Komagawa Tarōzaemon

Komagawa Tarozaemon
Died Natural causes
Other names Kaishin
Style Kenjutsu, Naginatajutsu, and Juttejutsu.
Teacher(s) Kamiizumi Ise no kami Nobutsuna
Rank Founder, practitioner of Shinkage-ryū


In this Japanese name, the family name is Komagawa.

Komagawa Tarozaemon was a disciple under the famous Kamiizumi Ise no kami Nobutsuna, founder of Shinkage-ryū[1] Tarozaemon's Komagawa Kaishin-ryū was handed down through the Maeda clan of Kaga,[2] where he taught the use of the tachi (long sword), kodachi (short sword), jitte (a hooked truncheon used for arresting and disarming), naginata (glaive), and two-sword fighting[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Tokitsu, Kenji(2005). Miyamoto Musashi: His Life and Writings. Shambhala Publications, Inc. 278-279
  2. ↑ "...Kaishin Ryu is Budo tradition that was handed down to Maeda clan of Kaga ( Toyama prefecture).
  3. ↑ Shinbukan
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