Kamiizumi Ise no Kami

Japanese: 上泉伊勢守 - かみいずみいせのかみ

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[Died] Tensho 1 (1573). A military strategist in the late Muromachi period of Yagyu in Yamato. His name was Hidetsuna, later Nobutsuna. He served Nagano Narimori, lord of Minowa Castle in Kozuke, and learned the Aisu Kage-ryu sword and spear style, and founded the Shinkage-ryu style. After Narimori's death in February 1563, he served Takeda Shingen, but set out on a journey around the country to study swordsmanship. His students included Yagyu Munenori, Hikita Bungorou, and Kamiato Izunokami, all of whom formed their own schools. In particular, when Yagyu Munenori's Shinkage-ryu style became powerful under the protection of the Edo Shogunate under his son Munenori, Kamiizumi Ise-no-kami was revered as a sword saint and came to be known as the father of modern martial arts. (→ Tsukahara Bokuden )

Kami Izumi Ise no Kami

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[没]天正1(1573).大和，柳生
室町時代後期の兵法家。名は秀綱，のち信綱。上野箕輪城主長野業盛に仕え，愛洲陰流刀槍を学び，神陰流を創始した。永禄6 (1563) 年2月業盛の死後，武田信玄に仕えたが，剣法修行のため諸国遊歴の旅へ出た。門人には，柳生宗厳，疋田文五郎，神後伊豆守らがおり，いずれも一派を形成した。特に柳生宗厳の新陰流がその子宗矩にいたって江戸幕府の保護のもとに強大になると，上泉伊勢守は剣聖と仰がれ，近世武術の祖といわれるようになった。 (→塚原卜伝 ) 　