Kenshi

・【Kawashima Takashi】

June 2026

Master of sword and bow.

・【Yamaoka Tesshū】

June 2026

Some details on the famous sword and calligraphy master Yamaoka Tesshū.

・【Odani Seiichirō】

June 2026

Brief biography of Odani Seiichirō

・【Mitsuhashi Torazō】

June 2026

・【Matsushita Seiichirō】

June 2026

・【Nakayama Tatsusaburō】

June 2026

Nakayama Tatsusaburō (中山辰三郎) was an important Shindō Yōshin-ryū figure and Ōtsuka Hironori’s teacher. He entered the Shintōkan on 10 April 1886. He learned Jikishinkage-ryū there and Shindō Yōshin-ryū, receiving a betsuden menkyo from Matsuoka Katsunosuke.

・【Takahashi Deishū】

June 2026

Some details on the Yūgekitai and the famous spear and calligraphy master Takahashi Deishū.

・【Toda Hachirōzaemon】

June 2026

・【Shimada Toranosuke】

June 2026

One of three swords of the Tenpō era (天保三剣士).

・【Sakakibara Kenkichi】

June 2026

Examining Sakakibara Kenkichi and his relation to other famous swordsmen in Japan. People he worked with at the Kobusho. People he trained under. People he taught.

・【Momoi Shunzō IV】

June 2026

・【Matsuoka Katsunosuke】

June 2026

Some details of the formative years of Matsuoka Katsunosuke, founder of Shindō Yōshin-ryū jūjutsu.

・【Matsudaira Chikaranosuke】

June 2026

・【Kondō Yanosuke】

June 2026

・【Inoue Hachirō】

June 2026

・【Imahori [Chiiozō]】

June 2026

・【Iba Sōtarō】

June 2026

・【Honme Yarijirō】

June 2026

・【Fujita Taiichirō】

June 2026

・【Amano Hachirō】

June 2026

Student of Odani, leader of the Shōgitai (彰義隊)