What are the schools of Japanese swordsmanship?

Yin Ryu, founded by the early Warring States period swordsman Aisu Shikasai. The later Uesumi Ise Morinotsugu created Shin Yinryu based on Yinryu. In contrast to the real sword dueling of previous swordsmanship, Shin-nyin-ryu was practiced with a bamboo blade, thus avoiding unnecessary injuries. In addition, the Shinyin-ryu was the first to establish the "Beginner→Superior→Free Passing of All" sword rank system, on which the later rank systems were developed.

Nozuna founded the Shinkin-ryu, and it was Nobutatsugu's disciple, Soen Yanagi Ishibusa, who made the Shinkin-ryu swordsmanship famous.

The Yanagi family was a powerful family in Yamato, and Soyan Yanagi served in the offices of Miyoshi Nagakiyo and Oda Nobunaga before resigning from his post to study swordsmanship. After receiving instruction from Uesumi Nobutsuna, he fused the Kashima Shindo Ryu and the Toda Ichidashi Ryu into the Shinyin Ryu sword technique, creating the largest branch of the Shinyin Ryu, the Yanagiu Shinyin Ryu. Afterwards, Yanagi Soneji's son, Yanagi Sokaku, and Sokaku's son, Yanagi Mitsunori (Yanagi Jubei), developed and perfected Yanagi Shinkin-ryu, making it one of the largest schools of swordsmanship of the Edo period. Yanagi Soyan, Yanagi Sotsuki and Yanagi Jubei became the famous three swordsmen from the end of the Warring States period to the beginning of the Edo period, and were known as the "Yanagi Three Heavenly Dogs".

The Yanagi family's books of martial arts (i.e., books of swordsmanship) include The Killing Sword, The Living Sword, The Scroll of No Sword, and later, The Copy of the Moon, which was written by Jubei. The true essence of the Yanagi Shinyin school is the "no-sword take", which means that the opponent is stopped with the empty hand (what we call "empty hand into white blade"). In contrast to some schools, the Yanagi Shinyin Ryu does not favor killing as a means of honing one's swordsmanship. The significance of Yanagi's "no sword to take" is reflected in "Sword of the Living" and "Scroll of the Swordless":

"We do not kill; we win by not being killed."

Niten Ichiban

Niten Ichiban was founded by Miyamoto Musashi, a famous swordsman of the early Edo period.

Miyamoto Musashi's original name was Shinmu Musashi, and his official name in the Niten Ichiban Art of War was Shinmu Musashi Genshin. However, the name Miyamoto Musashi is better known.

Miyamoto Musashi was born in Miyamoto, Ohara-cho, Eita-gun, Okayama Prefecture, in the twelfth year of Tensho (1584). As a young boy, he studied the art of Dangri-ryu military strategy with his father, Shinsengumi Mujisai. From the age of thirteen, when he fought against Arima Kibei of the Shinden-ryu until the age of twenty-eight, he fought more than sixty times against other schools during this period, and it is said that he was not defeated once. At the age of twenty-nine, Musashi became famous when he fought a duel on Itsukuru Island with Kojiro Sasaki, a swordsman who was famous throughout the world at the time, and cut Kojiro down with his homemade four-foot-two-inch-long wooden sword.

When he was more than twenty years old, Musashi established a school of his own with the "Enmyo-ryu" (圆明一流). In 1605, he wrote a book on swordsmanship called "Hyodo Mirror". However, he was never satisfied with his own swordsmanship and did not think he had reached the ultimate level. After the age of thirty, Musashi continued his training, and finally, in his fifties, he perfected the art of using two swords, one large and one small (i.e., Ichinotabuto and Ninotabuto). This is known as the "Nitenkyuu".

When Musashi was fifty-seven years old, in the seventeenth year of Kan-ei (1640), he was invited by Tadatoshi Hosokawa Echonaka, the lord of the Kumamoto domain (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture), to give formal instruction in the art of swordsmanship in that domain. In the years that followed, Musashi wrote the "Preface to the Way of the Five Swords of the Five Parties," the "Thirty-five Solid Articles of the Art of War," and the "Book of the Five Wheels," which are collectively known as the "Art of War, Two Heavenly Classes, and Three Books of War.

In the second year of Shobo (1645), Miyamoto Musashi died at the age of sixty-two.

The so-called "Niten" in "Niten Ichiban" means "Niten Sangri" ("Sangri" is the same as "Sun"), and "Gokubo no Ichiban" is a book on the art of war. ", "Preface to the Way of the Five Swords of the Five Directions"), which refers to the sun and the moon: yin and yang, i.e., symbolizing opposites. Everything in the world is made up of opposites, and from the mutual immersion of these opposites all things develop and unify, producing new things. The technique of the two swords is simply to unify the movements of the two swords in the left and right hands, thus achieving the goal of defeating the opponent. The fact that the two opposing poles are sublimated and united is not only the art of swordsmanship, but also the "Principle of the World" (Musashi Shokuji), which is why it is called the "Art of War Nitenryu".

North Star Ichibanryu

North Star Ichibanryu was a popular school of swordsmanship at the end of the Edo period. Its founder was Chiba Chousaku Narimasa (1794-1855).

Shusaku was born in Hanayama village, Kurihara-gun, Rikuzen, as the second son of three brothers. His grandfather, Chiba Yoshinosei Tsunemasa, was originally a teacher of swordsmanship at the Kitatsu Yume Ryu of the Soma Clan in Iwakuni Province, but later moved to Hanayama Village in Kurihara Prefecture in Rikuzen Province. Chusaku practiced Kitatsu Yume-ryu with his father, Chiba Yukiemon, when he was a young boy, and later, as the adopted son of Asari Matabaru Shichirou Yoshinobu, he went to Shimoso-matsudo to study Ichiban-ryu under Asari Matabaru Shichirou and Nakanishi Tadahiro. Later, he combined his studies and founded the Kitakatsu Ichidori-ryu, and established the Genbukan in Nihonbashi, Edo, which was known as the "Three Great Dojos of Edo," together with the Shigakudan of Kagemushin Akechi Ryu, and the Shinto no Nen Ryu's Training Hall. The Genbukan was later moved to Tamachi, Kanda.

North Star Ichiban Ryu believed that kendo was not only a technique, but also an art. At the end of the Edo period, when kenjutsu was prevalent, Kitatsu Ichido-ryu improved the practice of using bamboo swords and guards, which has had a great influence on modern Japanese kendo.

The Kitatsu Ichido-ryu is a school of great talent. Chiba Tingyoshi Masamichi (千葉定吉政道), the younger brother of Chousaku (周作之弟? 1879), Chiba Eijiro, Chusaku's second son, and Chiba Shuntaro, Tingyoshi's eldest son, all contributed greatly to the revitalization of the North Star Ichido-ryu. Among them, Chiba Tingyoshi opened a dojo in Edo Barrel Town, which was called "Kochiba Dojo" to distinguish it from Genbukan, and Sakamoto Ryoma, an aspiring Tosa warrior, was a disciple of this dojo. Ryoma once said, "Kochiba Dojo is my second home." In addition to Sakamoto Ryoma, many famous swordsmen at the end of the Shogunate, such as Ito Koshitaro of the Shinsengumi, Yamanami Keisuke, and Kiyokawa Hachiro, came from the Hokusatsu Ichiban Ryu.

The list of the famous swordsmen of the North Star Ichiba School at the end of the Shogunate:

Chiba family

Ryu's ancestor: Chiba Suzaku Narimasa

Chiba Tingyoshi Masamichi, Suzaku's younger brother

Suzaku's second son, Chiba Eijiro, and his third son, Chiba Michisaburo

Tingyoshi's first son, Chiba Shuntarou, and his second son, Chiba Toichirou, had a daughter, Chiba Sona, and her third daughter, Chiba Chiku

Non-Chiba family

Ito Koshitaro, Inoue Hachiro Enryu, Okuda Matsugoro, Kaiho Fanpei, Seikawa Hachiro, Sakamoto Ryoma, Sanada Fanosuke, Shimoe Hidetaro, Shoji Benkichi, Tsukada Konpei, Tambu Seizo, Mori Tozou, Inagaki Tingnosuke, Yamanami Keisuke, Tondo Hirasuke, and Hattori Musashi, among others

Mirror Heart Akechi Ryu

Mirror Heart Akechi Ryu is a style of fighting that emphasizes movement, and it is also known as Mirror Shine Akechi Ryu, a form of fighting that emphasizes movement. Kagemushin Akechi Ryu, also known as Kagemushin Akechi Ryu, is a style of swordsmanship that emphasizes the "bit" of movement, i.e., posture and form, and that favors artistry over practicality. Its dojo is located in Edo Minami Hatchobori, and is called Shikakukan. The representative of the school is Naosho Momoi Haruzo.

Naomasa Momoi Haruzo was born in the eighth year of the Bunsei era, the second son of Toyoaki Tanaka Shigenarozaemon of the Numazu clan in Suru. His real name was Tanaka Shojiro Kansuke. In the ninth year of Tenpo, at the age of fourteen, he came to Edo and practiced swordsmanship at the Kagemushin Akechi Ryu Momoi Dojo, which at that time was taught by Naoyo Momoi Haruzo. At the age of seventeen, he married Naoyo's second daughter and joined the Momoi family, inheriting the Haruzo name and changing his name to Naomasa Momoi Haruzo. In the second year of the Kanei era, Haruzo Naomasa attained the title of Kaiji at the age of twenty-five, and succeeded the Kagoshin Akechi Ryu Sonno family as the Shidai Megushi teacher.

According to the Shinsengumi Musha Ryu Zuru (新撰写武术流祖錄) of the Tenpo era, the founder of the Kagekushin Akebono school was a man named Momoi Hachirozaemon who lived during the Ansei era (1772-1781). Momoi Hachiro was originally a member of the Yanagisawa family, but he left the main family and began his own martial arts training, becoming proficient in a variety of martial arts. Upon completion of his training, he founded the Kagemushin Akechi Ryu and started the Momoi Dojo in Edo.

The Momoi Dojo has been inherited by sons from generation to generation. A special case is that of Naomasa Momoi Haruzo, the fourth generation, who inherited the Shikokan dojo as the son-in-law and adopted son of the Momoi family. The Mirror Heart Akebono school had its heyday when Naomasa Haruzo was the head teacher. The Momoi Dojo Shikokan, along with Chiba Suzaku's Genbukan (Hokusatsu Ichibutsu Ryu) and Saito Yakuro's Nembukan (Shinto no Nen Ryu), were known as the "Three Great Dojos of Edo". In comparison to the three schools of swordsmanship, there is a saying that "Chiba of technique," "Saito of strength," and "Momoi of position" are the best.

Unlike the North Star Ichiban school, which emphasizes sword technique and artistry in attack and defense, the artistry of the Kagemushin Akechi school is mainly embodied in the word "bit", which means that it emphasizes grace and elegance of form and posture. It is said that Momoi Haruzo Naomasa himself is a beautiful man (there are a lot of beautiful men in the Swordsman ......), so the "bit" of Kagemushin Akechi Ryu is utilized by him to the extreme. However, in the turbulent times of the end of the Shogunate, there was no place for artistic swordsmanship alone. Therefore, Kagemushin Akechi Ryu was not inferior in terms of practicality. Okada Izo, known as "Izo the Executioner," and Tosa warrior Takeshi Hanpei Tareyama were also masters of the Kagemushin Akebono style.

The list of Kagemushin Akebono swordsmen at the end of the Shogunate:

Momoi Dojo Masters: Naoyo Momoi Haruzo, 3rd Generation; Naomasa Momoi Haruzo, 4th Generation

Momoi Dojo Shikatennou: Ueda Manosuke, Sakabe Daisaku, Kubota Jinzou, Kanematsu Naofumi

Tosha Clan: Izuru Okada, Takeshi Hanpei Tarezan

Sakura Clan: Sosuke Yatomi

The other swordsmen of the Kagemushin Akebono school were: Izo Okada and Takeishi Hanpei Tarezan. Others

Taguchi Nagahachirou, etc.

Shinto no Nen-ryu

Shinto no Nen-ryu was a school of swordsmanship founded by Fukui Heiemon, a native of Shimono, in the middle of the Tenmei era (1781-1789).

Hiraemon initially studied ichiyon ryu swordsmanship. Legend has it that on his way back home from his training, he visited Shinshu Inazuma Gonjin and had a sudden epiphany during the visit, which led to the creation of a new style of swordsmanship. It is called Shinto no-nen-ryu because it was a sudden realization due to the presence of the god Gonin under the meditation of the emptiness of all thoughts.

One of the most accomplished of Heikemon's disciples was Kumatora Togasaki. After achieving success in swordsmanship, Kumataro opened the Togasaki Dojo in Edo. Okada Tokamatsu, who was known as the strongest swordsman of the Shinto no-nin-ryu, was a disciple of the Togasaki Dojo, where he earned the title of Shishi-yo. Later, Okada Tokamatsu became independent of the Togasaki Dojo and opened a fencing dojo in Edo. Yajuro Saito, a representative of the Shinto no-nin-ryu at the end of the Shogunate, was a disciple of Okada Tokamatsu, and Yajuro, along with his fellow disciple, Axe Hachiro Suzuki, is known as the most outstanding disciple of the fencing hall.

Yakuro Saito was born on January 13th, Kansei 10th, into the Saito Shindo family in Fusei Village, Himi County, Echizaka, and was the eldest son of the family. His name was Zendo, and he was called Atsushin-sai. He came to Edo at the age of fifteen and entered the Okada Tokamatsu Shinto Mukenryu Fencing Hall Dojo to train in the art of fencing, and soon acquired the title of Shifuyo.

In the ninth year of the Bunsei era, with the help of his fellow disciple, Egawa Tan-an, Yajuro opened a kenjutsu dojo, the Nihonbukan, in the Edo Iida town of Chamabashi. In the ninth year of Tenpo, due to a fire, the training hall was moved to Sanban-cho on Kudansaka.

In the Edo swordsmanship world at that time, there was a saying that "Chiba of skill, Momoi of position, and Saito of strength". Compared with the swordsmanship of the Genbukan (Chiba Chusaku Kitatsu Ichidori-ryu) and the Shikokan (Momoi Haruzo Kagoshin Akechii-ryu), which were also part of Edo's Three Great Doors, the Shinto no-nin-ryu of the Gyobukan emphasized the practicality of fighting, and the power of overpowering the opponent. Because Yajuro Saito's swordsmanship utilizes the essence of Shinto no ninen-ryu, "force," more than any other branch of the same school, the Nerikan's Shinto no ninen-ryu swordsmanship is also known as the "Saito School of no ninen-ryu.

In the Nerikan, the Shinto no-nen-ryu swordsmanship is also called "Saito school no-nen-ryu".

By the end of the Shogunate, the Shinto no-nen-ryu was a highly influential school of swordsmanship with many disciples. There were many famous swordsmen from the Shinto no-nen-ryu, including one of the three masters of the Restoration, Katsura Kogoro of the Choshu Clan (later to be known as Kido Takayoshi, the name Katsura Kogoro should not be unfamiliar to Kenshin FANS!) The name Katsura Kogoro should be familiar to Kenshin FANS! In addition, Shinpachi Nagakura, the second captain of the Shinsengumi, and Serizawa Duck, the former director of the Shinsengumi, are also from the Shinto no-nen-ryu.

List of Shinto no Nenryu swordsmen at the end of the Shogunate:

Saito family

Yekuro Saito

Yekuro's eldest son, Shintaro Saito

Yekuro's third son, Huanosuke Saito

others

Katsura Kogoro, Okada Bandai (Toshitsu Ridori Okada), Todoroko Fujita, Takeshi Takeda Koenzaishi, Egawa Taro Zaemon, Watanabe Wakayama, Nagakura Shinpachi, Serizawa Duck, Niimi Nishiki, Hirayama Goro, Hiruma Shigenosuke, Ota Ichinoshin, Togasaki Yoshie, Kaneko Kenshiro, Nakamura Mangoro, Hara Hobo Taro, Miyamoto Zaichiro, Yurumoto Seizo, Yokokokura Kijoji, and so on

Natural Rishin-ryu

When talking about the end of the Bakufu, one can't help but talk about the Shinsengumi; and when talking about the end of the Bakufu, one can't help but talk about Natural Rishin-ryu, either. If the Shinsengumi were to be called the "Wolf of Nonsense", then the Natural Rishinryu Swordsmanship would undoubtedly be the sharp fangs of the wolf.

The founder of the Naturally Rishin Ryu was Nagahiro Kondo Nesosuke, a native of Tonoshu (Tonoe). It is said that Kondo Uchisuke was originally a descendant of the ancient school of martial arts, Tenjin Chuan Katori Shindo Ryu, and that he later developed his own understanding of this school of martial arts and founded Naturally Rishin Ryu in the first year of Kansei's reign (1789). Therefore, it is also said that Tenjin Chuanjia Togyo Shindo Ryu is a distant ancestor of Natural Risshin Ryu.

In passing, I would like to mention the Tenjin Shonen Katori Shinto style (it is a long name, so from now on I will refer to it as Katori Shinto style). Katori Shindo Ryu is a martial art from the Warring States period (eek, seems like Flying Goshin Ryu too ......), founded by Iisasa Nagawesai Ienao, who was born in Katori Prefecture, Shimousa Province. Katori Shinto style is a combination of ancient martial arts, including swordsmanship (taijutsu, kotatsu, ninjutsu), uchi-jutsu, stick fighting, naginata (razor) fighting, gun fighting, shuriken fighting, jujutsu, kiaijutsu, and many other types of martial arts. The school still has heirs in modern Japan (I don't know if there is a Flying Mikado Ryu ......).

Don't get carried away, pull back, pull back. At the time Kondo Nesosuke founded Natural Rishin Ryu, Natural Rishin Ryu was also a mixed martial art that included swordsmanship, stick fighting, jujitsu, and chi aikijutsu. However, by the time of the second generation, Kondo Sanosuke, Kiaijutsu had been lost, and the art of stick fighting and jujutsu had been incorporated into the art of kenjutsu. As a result, Natural Rishin Ryu has been passed down to this day as a sword art.

Natural Rishin Ryu has been passed down through six ranks (see the table on the left, in descending order). In the stage from "kiri-kiri" to "kanji", jujutsu is incorporated into the swordplay. In order to become a shifu or shidai, i.e., to be qualified to teach disciples, one must have obtained the highest rank, the "Guide's Exemption". Generally speaking, it takes 10 years to go from kirigami to exemption, and another 10 years to go from exemption to guiding exemption. In other words, it takes 20 years of work to become a teacher. But Isamu Kondo, the fourth generation of the natural Rishin Ryu, was an exception.

Isamu Kondo was born in 1834 to the Miyagawa family of a wealthy farmer in Kamishiwara, Tama-gun, Mushu. His childhood name was Katsugoro, which was later changed to Katsuta. At the age of fifteen, he began to learn natural Rishinryu swordsmanship under the natural Rishinryu third generation of Kondo Chousuke, and a year later, at the age of sixteen, he obtained the directory transmission, and became the adopted son of Kondo Chousuke, and was renamed Kondo Isamu. eleven years later, at the age of twenty-seven, Kondo obtained the directory exemption, and became the natural Rishinryu fourth generation of Sonnoi. Before and after a **** only took 12 years of work, really practicing sword wizard.

The ultimate meaning of natural Rishin Ryu is found in a song:

Arakami no mizu ni tsure sou floating island no

Oki no arashi ni shinjou kazu

The name is derived from the idea that natural harmony is the natural way of reacting to the enemy's movements, which is why it is called natural Rishin Ryu.

At the end of the Shogunate, almost all of the famous Naturally Rishinen-ryu swordsmen were members of the Shinsengumi, so it would be appropriate to call Naturally Rishinen-ryu the "Teeth of the Nonsen Wolf".

Catalog of natural Rishinryu swordsmen at the end of the Shogunate:

Natural Rishinryu Soga

First Generation: Kondo Nesusuke Yujo

Second Generation: Kondo Sanosuke

Third Generation: Kondo Choosuke

Fourth Generation: Kondo Isamu (Director of the Shinshinshinryu Group)

Fifth Generation: Kondo Isamu Goro

Shinshinshinryu members.

Shinsengumi Vice-Chief: Tsuchikata Shouzo

Shinsengumi Ichiban Captain: Okita Soushi

Shinsengumi Sanban Captain: Saito Ichi(note)

etc.

Others

Matsuhara Kuranosuke, Onoda Toshi, Kuwabara Nagasuke, Masuda Zoroku, and more

Note:

Saito Ichi's swordsmanship masters The school is unknown. Some say that he was originally an Ichidai-ryu exemption, while others say that his swordsmanship came from a school called "Mukai-ryu". In any case, it is a fact that his swordsmanship includes techniques from the natural Rishin Ryu. So for the time being, let's consider him a disciple of the Natural Rishin Ryu.

Ono Ichidanryu

I. Ancestors of Ichidanryu

The founder of Ichidanryu, Ito Ichidanryu Sai Kagehisa, studied swordsmanship with Jongmaki Jisai. It is said that Jongmaki Jisai studied the Tomita style, but when he taught Ito Ichidosai the art of swordsmanship, he did not stick to a particular style. For the sake of convenience, it was called Jongmaki-ryu. One can't help but think that at the time of the creation of the schools of swordsmanship, the center of the art was the style that was developed in actual combat and the one-person-one-school style in which each person shared his or her own experience with each other, rather than a systematized style of swordsmanship.

It goes without saying that swordsmanship has a history. The origins of the schools of swordsmanship lie in the Muromachi period, when swords were revolutionized. Prior to this time, iron forging for swords was primitive and inferior. The swords used by the Japanese at the time of the Mongol invasion (1274 - 1281) bent and broke after a few cuts, and even became completely immovable. Learning from this experience, the famous smith Goro Masamune finally came up with a method of wrought-iron production using soft iron over hard iron, and produced Japanese swords that did not bend or break, and whose edges were not easily cracked.

In this context, in the middle of the Muromachi period, Iishino Nagawaisai Ienao, who prayed to the god of martial arts, Kashima Katori, and who had learned the art of swordsmanship, founded the "Tenjin Chuan Katori Shinto style," which was the beginning of the Shindo-ryu and the Kashima Shinto style, among other styles. In addition, Aisu Shikosai, who was a Japanese fighter from Ise, founded "Aisu Yinryu," which was the beginning of Yinryu and Tessa. In addition, Nenryu was founded by a monk of Jifuku-ji Temple in Kamakura, Nen Aya Tsune (commonly known as Tsune), and Nakajo Hyosuke, who was taught by Nakajo Hyosuke, founded Nakajo Ryu, which was the beginning of Jongmaki-ryu, Tendo-ryu, Fuda-ryu, and Ichido-ryu. From these three main streams, there were countless celebrated swordsmen and unknown swordsmen who invented and innovated their own styles, giving rise to new styles, and from the end of the Muromachi period to the Edo period, countless sub-sections of the style were branched out.

The flow of development of the Ichidashi school is as follows: Ciin (Nen school) → Nakajo Hyosuke Nagahide (Nakajo school) → Ohashi Kankei by Zaemon → Tomita Jiroemon Chogia (Tomita school) → Tomita Hajime Zaemon Kageya → Tomita Hajime Zaemon Kagemasa → Jongmaki Zisai Tomoya (Jongmaki school) → Ito Ichidashi Sai Kagehisa (Ichidashi school) → Ono Jiroemon Tadahaki (Ono school Ichidashi school). However, since the Jongmakuri-ryu itself is a difficult school to categorize, Ito-Itosai is considered to be the originator of the Ichidori-ryu (there was no such thing as "Ichidori-ryu" at this time.). In addition, as I said at the beginning, a school that has gone through several branches to improve its swordsmanship and has many disciples can also be called a separate "source stream".

Two, the orthodox branches of the Ichido-ryu

Ito Ichido-ryu learned from Jong-maki Jisai the Myojutsu, Jumojutsu, Zenjutsu, King of the Golden-winged Bird's Sword, and Dokumojutsu. These five are called the "Five Points of Takakami's Ultimate Intent". Unlike the other Ichibanryu swordsmanship, these five swords have a strong trace of the ancient style and are modeled after the armor swordsmanship of the Warring States period. The swordsmanship that was created after this was the "Fusetsu Sword". Ito invented it when he was drunk in Kyoto and had his sword taken away by a woman lying next to him, and when he was attacked by robbers outside a mosquito net.

There are many stories that sanctify the originator of the school, but the fact that such stories as being robbed of his sword by the woman lying next to him after getting drunk, and escaping from the attack survive shows that Ito Ichijosai was full of human nature, which is quite lovely. Tadaki Onojiroemon (Shinko Uenzen) learned the "Takakami Goshi Five Points" and the "Fusetsu Sword" from Ito Ichidosai and defeated his brother, Yoshinobu Ono, and then added his own moves to form a group of 50 katanas (swords) that established the Ichidosai school. The Ichidashi style was established. He was chosen to guide the Tokugawa family along with the Ryuusei Shinyin-ryu. By the way, Ono's last name is not Ono as in Ono Zenki, but follows his mother's last name.

Tadatsuya, Tadamine's second son (and some say younger brother), inherited the Ichiban-ryu orthodoxy (the eldest man died young). In order to distinguish it from the Ono school, it was called the Tadatsuya school. From this school came the "Gouguchi School of Ichidori-ryu", "Kogen Ichidori-ryu", "Tenshin Dokumei-ryu", "Ryoten Gakusei-ryu "The Ono school was the first of its kind in the world. As for the Ono school Honryu, Tadatsuki's third son, Tadasu, added four more hilts to the fifty hilts of the Daidai sword, namely, the outward blade, the inward blade, the mail blade, and the open blade. Tadasu's disciples also developed the "Kaji-pai Ichiban-ryu" (Kaji-pai Ichiban-ryu). Tadayuki, Tadamine's fourth son, became Tadasu's adopted son (although he was a brother, there was a big difference in age), and inherited the school, and added 3 hanks of Kabate, 3 hanks of Jankabate, and 6 hanks of Tabate***, completing the 60 hanks of the Ono school Ichidoshi style group of swords that have been passed down to the present day.

After that, for some reason, the Ono school was passed down to both the Tsugaru family and the Ono family. While the Ono family was known as the "clan family", the Tsugaru family inherited the correct style. The Ono family's Ono School of Ichibanryu is divided into the Nakanishi School of Ichibanryu (also known as the Nakanishi School), which was founded by Tadatsuko Nakanishi, and from which came the famous Hokusatsu Ichibanryu (North Star Ichibanryu) of Chiyo Suzaku, the Mokudani School of Yamaoka Tetsubo, and the Mokudani School of Ichibanryu (Mokudani). From this school came the famous "Kitatsu Ichiba" of Chiyo Chosaku, the "Mokusatsu Ryu" of Yamaoka Tetsunari, and the "Tenjin Ichiba Ryu" of Terada Yufu (also known as Soyo), who was a lesser-known but also an outstanding student of the same period. The orthodoxy of the Nakanishi school was passed on to Sasaburo Takano.

After the Meiji period, in the Tsugaru (Aomori) area, the 16th generation of the Ono school of Ichidenryu, Shunzo Sasamori, inherited the mantle of the Tsugaru family, and then learned another type of Ichidenryu passed down from the Ono family through the Yamaguchi family, making the Ono school of Ichidenryu the greatest of its kind. Afterwards, Sasamori studied Ichidori-ryu with Takano Sasaburo Toyomasa (grandson of Miaomasa, the successor of both the Ono family and the Nakanishi school of Ichidori-ryu), who was a member of one of the branches of the Ono school. He studied the Ichidori-ryu that existed in various parts of the country at that time to the best of his ability, and it is said that among them there were some that did not exist, such as sword dancers. At that time, it was very popular for people to compete or spar with each other in Bamboo Blade Kendo and other styles of kendo with their names on their backs, so it can be assumed that he relied a lot on actual combat for his studies (the idea of kendo as a sport was not established until after the war). The 17th generation of the Shunzo clan, Sasamori Kenmei, has now inherited the family's teachings.

The Ono school of Ichiban-ryu of the Nagashokan was officially recognized in March 1948 by the 16th generation of the Sasamori Shunzo clan. The actual main instructor was Mr. Ono Tokio, a senior disciple of the Sasamori Shunzo clan, who taught Mr. Nagai Nagamasa. After Mr. Tokio Ono passed away, Mr. Tadataro Ogawa, who was also a senior disciple of the Sonno family, continued his instruction. Both Mr. Ono Tokio and Mr. Ogawa Tadataro were great kendo masters (both were Fanshi 9th dan). As a result, Nagashokan's Ono Style Ichidai-ryu Kendo has been modified in a number of ways, and can be called the "Ono Style Ichidai-ryu Ono Tokio School," which emphasizes mellowness and gentleness. Currently, Mr. Katsuyuki Inoue is the main instructor, following in the footsteps of Mr. Nagai Nagamasa. The Ono School Ichido-ryu dojo has been recognized by the Osaka Prefectural Kendo Federation, and the Ono School Ichido-ryu is preserved and revitalized, and its disciples are nurtured, not only by performing in numerous styles of kendo, but also by performing every year in the All-Japan Kendo Gymnasium (Kyoto Gym Meeting), a major event in the kendo calendar. (Refer to "Information on Nagashokan")

※ The senior disciples of the Sasamori Shunzo clan are recognized as Tsurumi Iwao, Ogawa Tadataro, Ono Tokio, and Ishida Kazuwai