Jirōkichi Yamada

Jirōkichi Yamada
山田 次朗吉 Yamada Jirōkichi
Born January 9, 1863
Aizu, Fukushima, Japan
Died October 23, 1930
Japan
Native name 山田 次朗吉 Yamada Jirōkichi
Nationality Japanese
Style Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū
Trainer Sakakibara Kenkichi (榊原 鍵吉)
Notable students Kawashima Takashi (川島 堯), Ōmori Sōgen (大森 曹玄)

Jirōkichi Yamada (山田 次朗吉 Yamada Jirōkichi, January 9, 1863 – October 23, 1930) was the 15th headmaster or sōke of Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū, a (koryū) of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship (kenjutsu). He was a student of the 14th sōke, Sakakibara Kenkichi (榊原 鍵吉).

In the early twentieth century (1927), he published a book documenting all five classical kata of this koryū that originates from the sixteenth century.[1]

See also

Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū

References

  1. Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū 鹿島神傳直心影流 by Yamada Jirōkichi. Suishinsha, hardcover, 1927. (Japanese)

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