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Japanese Wikipedia article on Nakamura Hansuke (1845-1897), Ryōi Shintō-ryū jūjutsuka of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Records his birth in Kurume (Kōka 2-11-16), childhood training under Shimozaka Saizō, his 1883 appointment to the police jūjutsu staff with Uehara Shōgo, the 1886 bout with Tomita Tsunejirō, his ~1-hour draw with Yokoyama Sakujirō at the police martial arts tournament (dated here to October 1887, with referee Kudomi Tetsutarō and Superintendent-General Mishima Michitsune intervening), his nickname "Shōki no Hansuke", the sumō-banzuke-style jūjutsuka ranking placing him as eastern yokozuna, his role in composing the Keishichō jūjutsu kata, and his being the model for Murai Hansuke in Tomita Tsuneo's novel Sanshirō Sugata.

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