When studying a Japanese traditional martial art, a very important thing occurs.

There are two of them.

1.) What kind of tradition was followed from the founder,
and was even the present teacher transmitted?

2.) To which stage did the teacher learn?

Shinkage-ryu is founded By “Kamiizumi-Isenokami-Nobutuna”.
And it has been told by the “Owari-Yagyu Famiky” from generation to generation till modernization.

Although commonly called the “Yagyu-Shinkage-ryu” , it is formally called a “Shinkage-ryu.”

* This is about the Shinkage-ryu which got across to the Owari-Yagyu Family. It does not know about other systems.

Moreover, although this neighborhood is puzzling, a Shinkage-ryu(Shinkage-style) may be called “Yagyu-ryu(Yagyu-Style)” .

Although it will be called a Yagyu-ryu = Shinkage-ryu since the legitimacy of a Shinkage-ryu got across to Yagyu Family, But The way of calling called Yagyu-Shinkage-ryu is still a mistake.

* Include what was correctly taken in behind by the military tactics of Yagyu Family, and they are the Yagyu-style and a Shinkage-ryu in it.
It seems that thus, it had distinguished. Therefore, it is although “Iai ( Iaido,Iaijyutu )” may be included in Yagyu-style,
There is a talk which does not know well that there is nothing that it is each other in Shinkage-ryu..

1, Who Found Shinkage-ryu?

Shinkage-ryu is the art of Japanese swords arts which was able to be begun with “Kamiizumi-Isenokami-Nobutuna” in the Age of Civil Wars(Sengokujidai).
The user of a sword who learned the any traditional Japanese Sword arts .
and Kamitsuke (the present Gumma ) since it was young .
He learnd “Kage-ryu” from “Aisu-Hyuuganokami” and He thought the way of “Marobashi”.
then he found the Shinkage-ryu ..

And it was transmitted from Kamiizumi to Mr. Yagyu of Yamato (present Nara Prefecture) next, and the Yagyu-style was produced.

founder of the Yagyu style is the “Yagyu-sekisyuusai-munetoshi”.
he Learnd Shintou-ryu from Katori-Shinjuurou the first.
he was the military-tactics person currently called No1 at five-Prefecture, a game is played with Kamiizumi, and it is beaten, and studies under Kamiizumi the back.
The seal of approval of “one one-country person” could be given from Kamiizumi, and it became the founder of the Yagyu style.

2, Yagyu Family-Edo, and Owari

Then, it was handed down to “Yagyu-Hyogonosuke” of the grandchild of “Yagyu-Sekisyuusai-Munetoshi” ,and “Yagyu-Munenori” of the fifth son of the “Yagyu-Sekisyuusai-Munetoshi”,

An Edo-Yagyu is told from “Yagyu-Munenori” to “Yagyu-Jyuubei” and “Yagyu-munefuyu” which are the son.

“Yagyu-hyogonosuke” became the teacher of the military tactics of leader”Tokugawa-Yoshinao ” of the founder of the country in Owari(a branch family to the Shogun)., and the Owari-Yagyu has told the legitimacy of a Shinkage-ryu with the background in Owari from generation to generation.

3, Owari-Yagyu –History of Shinkage-ryu legitimacy

– The Owari-Yagyu founder, the Yagyu-Hyogonosuke

It is military-tactics instruction of the Owari-han main Yoshinao public in response to the seal of approval of Hyogonosuke assistant and grandfather Yagyu-sekisyuusai “handed down only to its heir.”

– Yagyu-renya-toshikane

he wrote a book “Shinkage-ryu-kudensho”,and it was sealed. and to open this was forbidden strictly, saying that you should become blindness about Punishment of God. and it handed down to future generations.

– A restorer, Yagyu-toshiharu

Although it was the time when A deep Instructions of a Shinkage-ryu already became ambiguous at the time of Yagyu-Toshiharu, The secretary whom Yagyu-renya hid is opened and the Yagyu style was restored.

– Assistance of restoration, Nagaoka-tourei

Nagaoka-Tourei summarizes Instructions of a Shinkage-ryu from ancient times as assistance of a military-tactics instructor house, and the detailed description about all those books was performed.
Moreover, since it conforms to a time, The subdivision was studied and the “Gaiden-Shiai-kata” was packed.

Shinkage-ryu is Japanese Tradetional Swords atrs.

“Shinkageryu” was founded by “Kamiizumi-Isenokami-Nobutuna”.

And it was told continuously to the “Owari yagyuu family” from generation to generation, and has resulted by the end of today.

• What is Shinkageryu
• Genealogy of Shinkageryu