Flowing through - Kanryu

It is a branch of the Ito-ryu Kudayari, a school of spearmanship practiced in the Owari domain in the early modern period. Its founder was Tsuda Gonnojo Nobuyuki (1655-98), a samurai of the Owari domain. It is also called the Owari Nuki-ryu or Tsuda-ryu. Nobuyuki was the second son of Tsuda Tarozaemon, a horseman, and had a love of martial arts since he was a child. He first learned spearmanship from Todoroki Kanbei, a disciple of Ito-ryu Torao Magobei Sanyasu, and after Kanbei left Owari, he followed Saburikichibei Tadamura, and obtained his license in 1670 (Kanbun 10) at the age of 16. He continued to practice and refine his technique, eventually coming to understand the principle of consistency in all long and short horizontal techniques, and realizing the secret of the art of movement, he established a new school, which he called the Kanryu. In 1692 (Genroku 5), at the age of 38, he was promoted to spear magistrate and was awarded a stipend of 300 koku. He died in July 1698, at the age of 44. During the time of his son, Gonnojo Chikanobu, he became the instructor for the feudal lord Tokugawa Yoshimichi, and the style was widely practiced throughout the domain, but because it was forbidden to teach it to warriors from other domains without permission, it was also called the "Otome-ryu" (priest school), and this rule was closely followed by successive heads of the family, even until the end of the Edo period.

[Ichiro Watanabe]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

近世尾張(おわり)藩で行われた槍術(そうじゅつ)の一流派、伊東流管槍(くだやり)の分かれ。流祖は尾張藩士津田権之丞信之(ごんのじょうのぶゆき)（1655―98）。尾張貫流、津田流ともいう。信之は馬廻役(うままわりやく)津田太郎左衛門の次子で、幼時より武術を好み、初め槍を伊東流虎尾孫兵衛三安(みつやす)の門人轟勘兵衛(とどろきかんべえ)に学び、勘兵衛の尾張退去後は佐分利吉兵衛忠村(さぶりきちべえただむら)に従い、1670年（寛文10）16歳で免許を得た。その後も工夫鍛練を続け、ついに横手長短すべて一貫の理を自得し、管(くだ)に活機の妙のあることを悟り、新しく一流を立てて貫流と称した。92年（元禄5）38歳のとき槍奉行(ぶぎょう)に進み、300石を領した。98年7月没、44歳。その子権之丞親信(ちかのぶ)のとき、藩主徳川吉通(よしみち)の指南役となり、藩中に広く行われたが、みだりに他藩の士に教えることを禁じたので「御留(おとめ)流」とも称され、宗家歴代権之丞もこれをよく守り、幕末に及んだ。

［渡邉一郎］

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