Menkyo Grade Vocabulary

concept scheme

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/rank-grade/menkyo

dcterms:title: Menkyo Grade Vocabulary

dcterms:description: The traditional koryu licence ladder: shoden, chuden, okuden, menkyo, menkyo kaiden, and gokui.

dcterms:creator: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9488-3542
dcterms:license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dcterms:publisher: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9488-3542
vann:preferredNamespacePrefix: rankgrade
owl:versionInfo: 1.0.0

dcterms:rightsHolder: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9488-3542
vann:preferredNamespaceUri: https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/rank-grade/
skos:hasTopConcept: ShodenChudenOkudenMenkyoMenkyo Kaiden Gokui

Chuden

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/rank-grade/menkyo_chuden

menkyo_chuden

skos:prefLabel: Chuden

skos:definition: Chuden (中伝, 'middle transmission'): the second tier of the traditional koryu licence ladder, between shoden and okuden.

skos:notation: menkyo_chuden
gradeOrdinal: 2

skos:inScheme: Menkyo Grade Vocabulary

Gokui

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/rank-grade/menkyo_gokui

menkyo_gokui

skos:prefLabel: Gokui
skos:altLabel: Gokui kaiden

skos:definition: Gokui (極意, 'ultimate secrets'): transmission of a school's innermost teachings.
skos:scopeNote: Roughly kaiden-adjacent in seniority (hence the tied gradeOrdinal), kept as a distinct concept because the sourced term names 'gokui', not 'menkyo'.

skos:notation: menkyo_gokui
gradeOrdinal: 5

skos:inScheme: Menkyo Grade Vocabulary

Menkyo Kaiden

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/rank-grade/menkyo_kaiden

menkyo_kaiden

skos:prefLabel: Menkyo Kaiden
skos:altLabel: Menkyokaiden (免許皆伝)menkyo kaiden

skos:definition: Menkyo kaiden (免許皆伝, 'licence of total transmission'): full transmission of a koryu's teachings, the top of the traditional licence ladder.

skos:notation: menkyo_kaiden
gradeOrdinal: 5

skos:inScheme: Menkyo Grade Vocabulary

Menkyo

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/rank-grade/menkyo_license

menkyo_license

skos:prefLabel: Menkyo
skos:altLabel: menkyoTeaching license

skos:definition: Menkyo (免許, 'licence'): a formal teaching licence, one tier below full transmission (menkyo kaiden).

skos:notation: menkyo_license
gradeOrdinal: 4

skos:inScheme: Menkyo Grade Vocabulary

Okuden

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/rank-grade/menkyo_okuden

menkyo_okuden

skos:prefLabel: Okuden
skos:altLabel: Okuden Inka

skos:definition: Okuden (奥伝, 'inner transmission'): the third tier of the traditional koryu licence ladder, below menkyo and menkyo kaiden.
skos:scopeNote: 'Inka' (印可, 'seal of approval') names the certificate confirming this tier, observed combined as 'Okuden Inka' in sourced data.

skos:notation: menkyo_okuden
gradeOrdinal: 3

skos:inScheme: Menkyo Grade Vocabulary

Shoden

concept

IRI:https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/rank-grade/menkyo_shoden

menkyo_shoden

skos:prefLabel: Shoden
skos:altLabel: Shoden Kirigami Mokuroku

skos:definition: Shoden (初伝, 'beginning transmission'): the first tier of the traditional koryu licence ladder.
skos:scopeNote: 'Kirigami' and 'mokuroku' name specific certificate/catalogue documents historically issued at this tier, observed combined as 'Shoden Kirigami Mokuroku' in sourced data.

skos:notation: menkyo_shoden
gradeOrdinal: 1

skos:inScheme: Menkyo Grade Vocabulary