Hidetsuna Kamiizumi

Japanese: 上泉秀綱 - かみいずみひでつな

A warrior and swordsman in the late Muromachi period. Dates of birth and death unknown. He was called Ise no Kami, and later called himself Musashi no Kami Nobutsuna. He was from Kozuke. He initially served the Nagano clan, lord of Minowa Castle in Kozuke, but after the fall of Minowa Castle, he traveled around the country and went to Kyoto, where he gained fame. He learned the Aisu-kage school of swordsmanship, and later founded the Shinkage school. His students included Yagyu Muneyoshi, Hikita Bungoro, and Kamiato Izu no Kami. He also studied Ogasawara school military science, which was passed down and called Kamiizumi school military science.
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Japanese:

室町末期の武人，剣客。生没年不詳。伊勢守と称し，のち武蔵守信綱と名乗る。上野(こうずけ)の人。初め上野箕輪(みのわ)城主長野氏に仕えたが，箕輪落城後，諸国を巡り京に上って名声を得た。剣法は愛洲陰(あいすかげ)流を学び，のち新陰流を創始。門人に柳生宗厳(むねよし)，疋田(ひきた)文五郎，神後伊豆守らがいる。また小笠原流軍学を修め，これは継承されて上泉流軍法と呼ばれた。
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