo Higher Normal School in 1906.”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Tokyo Higher Normal School. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M3788RSRDWP4JKB5FKZZAQSC - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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